U.S. Women Win Third Consecutive Basketball Gold
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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking  open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia  74-63.
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Americans claim three medals, including the United States' first ever in the women's 10,000 meters, at the track and field world championships Saturday.
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Australia and the United States won  their women's basketball semi-finals Friday to set up a clash  between the unbeaten teams in the Olympic gold final.
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The United States won the gold medal in  softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from  Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.
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Olympic champions the United States narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women&#39;s Olympic basketball Friday. The last time the American women lost was to the
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Olympic champions the United States  narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women's  Olympic basketball Friday.
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The United States softball team came  into Athens on a simple mission -- take home their third  straight gold medal or call the trip to the Olympics a failure.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American Shawn Johnson won the floor exercise on Sunday to collect her third gold medal of the world gymnastics championships.
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The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team had their sternest test of the Olympic tournament so far  Friday, needing an eight point run in the third quarter to pull  away and beat Spain 71-58.
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ATHENS, Greece - Three teammates, three Olympics, three gold medals. Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes...
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At least there's one U.S. basketball team that can still shoot straight. And these U.S. women rebound it pretty well, too. With a dominating performance on the boards and two big scoring spurts, the United States overcame another slow start and beat the Czech Republic 80-61 Monday.
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The Seattle Storm has defeated the Connecticut Sun 67-65 to force a decisive third game in the Women&#39;s National Basketball Association Finals.
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. women's basketball team got just what it wanted against Spain - a victory and a test...
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The US women took their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball Saturday, breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat Australia 74-63.
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The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team cruised to another victory Wednesday, pummeling Greece  102-72 to advance to the Olympic semi-finals where they will  meet Russia.
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The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch.
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Candace Parker scored 21 points and Katie Smith added two late 3-pointers to help the United States hold off Cuba, 85-79, in its opening game at the FIBA Americas tournament in Valdivia, Chile. With the score tied at 71-71 midway through the fourth quarter, Smith hit consecutive 3-pointers. After finishing third at the world championships, the United States was forced to play in the FIBA Americas tournament. Only the tournament winner earns an automatic bid to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.