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US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal
BEIJING - Order is restored in international basketball. The United States is back on top, but not by that much anymore. Culminating a three-year mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Sunday in the gold-medal game.
Nations:Lithuania Argentina Spain People:Jason Kidd Carmelo Anthony Dwyane Wade LeBron James Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-24
Revenge is sweet for NBA kings
BEIJING (AFP) - America's NBA masters marched into the Olympic Games basketball final on Friday to give their country hope of finishing a disappointing Beijing Games on a superstar-charged high.
Nations:Brazil Italy Belarus Argentina Russia Japan People:Carmelo Anthony LeBron James Kobe Bryant Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AFP)
2008-08-23
US suffer gold medal wipeout
BEIJING (AFP) - United States suffered a gold medal wipe-out on Wednesday after suffering another dismal track and field performance which virtually conceded Olympic Games supremacy to China.
Nations:Japan Jamaica Argentina Australia People:Michael Phelps Carmelo Anthony LeBron James Kobe Bryant Source:(AFP)
2008-08-20
US completes romp through pool play; Aussies next
BEIJING - The U.S. Olympic team put away Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in a hurry. Next up: the only team so far these Americans couldn't blow out. After destroying Germany 106-57 on Monday, the Americans (5-0) move on to a quarterfinal matchup Wednesday against Australia, the team that's provided them with their toughest test in China.
Nations:Germany Australia Lithuania People:Carmelo Anthony Dirk Nowitzki Dwyane Wade LeBron James Kobe Bryant Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-19
US NBA stars crush Angola but Africans find small glory
BEIJING (AFP) - Dwyane Wade scored 19 points to lead the US team of National Basketball Association stars past Angola 97-76 on Tuesday but the African champions found a way to put the "feat" in defeat.
Nations:Angola U.S. People:LeBron James Carmelo Anthony Dwyane Wade Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AFP)
2008-08-12
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