Fernandez plays heart out for softball coach
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But before the gold medal softball game Monday, the US coach had a dream in which his wife was still alive. She walked into the room and told her driven husband, &quot;Mike, chill out.
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One more victory and U.S. softball team will have its goal: a third Olympic gold. Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team &#151; they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game.
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San Jose coach Ron Wilson has been nagging his team about playing with more determination, and the Sharks finally delivered the gritty effort Wilson has been seeking.
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The &quot;Win One for Mia and the Gang&quot; speech US women&#39;s soccer coach April Heinrichs delivered before Monday&#39;s Olympic semifinal match got the job done.
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Matched up against each other on softball&#39;s biggest stage, the head coaches from the United States and Australia faced tough pitching decisions Monday.
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ATHENS, Greece - One more victory and U.S. softball team will have its goal: a third Olympic gold...
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Memphis coach John Calipari doesn't hesitate to say what players love to hear. "We're a team trying to play fast," he said.
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By Doug Barber, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 19--Gulfport coach Danny Grieves will know a lot more about his boys basketball team's intestinal fortitude during its current six-game run.   The 11-1 Admirals are coming off a thrilling 72-69 home victory over Biloxi last Friday.
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Athens -- Take it from her roommate, Lovieanne Jung isn&#39;t just going to give up. Jung&#39;s 17-pitch at-bat -- 13 fouls, four balls and one significant assist from the sun -- exemplified the patience it took for the US softball team to get by Japan 3-0 in ...
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ATHENS, Greece - Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team - they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold-medal game against the Aussies...
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ATHENS -- The coach of the United States softball team had a dream the other night. As Mike Candrea explained yesterday, it has been hard enough sleeping for the last month, let alone dreaming. The dream had nothing to do with these Olympics -- and everything to do with these Olympics.
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Blue Hills coach Vin Hickey thought he would try something a little different in the second quarter yesterday against longtime rival Bristol-Plymouth: He called for a shovel pass.
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Tino Martinez is back in baseball two years after his last game in the majors, spending the past several months as a volunteer hitting coach for South Florida.
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They are America's newest golden girls &#151; powerful and just a shade from perfection. The U.S. softball team won its third straight gold medal with an unprecedented and nearly unblemished romp through the Olympics, capped by a 5-1 victory Monday over an Australian team that, like the rest of softball's elite, never had a chance.
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He says he feels fine and is throwing the ball well, but clearly he is not. Something is wrong with Javier Vazquez, but pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre crossed some potential issues off the list.
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Norwell High senior Susan Bitetti played in five tennis tournaments this past summer, but one performance caught the eye of a Division 1 coach and led to a scholarship offer.
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The United States won the gold medal in softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.