US lacks golden touch
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- After Team USA racked up six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Swedes Saturday, coach Ben Smith said he hoped his players saved a few because goals were going to be hard to get yesterday against Canada.
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NO other country today affects the world the way America does. Americans have a full appreciation of their nation&#39;s immense power but, in general, they tend to have a retarded view of the great responsibility that comes with this power.
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At least six national teams will be playing matches in California this month. The US, though, will not be among them.
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The world still moves in file with the US, but how badly it suffers in a coming slowdown depends on how long it lasts
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- US shot-putter Adam Nelson stood outside the throwing circle, his hands on the back of his head, his hopes just dashed by a foul on a throw that would have won the gold medal.
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Pessimism about globalization seems downright un-American. It is also fundamentally illogical.
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So here&#39;s a switch. In most of the recent Ryder Cup years - six of the last nine competitions â-he United States appeared to have the stronger team, yet Europe won.
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Canada, Mexico, Spain, The United Kingdom, France, Russia, Israel, Australia, Japan, and South Korea: together with nine other newspapers, Le Monde has conducted an opinion poll [concieved of by the Canadian daily La Presse] on the perception of the United States and the stakes of the American presidential election. The rejection of President Bush, in the name of the good relations hoped for with The United States, is massive. Full Article here (Text in French).
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ATHENS -- From soaring heights to missed opportunities, the feel-good ride of the United States track and field team hit a couple of potholes last night even as another gold medal was added to its 2004 Olympic collection.
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US basketball once stood in the same Olympic pantheon as Cuban boxing and Chinese table tennis. From basketball&#39;s inclusion in the Games in 1936 until this summer, the United States
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AMERICA was on the brink of another sporting humiliation last night after Spain stormed into a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup final. After the US Olympic &#39;Dream Team&#39; mustered only a basketball bronze medal, the
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The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women&#39;s soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.
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The U.S. will undoubtedly be favored to win Olympic gold in 2008 coming off its performance in Las Vegas, but it would be foolish to be so presumptuous.
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Dream Team no longer: The U.S. squad is learning a hard lesson in how the rest of the globe plays ball
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ATHENS -- Though the sport was born on the beaches of southern California, Olympic titles have eluded the Americans through two quadrenniums.
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The Americans should have had a comfortable task of seeing off a weak opponent. But poor finishing and farcical defending allowed Panama to make it more difficult for the United States.
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The numbers are on the side of the United States in its Gold Cup quarterfinal against Panama at Gillette Stadium today. The US has never lost a competitive match (11-0-2) in Foxborough, the team is unbeaten (6-0-1) in seven matches this year, and it is 5-0-1 (16-1 goal differential) in Gold Cup matches since 2003 at Gillette -- a major ...