The U.S. Gives Mia Hamm a Golden Farewell
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The United States gave Hall of Famer Mia  Hamm the perfect send-off on Thursday, beating Brazil 2-1 to  win Olympic gold in the women's soccer tournament.
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Paul Hamm&#39;s Olympic gold medal for the all-around championship he won last month officially rests with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Kristine Lilly scored her 100th career goal and Mia Hamm gave Portland fans a final thrill with a pair of goals in the U.S. women's national team's 5-0 victory over New Zealand on Sunday night.
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One way or another, Paul Hamm&#39;s gold-medal odyssey is about to end. Whether he gets to keep the medal and the title he won a month ago in the Olympic men&#39;s gymnastics all-around will be up to the sporting world&#39;s highest authority.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm&#39;s &quot;fairy-tale ending&quot; was unexpectedly revised at the Athens Olympics on Saturday when the international governing body for gymnastics said he should not have received the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around final.
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ATHENS, Greece -- There were 17 seconds left, and it was finally time for the change. The US women&#39;s basketball team had clinched the Olympic gold medal Saturday for the third time in a row.
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ATHENS, Greece - The long goodbye ends for the Fab Five on Thursday when the U.S. women's soccer team plays Brazil for the Olympic title...
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WASHINGTON : American Paul Hamm was celebrating what he hailed as a &quot;third victory&quot; after being told by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that he could keep the Olympic gold medal he won in the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics event in Athens.
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ATHENS, Greece - Little things meant a lot in Athens: a tear from Mia Hamm's eye, or a smile across Jennie Finch's mouth, was as good as gold. A pair of abandoned wrestling shoes, size 13, signaled goodbye for Rulon Gardner...
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Heraklio, Greece (Sports Network) - The old faces of US women&#39;s soccer bid adieu, while the new faces introduced themselves in a gold-medal winning effort at the Athens Olympics on Thursday night at Karaiskaki Stadium.
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The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
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An exhausted but relieved Paul Hamm will take today to relax in Lausanne, Switzerland, then fly home to the USA on Wednesday, hoping to leave the past and start concentrating on the future.
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ATHENS -- Though Romania topped the table with 10 medals when the Olympic gymnastics competition ended last night, the US enjoyed its best performance ever at an overseas Games, with all-around champions Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson both winning silvers in the event finals.
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The United States gave Hall of Famer Mia Hamm the perfect send-off on Thursday, beating Brazil 2-1 to win Olympic gold in the women&#39;s soccer tournament.
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A 10-city farewell tour for longtime U.S. soccer stars Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett will kick off Sept. 25 in Rochester.
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The courtÂs decision marked the official end of a controversy that had simmered since Paul Hamm captured the gold after a close finish.
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The Yanks are leaving &#151; and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony. With European forces taking over peacekeeping in Bosnia, the Americans are being redeployed elsewhere, thus ending a chapter of unsung cooperation between Paris and Washington.