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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
Olympic basketball player U.S.Olympic basketball coach Mike U.S...Kevin Durant , Kobe Bryant , Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James can all rack up the points, but the ability to stop opponents scoring is what separates the U.S. Olympic team from the...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
It included a thrilling quarterfinals victory over Brazil on penalty kicks, before losing to Japan in the final. The U.S. women are back in the international spotlight, this time with a stronger Seattle flavor and in a summer event they've dominated.
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Venus and Serena Williams have opted for the comfort of a Wimbledon hotel over the athletes' village and might miss the opening ceremony but the tennis siblings were still able to soak up some of the London Olympic experience on Tuesday (Wednesday,...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
How much, if at all, did this victory and the lopsided margin in which the American team delivered it actually mean in the grand scheme of Olympic preparation?...Ultimately, though, the answer also depended on the vantage point. For the Americans,...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 10 months ago
In 2008 Hugh McCutcheon's Olympic journey of tragedy and triumph played out in front of the world's eyes. In 2012 the classy Cantabrian just wants it to be about the volleyball...The personable Kiwi who coached the USA men to gold in 2008, and is...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
French NBA star Tony Parker told his teammates on Tuesday not to be intimidated by the mighty Americans and insisted the Dream Team can be defeated. Defending champions United States and France clash in their opening match at the Olympics on Sunday...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 10 months ago
The Sports Network Carmelo Anthony made five three-pointers en route to 27 points, leading Team USA to a 100-78 victory over Spain in exhibition play. LeBron James added 25 points and seven assists for the Americans, who went 13- of-23 from beyond...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Spain stood tall early but sharp-shooting Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James helped the U.S. team overcome a shaky start for a 100-78 win Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) in a potential preview of the gold-medal game at the London Olympics. The U.S. team...
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The Huffington Post
| 10 months ago
The 2012 London Olympics are almost here, and what better way to celebrate than to create the ultimate Team USA playlist ?...There was an overwhelming response from our readers in support of David Cook's inspirational track "We Believe," while...
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The Orange County Register
| 10 months ago
Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the U.S...LeBron James added 25 and Kevin Durant had 13, including 10 in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the third quarter to help the U.S. break open the teams' final exhibition game before heading to London.
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
United States launches its campaign with a tricky opener against France Japan's women footballers kick off their quest for a rare double on Wednesday as the first action of the 2012 Olympics gets underway. The Asian giant upset the established order...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Nic Long tried out for the golf team as a freshman at El Capitan High in Lakeside...I never really hung out with anybody (from school) outside of school. I just kept to myself and tried to do the least amount of homework possible...He has a nose stud...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
The Globe and Mail Olympic hopefuls Roseline Filon, left, and Meaghan Benfeito (diving) are photograhed at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga, Ont...Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail gallery Although he would...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies center and member of the Spanish national basketball team, provided bulletin board material for Team USA when he said the 2012 U.S. basketball team wouldn't stand a chance against 1992's Dream Team...Dream Team debate...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Articles "We're obviously excited about the game," USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "It gives us the opportunity before the Olympics to play the toughest game that we could play which should help us in our preparation." Team USA is coming off a six-...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Story London 2012 This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 file photo shows England's David Beckham applauding the crowd after their World Cup group 6 qualifying soccer match against Belarus at Wembley Stadium, London. Former England captain David Beckham has...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Takes Seriously Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The brothers Pau and Marc Gasol give Spain an experienced, N.B.A...Spain In preparation for its final exhibition contest, the USA Basketball staff convened after midnight Monday morning and analyzed game film...
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The Star
| 10 months ago
It was the narrowest winning margin yet for the US basketball team in the run-up to defending their Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for his squad. We learned a lot, he said,...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
Original "Dream Team" members David Robinson and Chris Mullin renewed their love affair with Barcelona 20 years after the squad's gold medal triumph and are confident the current crop of U.S. Olympians will match their achievement. "Old great...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
The fitness of Olympic badminton silver medallist Lee Chong Wei is a state "secret" that cannot be revealed before the London Games tournament, according to Malaysia's chef de mission. The top seed Lee, Malaysia's brightest hope of a maiden Olympic...
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The Huffington Post
| 10 months ago
First lady Michelle Obama, who is heading to London for the Olympics, discussed on Monday her memories of watching the Olympics on TV, saying she never believed she would one day attend the games. I am beyond proud to be leading the U.S. delegation...
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Baltimore Sun
| 10 months ago
Through the partnership, STX will provide USA Field Hockey with equipment and funding and will work with the organization on a program to encourage youth participation in field hockey...Olympic field hockey players at clinics in Baltimore and in...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Articles Kevin Durant led Team USA with 27 points on 10-15 shooting, including 7-10 from three-point range...You hate to breeze through exhibition games and then you get into London , and then you start getting competitive," James said. For the...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
Spain Maybe Spain can convince its home fans that the game doesn't matter...The Spanish players are supposed to be OK with losing, because it's only an exhibition? "There's not a chance," Bryant said Monday. "It's not just practice...Bryant might...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Michelle Obama will be travelling to London to attend the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, the White House announced. The US First Lady is following in the steps of her predecessors Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, who headed the American delegations...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Liberty The Olympic champions play Beijing silver medalists Spain on Tuesday at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi in the last friendly before the Games in what could be a preview of another Olympic gold medal final. While the U.S. team were made to hold...
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ESPN
| 10 months ago
Kevin Durant was at his deadly best Sunday night in the Palau Sant Jordi, leaving you with the feeling that every time he hoisted the ball only fate could make him miss. He rainbowed 11 shots from behind the 3-point line, drained seven of them and,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
The Indian hockey team is riding on the wings of hope once again. Back in the Olympic line-up after missing out of the Beijing Games in 2008, India are again where they ought to be and the entire country's best wishes are with our players as they...
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The News Tribune
| 10 months ago
PDT For 40 minutes Sunday, the U.S. men's national team and Argentina exchanged as many elbows as made baskets and Kevin Durant played dual roles as resident sharpshooter and bodyguard of point guards. This exhibition game in Barcelona, Spain,...
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The Olympia
| 10 months ago
This exhibition game in Barcelona, Spain, friendly only in the technical sense, sometimes looked more like a rugby scrum. At one point, Durant stepped between his teammate, point guard Chris Paul, and Argentina's burly, bearded forward, Luis Scola.
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
It was the narrowest winning margin yet for the U.S. basketball team in the run-up to defending their Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for his squad. "We learned a lot," he said,...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Juan Mata wants Spain to make yet more football history by becoming the first nation to hold the world, European and Olympic titles at the same time with victory at London 2012. The 24-year-old forward won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and scored...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Olympic men's basketball team held on for an 86-80 exhibition victory over Argentina on Sunday in Barcelona, Spain, insisting it didn't expect an easy game and not believing there's benefit to one, anyway. "I love it. You hate to breeze through...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Spain For 40 minutes Sunday, the United States men's national team and Argentina exchanged as many elbows as made baskets and Kevin Durant played dual roles as resident sharpshooter and bodyguard of point guards. David Ramos/Getty Images Carmelo...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Olympic team blew hot and cold but had enough scoring punch to hold off Argentina 86-80 in a bruising pre-Olympics exhibition game at Palau Sant Jordi on Sunday (Monday, PHL time). Kevin Durant led the defending Olympic champion Americans with 27...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Olympic men's basketball team wore the throwback uniforms of the 1992 Dream Team on Sunday. The Americans' play was much different.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points and the United States held on for a narrow 86-80 victory over Argentina in...
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KSBY
| 10 months ago
Olympic basketball team is dressed up like the Dream Team for its game against Argentina. The Americans are wearing throwback uniforms Sunday that the 1992 Hall of Fame squad wore when it won the gold medal in this city. The white uniforms with red...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 10 months ago
When Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird hit Barcelona 20 years ago they ushered in a new era of Olympic basketball , their Dream Team of NBA stars firing the imagination of hoopsters around the globe. Now the 2012 U.S. team led by LeBron...
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Chandler Republic
| 10 months ago
The Republic azcentral.com Farewell to the Dream Team and all its distant relatives?...The 2012 London Olympics might not be the end of the road, after all. "I'd be stunned if there was an immediate change," USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo...
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Bradenton Herald
| 10 months ago
Akron Beacon Journal We had finished interviews with Team USA players, wrote our stories for the day and were picking over a late-night dinner at the hotel bar two blocks east of the Las Vegas strip last week when a prominent New York writer first...
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Chandler Republic
| 10 months ago
The Republic azcentral.com Michael Phelps, Act 3 American rival Ryan Lochte stands in his way in the individual medleys but, realistically, injury is all that blocks swimmer Michael Phelps from becoming the most decorated Olympian ever.
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 10 months ago
July 21, 2012 Kobe Bryant called NBA Commissioner David Stern 's idea of a 23-and-younger age limit for Team USA in future Olympics "stupid." Only Kobe might be able to get away with using the word "stupid" and his boss in the same sentence. Stern...
