American Mary Beth Iagorashvili was 15th overall
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ATHENS, Greece -- Three-time world champion Zsuzsanna Voros of Hungary won the gold medal in the women&#39;s modern pentathlon. Voros had a 41-second head start on her nearest rival entering the final 3-kilometer
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Teryn Ashley had a smile on her face despite her straight-set opening-round loss to 12th-seeded Ai Sugiyama . For the third time this year, the Brookline, Mass., native found herself in the main draw of a major tournament, this time making her debut at the US Open.
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Thessaloniki, Greece (Sports Network) - The United States women&#39;s soccer team advanced to the final four of the Olympics with a narrow 2-1 victory over Japan Friday.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal had his suspension reduced to 15 games Wednesday by an arbitrator.
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ATHENS, Greece The US will get at least two boxing medals. Andre Dirrell (dur-EL&#39;) made sure of that today by narrowly beating a Cuban boxer to advance to the Olympic middleweight semifinals.
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Coach: Kelly Greenberg (first year). Last year: 19-11, 12-6 (tied for second in America East).
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Sarah-Jo Lawrence scored 16 points, Jessica Adair added 14 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 8 George Washington pulled away late to win its 15th consecutive game, 64-59 over host Charlotte last night.
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American Rebecca Giddens won the silver medal in the single kayak, finishing well behind Elena Kaliska of Slovakia. Helen Reeves of Britain took the bronze.
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Maryland forward Crystal Langhorne is selected to the all-ACC women's basketball first team, becoming only the third Terrapin to earn first-team honors twice.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland Oct 22, 2004 - Joe Calzaghe successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title for the 15th time, recovering from a fourth-round knockdown Friday night to win a unanimous decision over Egypt&#39;s Kabary Salem.
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Beth A. Biller is part of an international team
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Australia&#39;s Lisa Mathison has finished 10th in the women&#39;s cross country mountain bike race at the Olympics. Mathison, 19, finished the 31.
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Diana Taurasi has another award to add to her trophy case. The Phoenix Mercury guard was the runaway winner yesterday as the WNBA Rookie of the Year. Taurasi, who led the University of Connecticut to three successive NCAA championships, became the second No. 1 overall draft pick to win the award, joining Washington's Chamique Holdsclaw (1999). Taurasi was fourth in ...
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A year ago, Tatiana Hladyr of Ukraine led the women for 20 of the 26.2 miles in the New York City Marathon, and television announcers referred to her as a rabbit. She was not, and finished second to Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia. Yesterday, the New York Road Runners said Hladyr would join Prokopcuka in this yearâs marathon Nov. 4. The latest challengers to Prokopcuka, who is seeking her third consecutive victory in New York, include Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania and Elva Dryer, a two-time Olympian from Albuquerque.
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Coach: Marnie Dacko (third year, 20-36). Last year: 6-22, 2-14 (sixth place in Atlantic 10 East).
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Sasha Cohen finished second and 15-year-old Kimmie Meissner took third place after hitting the first triple axel by any U.S. woman since 1991.
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What the US men's and women's gymnastics teams pulled off at the recent World Championships in Germany was nothing short of extraordinary. The men, who were 13th last year and in danger of not qualifying for the Olympics, ended up fourth and just missed medaling in the all-around with Jonathan Horton. And after the women rallied to overtake defending champion ...