Bronze weighing heavy on US men
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ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what
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The US Olympic Committee says &quot;outrageous and improper&quot; pressure is being put on gymnast Paul Hamm to give up his gold medal to a South Korean rival.
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ATHENS - Calling all Andres. Maybe that&#39;s what&#39;s wrong with the US boxing team. Not enough Andres. Only two US boxers reached today&#39;s medal round, middleweight Andre Dirrell and light heavyweight Andre Ward.
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For much of the bronze-medal game against Lithuania, several of the younger players on Team USA were having themselves a good time.
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The United States proved there is more to their cycling team than Lance Armstrong by taking gold and bronze in the men&#39;s Olympic individual time trial at the Athens Games Wednesday.
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Leon Lawson was watching over Andre Dirrell&#39;s shoulder last night, literally and figuratively, as the US middleweight tried to box his way into the medal rounds at the Olympic Games.
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Score tied. One round to go. A shot at an Olympic boxing gold medal at stake. Apparently only US coach Basheer Abdullah didn&#39;t know his 178-pound fighter, Andre Ward, was even with
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The dirty little secret about this US men&#39;s basketball team is that it has played harder than any team in the Olympics and has been superior at doing anything that required plain old-fashioned effort.
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It was a rumble at the Big Razor (as Gillette Stadium is widely known). Historically, El Salavador and the United States men don&#39;t much like
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ATHENS : The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men&#39;s basketball bronze medal game. The US team of National Basketball Association stars had been seeking a fourth consecutive gold
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Russia is one of the biggest, most powerful men's volleyball teams in the world. Already well aware, the United States received another reminder.
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ATHENS : America&#39;s hopes of salvaging its badly bruised Olympics pride suffered a major setback when for the first time in history their men failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle swimming final.
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America&#39;s US Olympic Committee is contesting a ruling which could cost Michael Johnson and his 4x400m relay colleagues gold medals from the Sydney Olympics.
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Something strange is happening in US men&#39;s team sports in the international arena. We saw it with the men&#39;s basketball team at the Olympic Games, and we witnessed it again last weekend at the Ryder Cup.
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ATHENS -- US sailors needed a big day to bring home gold and bronze medals from the sailing finale here yesterday. But rolling the dice on windshifts and starting tactics backfired both in Star and Tornado classes, and the Americans had to settle for a single silver medal.
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You&#39;ve surely heard by now that Wyoming wrestler Rulon Gardner is bringing home another Olympic medal. This time it&#39;s a bronze.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Things are clearly far from perfect for the US Olympic men&#39;s basketball team. But now, perfection isn&#39;t important. Victories are. Against anybody.