Leap year again as Americans go 1-2 in long jump
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The biggest smile in track and field got a little bigger last night, and the long jump gold medal is solidly back in American hands.
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The Rest of the World team took a 3Â½-2Â½ lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the UBS Cup. The Americans have never lost this Ryder Cup-style match play tournament featuring players aged 40-and-over.
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Winner of five medals and arguably the biggest star of the Sydney Games four years ago, the American finished fifth in Friday&#39;s long jump and -- barely one hour later -- went out with the US 4x100 relay team.
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Although not quite to the level of the original Dream Team, Team USA is dominating the Olympic qualifying tournament and the awe factor is getting close to what it reached in 1992.
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Well, at least that one's out of the way. Happened pretty quick, too. Turns out the Americans can't play singles very well, either.
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The United States got off to a strong start Saturday in the world track and field championships, with Reese Hoffa and Adam Nelson finishing 1-2 in the shot-put.
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ATHENS, Greece - They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull out another gold-medal victory...
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ATHENS - As the final leg of the men&#39;s 4 x 200 freestyle relay began last night at the Olympic pool, the United States held a lead of at least 1 1/2 body lengths - which, considering the final 200 meters was being swum by 6-foot-6 Klete ...
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It seemed so simple and familiar: Spring forward, fall back. For 20 years, that's what Americans -- and their technology -- have done with their clocks on the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October.
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Tatyana Lebedeva led a Russian 1-2-3 in  the Olympic women's long jump final on Friday as Marion Jones  of the United States missed out on a medal.
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All that talk of the United States returning to the top of the basketball world will have to wait. The reality is that the Americans are no closer now than they were two years ago.
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Bouncing back from mistakes Wednesday that would have cost a great team the gold medal on most days, the Americans finished with two of the most dazzling routines of the entire competition to clinch their second title at the world gymnastics championships.
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ATHENS -- Hey, world, BALCO this . There were, shall we say, somewhat lowered expectations for the US in the sprints, were there not? Guess again. Justin Gatlin won the 100-meter dash Sunday, but that was just the appetizer for last night's main course, when America went 1-2-3 in the 200.
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ATHENS, Greece - Shawn Crawford and two U.S. teammates overcame the first hint of anti-Americanism at the Olympic track, capping a big night for U.S...
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In winning the Olympic title on his first jump Thursday with the fifth-longest in 108-year Olympic history, Phillips took himself and American long jumping out from the lengthy shadow of four-time long jump gold medalist Carl Lewis and world record holder
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Just like a year ago, Medford senior Arantxa King entered the long jump final in second place in the Nike Outdoor Nationals. Unlike a year ago, however, the two-time national champion was unable to pull out a victory as Shakia Forbes of Hampton, Va., won with a leap of 20 feet 2 inches.
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ATHENS, Greece - Stephon Marbury set a U.S. Olympic record with 31 points, and a U.S...