The great Olympic beach bash
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Buoyed by legions of young fans, beach volleyball is one of the few events to sell out night after night.
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Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men&#39;s artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...
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As the Summer Olympics in Athens approached, fear and concern overwhelmed any sense of anticipation and excitement. Would terrorists use the occasion to attack civilians in such a large gathering ?
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Paul Hamm of the United States sticks his landing in the high bar during the men&#39;s gymnastics individual apparatus finals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Monday, Aug. 23, 2004.
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ATHENS -- The place was ready for a party. Prohibitive underdog Greece had its fans waving the blue-and-white flag and chanting &quot;Hellas&quot; at every opportunity when they weren't booing the United States.
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Two continents. Three luxury mansions  courtesy of friends. Endless sun and sea. And a front-row seat  for the Olympics to boot.
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Great Britain has one of its best days at the Olympics, winning five golds.
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Upcoming events around the world.
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Britainâs Olympic heroes were saluted with a tickertape parade today as fans turned out to celebrate their success. Thousands descended on central London to make
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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, Sept. 12:  Labor Day is gone. The coast is quiet now. Most beachgoers have packed away chairs and umbrellas and turned their thoughts to school and football.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Robert Siegel and Wall Street Journal sports writer Stefan Fatsis, reporting from Athens, talk about some of the highlights of this week&#39;s Olympic Games events.
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The first day of the Olympic Games has seen rowing and swimming the pick of the action. Are the Olympics still the greatest sporting event on Earth?
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 21--Olympic medalists and Winter X Games champions will compete this weekend in the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix at Tamarack Resort.   The event, free to the public, starts Thursday with practice sessions.
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Athens -- The venues didn&#39;t fall down. The terrorists were kept at bay. The US Olympians waved the flag anyway, and nobody got hurt.
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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The Olympic Games are a week old! Not bad for an event first recorded in 776 BC. The Games have so far gone much better than anyone really expected.
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Great Britain has one of its best ever days at the Olympics, winning five golds.