US Women Win Third Consecutive Basketball Gold
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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ATHENS The United States women&#39;s team completed an almost flawless romp through the Olympics, winning the gold medal with a 5-1 victory over Australia - another dominant performance by the best softball team America has ever built.
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ATHENS -- They wanted each other. They got each other. One more time. The United States women's basketball team survived a grind-a-thon against Russia yesterday and will go for the gold today against Australia. It's a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, which the US won, 76-54, in a game also remembered for Aussie ...
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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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The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team cruised to another victory Wednesday, pummeling Greece  102-72 to advance to the Olympic semifinals where it will meet  Russia.
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At least there's one U.S. basketball team that can still shoot straight. And these U.S. women rebound it pretty well, too. With a dominating performance on the boards and two big scoring spurts, the United States overcame another slow start and beat the Czech Republic 80-61 Monday.
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Abby Wambach had a goal and an assist as the U.S. women's national soccer team beat Iceland 3-0 Wednesday night in the second game of its 10-game Olympic gold medal victory tour.
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ATHENS, Greece - Sometimes you win silver, and sometimes you lose gold. Tuesday night in an Olympic Indoor Hall that was, for a change, more full than empty, the US Olympic Women&#39;s Gymnastics Team did the latter.
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The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team cruised to another victory Wednesday, pummeling Greece  102-72 to advance to the Olympic semi-finals where they will  meet Russia.
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Lisa Leslie recorded the third triple-double in WNBA history, finishing with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks in Los Angeles&#39; win over defending league champion Detroit.
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This latest victory for the U.S. women's basketball team came with a scare &#151; from an injury, not the opponent. Katie Smith, the team's best outside shooter, reinjured her right knee early in the game, a disheartening turn in an otherwise sparkling performance that produced a 100-62 victory over China on Sunday.
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he United States women&#39;s basketball team got what it wanted against Spain - a victory and a test. Challenged for the first time in these Olympics, the United States fought through foul
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Svetlana Kuznetsova became the third Russian woman to win a major this year, overpowering countrywoman Elena Dementieva in straight sets in the first all-Russian final at the US Open.
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The Danish women&#39;s handball team, defending Olympic champions for the past eight years, won a third straight gold in Athens Sunday, in a rematch of their final against South Korea at Atlanta in 1996.
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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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BULLETINBC-OLY--Women's Final BKW,0040BULLETIN    ATHENS, Greece   --  The United States won the gold medal Saturday in women's basketball, beating Australia 74-63.
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The US softball team completed its scorched-earth run through the Olympics on Monday with a 5-1 win over Australia, America&#39;s third straight gold medal.