One American left as Ward boxes into final round
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&quot;I wanted him to stay outside,&quot; US boxing coach Basheer Abdullah would say later, &quot;and use his speed.&quot;. But when it mattered most Friday night - in the closing seconds of the Olympic light-heavyweight
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Tom Brokaw may have retired as anchor for the NBC Nightly News, but he left one more legacy after his final broadcast on Wednesday night.
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Aaron Ward said he was as nervous as a rookie before last night's game at TD Banknorth Garden. The veteran Bruins defenseman hadn't played since Dec. 20, missing eight games with a broken left foot. And for his return to the lineup, the sputtering Bruins faced the Montreal Canadiens, not only a bitter rival, but a team that had beaten ...
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Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze is the only woman left in this yearâs U.S. who hasnât won the tournament in the past.
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ATHENS -- There's only room for one Cinderella in a boxing ring. That was the sad lesson Andre Berto learned last night as his long road to the Olympic Games came to an abrupt end at the Peristeri Boxing Hall in his first fight in the welterweight division. First fight, that is, unless you understand what it took for him ...
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As a battered David Koci, Chicago's 6-foot-6-inch tough guy, slowly skated off with blood streaming down his face in the first period last night, Bruin Aaron Ward found himself doing something he hasn't done for quite some time.
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The U.S. boxing team sucked on sour  grapes after being left with just one gold medal prospect in  the Olympic boxing tournament Friday.
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The United States waited until the 89th minute to rescue a 1-1 draw in the semifinal opener of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. Cobi Jones crossed from the right flank to Landon Donovan, who played a deflection to forward Brian Ching.
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For five minutes, Sara McMann wrestled well enough to get a gold medal. For one final minute, she didn&#39;t. That left a tearful McMann with the silver, and at least four years for the only American finalist
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Every fighter Ward faces is Dudley Do-Right, and in every bout Ward is Snidley Whiplash. American athletes are not riding a tidal wave of love at these Olympics, and the boxing fans are particularly expressive in their anti-US sentiment.
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Bob Bryan hits a return during a doubles match in the Davis Cup semifinal against Belarus on Saturday in Charleston, SC Bryan and his teammate and brother Mike Bryan won and helped the US advance to the finals.
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LAS VEGAS -- If Vitali Klitschko made one thing clear last night about the heavyweight division, it's how finished Mike Tyson really is.
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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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Andre Ward was in the hallway waiting to fight when he got his first glimpse of the fighter standing between him and an Olympic medal.
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The US boxing team sucked on sour grapes after being left with just one gold medal prospect in the Olympic boxing tournament Friday.
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There was a time when knocking out Mike Tyson was boxing&#39;s equivalent to beating Ken Jennings at Final Jeopardy. It was the most Heruculean of labors and when it finally happened, it was an international event
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ATHENS -- As the deeply religious Andre Ward, the 20-year-old from Oakland, Calif., waited through the day for last night's match with two-time world champion Evgeny Makarenko, he pondered his predicament. Not only was he facing the pre-Olympic gold medal favorite in the quarterfinals of the light heavyweight division, but he was stepping in against a 6-foot-6-inch opponent who towered ...