it is not the olympics, and the last championship they have won in the Indianapolis,USA. it was 4 years ago
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Yugoslavia, they have taken two trophys in a row. 1998 in Greece and 2002 in Indianapolis,USA
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It's a sport that's played in most of Europe and has gained popularity in Asia and other countries.  It's an Olympic sport cuz there's enough popularity for it to demand a place there.  Read the entry on it to learn about the rules and such.
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Wait! When were the Olympics on?? Wait.....isn't that this year? When are they? What?? They've aleady come and gone?? \n\nI see your point. I remember as a kid when the Olympics were bigger than Dallas. (Ok is Dallas really that big?) But my point is that they were uber special. We actually knew the athletes prior to going into the Olympics. We were invested! I think that is what is missing these days. We don't take enough of a personal approach to who we are supporting on our team. We focus on Bad Boy Bodie Miller who is just dumb enough to make all internationalists believe this is the epitome of American sportsmanship. I would love to see NBC take a different approach. Was it CBS that had done such a wonderful job before?? Is that the difference? hmmmmmmmmm
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what! You mean they actually have won the thing!!!!!!!\n\nJeeeeze, I never knew that....how come its never mentioned then??\n\n\nLMAO!
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No, because they only had it in 94 (Rose Bowl was the final)\n\nAnd because Americans dont appreciate the sport.
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I think the Colts are still one of the elite teams possibley the best team in the A.F.C. they struggled at the end of the year and never really recovered. But definitely this could well be there year.
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Let's keep it very simple. US 94 they did not qualify, France 98 it was at home (they did not have to eliminate), Japan-Korea 2002 well come back to reality, eliminatory rounds for 2006 they had problems to qualify (still in reality) so chances to win?? lets stay in reality almost none.
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Not soon a freaken nuff!!\nWant them to come to Indiana :(
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No.  The last time they were in the same year was 1992.  The winter olympics was held again in 1994, then it resumed it's usual every 4 year pattern.
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Yes softball is being dropped in the 2012 Olympics but I think that it will be reinstated into the 2016 Olympics once they get a different president of the IOC. All there reasons can be argued.\n \nThe IOC said they were going to get rid of these two sports to make the games smaller and less costly.  Then why did they try to fill up these two open spaces with golf, rugby, squash, karate, or roller sports. None of these sports received enough votes to be added to the Olympic Games. This tells me that the IOC was not actually trying to make the games smaller.\n\nAnother reason that IOC dropped softball was because of the United States domination in the sport. Yes, it is true that the United States have won the past 3 gold medals, but the only way the other international teams are going to get better is to play the best in the world. In the 2005 World Cup of Softball, Japan won the tournament. They beat the United States in the championship game, 3-1. Canada also beat the United States in pool play in a close game. According to these results, the United States is less dominating now. \n\nSoftball does not have enough of a worldwide appeal. That is why there are currently 127 countries playing softball. Not all of them are developed into excellent softball teams, but they are playing the game. The only way they are going to get better is to play. The problem is that softball is not a popular sport in Europe. Europeans mainly dominate the IOC. Softball is more popular in the Americas and Asia. They don’t have as big of an influence on the IOC. 60% of the IOC executive board is European. Less than 15% is from the Americas and 20% is from Asia. \n\nSoftball is closely related to baseball which I believe hurt them in the IOC’s decision. The IOC just assumed that softball had problems with steroids like baseball does. Softball is one of the few sports left that have never had a positive drug testing in the Olympics or World Championships. \n\nBaseball players have dreams of playing in the Major League. Softball players dream about playing for the Olympic team. Many young women and girls dream about playing for their country’s team in the Olympics. The IOC shattered millions of these dreams. It is not just American girls that are upset either. Many young women from all over the world are upset about the decision. I am one of them. I too want to play in the Olympics. I have played softball since I was 6. I started playing varsity softball as a freshmen.
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they have a brazil comercial, but US was a 5th seed theyd probbally do better in a diff. group but we got stuck with the "group of death" in 4 years we'll do better.\n\nBUT, they had the comercial because we exceeds everyones expectations for the 02 WC. or thats what i think
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I can answer part of this for you. When the Olympics were going to be held in Los Angeles California in 1932, they said that soccer wouldn't be an Olympic sport because it wasn't popular in the United States. Prior to this, soccer had been in every Olympics since 1908! Once the world was told of this in 1928, they organized the World cup with the first one in 1930 and kept it at every 4 years but it would alternate with the summer Olympics. That is still true today.\nI hope this helps at least a little.
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Well, they are in the final four, they cannot win the final four.  The NCAA men's championship?  No.
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It happened in 1972, with Don Shula at the helm.\n\nIt'll never happen again - two reasons:  the level of parity in the league, meaning that all the teams are too balanced - wait, next year Indy won't be as good - and as you saw this year, Indy rested their starters to gear up for the playoffs and lost two of the final few games.  In order to win them all, the best players must play every game, and no team is going to do that and jeopardize their chances of getting a star player injuried before the playoffs.  \n\nThat said, it IS entirely possible that it may happen again - I just wouldn't count on it.  Too much has to happen in just the right way for a team to win 19 games in a row!
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To Swimmer:\n\nYou better check your info.  Your figures are off a little.\n\nBrazil - 5 championships\nGermany & Italy - 3 championships\nArgentina - 2 championships\n\nAnd the last two won by Brazil were in 1994 (Penalty Shoot-out against Italy in L.A.) and then in 2002 not 2004, the world cup is played every 4 years.
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The first answer is correct, only once, only the year was 2006.\n\nThe reference below comes from NBA.com and lists all the NBA Finals Champs up to 2003.  As you can see the Heat aren't on there at all.  After that Detroit won in 2004 and San Antonio in 2005, the Heat won the last (2006).
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The winner of the World Championships in 2002 in the USA was the Republic of Yugoslavia, which posted an 84-77 win over Argentina.\n\nYugoslavia, now called Serbia and Montenegro, has been granted a wild card berth into the 2006 tournament in Japan, which will be played in August and September.\n\nSerbia and Montenegro is in Pool A, along with Argentina, France, Lebanon, Nigeria and Venezuela.