Champ concedes his relay spot to Crocker
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ATHENS -- He could have ended these Games tonight as he began them a week ago, standing on the awards stand with a gold medal around his neck and a world record up on the scoreboard, listening to the Star-Spangled Banner, which was written in his hometown.
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It took most of Thursday to identify the first-round leaders in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but Harrison Frazar, Glen Day and John Senden finally separated themselves
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ATHENS, Greece - Top American sprinters Ian Crocker and Jason Lezak missed the cut in the Olympic 100-meter freestyle preliminaries Tuesday, a stunning blow for a country that had always done well in the event.    Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australian Ian Thorpe advanced to the evening semifinal a day after dueling teenager Michael Phelps in the 200 freestyle, won by Thorpe...
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Danny Williams' bid for the WBC heavyweight title ends in defeat to Vitali Klitschko.
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With Mardy Fish leading two sets to one against an opponent who seemed to be weakening and perhaps coming up lame, the gold medal match was his to lose yesterday.
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Jason Lezak, fastest man in the world  this year, and Ian Crocker were eliminated in the heats of the  100 meters freestyle on Tuesday, leaving the United States  without an Olympic finalist in the event for the first time,  barring the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games and an open-water duel  between an Austrian and a Hungarian in 1896.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 8--The gauntlet is down: two cans of Spam and any ingredients necessary to make the canned meat into an appealing dish.
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a mark on the court. The point was replayed, and Llodra wound up holding serve. play dropped. Llodra broke him at love in the fourth game and then held for.
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Ian Crocker of the United States  set a short course world record of 22.71 seconds in the 50  meters butterfly at the world championships on Sunday.
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Brockton senior Kevin Gill could not have felt any worse, but he knew in the final seconds of his race last week that he had to give everything he had left.
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Michael Phelps, one more Olympic title to the good, aims to hoist his gold medal tally to five when he takes on fellow American Ian Crocker in the 100 meters butterfly final Friday.
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ATHENS -- Tom Pappas, a US gold medal favorite in the decathlon, saw his quest for an Olympic crown dashed yesterday by a serious foot injury that forced him to withdraw from the pole vault portion of the 10-event competition.
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Ron Siler had just taken a beating, and now it seemed like the whole US boxing team was down for the count. Fighters weren&#39;t following directions, medal hopes were slipping
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Gold medal-winning Marlon Devonish says the men&#39;s 4x100m Olympic relay triumph puts British sprinting back on the map. Devonish, Darren Campbell, Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis edged out the American
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The most consistent rider in cycling, Erik Zabel (Germany), once again had to settle for a second place as he was beaten by Oscar Freire in the final sprint of the Elite Men&#39;s Road Race in Verona yesterday.
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SURFERS PARADISE, Australia - Brazil&#39;s Bruno Junqueira spoiled his teammate&#39;s bid to clinch the Champ Car drivers title. Junqueira won Sunday&#39;s Lexmark Indy 300, meaning Newman/Haas teammate Sebastien Bourdais
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ATHENS -- With Mardy Fish leading two sets to one against an opponent who seemed to be weakening and perhaps coming up lame, the gold medal match was his to lose yesterday.