Andre Ward Redeems U.S. Boxing With Gold
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ATHENS, Greece - Andre Ward won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division Sunday, beating Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus to claim a bit of redemption for an American team that took a beating at the Olympics.    Fighting in the last bout of the games, Ward found his mark with quick inside punches in the third round to win the first boxing gold for the United States since David Reid in 1996...
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ATHENS, Greece - Andre Ward won the gold medal in the light heavyweight division Sunday, beating Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus to claim a bit of redemption for an American team that took a beating at the Olympics. Standing on the medal podium, Ward looked upward and blew a kiss, a gesture of honor for his late father...
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Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell already know they&#39;re going home with Olympic medals. It won&#39;t be long before they find out the color of their prizes.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic gold medal Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia that was ugly but immensely satisfying for the Americans. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most important, finding their shooting touch - something the U.S...
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The European champions are playing for a much bigger prize. The best the United States can hope for is yet another bronze medal.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 24 -- The announcer was calling Gary Russell Jr.'s name, saying he was going to the championship round of the Olympic trials, but the fighter did not wear a smile. Nobody smiled. Among the USA Boxing people who held him as one of their best hopes for the Beijing Olympics, everyone did...
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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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Britain's Olympic Games silver medallist Amir Khan has made a winning return to the ring, with a comfortable points win over America's Michael Evans.
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The United States Boxing team isn't fighting its opponents any more. It's fighting self-doubt.
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Ronald &#39;Winky&#39; Wright edged &#39;Sugar&#39; Shane Mosley for the second time in eight months in Las Vegas - but only just as he won a majority decision by the closest of margins to retain his WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles.
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Paul Hamm became the first American man to claim the Olympic gymnastics men&#39;s all-round gold medal Wednesday.
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U.S. boxing, once the dominating force  of the Olympics, was dealt another blow to its pride at the  Athens Games but Andre Ward gave a glimpse of what could be.
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He saw the looks and he heard the snickers and he guessed that the joke was at his expense. Boxing has never been the subtlest of sports, and Ward has never been the largest of light heavyweights.
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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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Mavlet Batirov of Russia wins the gold medal Saturday in men's 121-pound (55 kg) freestyle wrestling, beating Stephen Abas of the United States, 9-1.
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The United States won the men's 4 x 400  meters relay gold medal at the Olympics Saturday.
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ATHENS -- Leon Lawson was watching over Andre Dirrell's shoulder last night, literally and figuratively, as the US middleweight tried to box his way into the medal rounds at the Olympic Games.