Rulon Gardner Wins First Two Matches
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Rulon Gardner won two pool matches Tuesday, his first in the Olympics since his monumental gold-medal upset of Russia's supposedly unbeatable Alexander Karelin in Sydney, to move within one victory of reaching the Greco-Roman wrestling semifinals at 264 1/2 pounds (120kg).
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Rookie Angela Park shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Thursday to take the early lead in the first round of the Fields Open. Meaghan Francella survived a triple bogey to open with a 68, and South Korea's Jeong Jang and Jee Young Lee shot 69s. Amy Hung also was 3 under, with 10 holes left.
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Karon Bradley was just waiting for the chance to make a big play.
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St Andrews, Scotland - Northern Ireland&#39;s Graeme McDowell shot a brilliant 62 in the first round of the Dunhill Links and is three strokes ahead of four players, among them South Africa&#39;s Retief Goosen and James Kingston.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Rookie Ryan Palmer fired a  brilliant 10-under-par 62 to capture his first PGA Tour victory  at the $4.2 million Funai Classic on Sunday.
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Ana Ivanovic was the first player to advance to the third round of the United States Open on Wednesday. Venus Williams, seeded 12th, also reached the third round.
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Robbie Findley scored twice in his Real Salt Lake debut, leading the team to its first win of the season, 2-1, over visiting D.C. United last night.
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Sport: Katie O'Brien becames first British player to reach second round after beating Germany's Sandra Kloesel 6-3, 7-5.
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Laura Davies made two shots that will go down in Solheim Cup history to win the 16th hole, save her match and turn a rough opening day for the Europeans into something much better.The United States led by 4 Â½-3 Â½ after a windy, wet and frigid day â a good sign for a team that had not been ahead after the first day since 1998.Playing in the final fourball match of the day, Davies hit a tee shot on the par-3 16th that ended up in the bushes and bramble behind a creek. Once there, she blasted the ball to the fringe and chipped in her next shot from 50 feet to win the hole and draw her and Trish Johnson even against the Americans Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer. The match ended in a draw.
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Malelane - For the third successive year the Dunhill Championship had to be decided by a playoff, but for the first time, it went to a South African.
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Revolution coach Steve Nicol is not taking credit for the emergence of Andy Dorman. But Nicol's tactical moves helped place Dorman in a position to score his first two goals as a professional, in the final seconds of a 3-0 win at Dallas Wednesday and on his first touch of Saturday night's game at D.C. United for the Revolution's second ...
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Hunter Mahan watched Jay Williamson hit two great approach shots from the 18th fairway on Sunday. Mahan stepped up both times and hit his just a little better. Mahan earned his first PGA Tour victory Sunday by winning the Travelers Championship over Williamson with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
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U.S. heavyweight Rulon Gardner lost his  Olympic title Wednesday after being beaten in the semi-final  stage of the 120kg Greco-Roman wrestling event by Georgiy  Tsurtsumia of Kazakhstan.
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The Gardner girls' swim team has not missed a beat since moving to Division 1 two years ago. For the second consecutive season, Dan Lemieux's talented bunch captured the state title , easily defeating runner-up Lincoln-Sudbury yesterday at Wellesley College.
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Coach Billy Gillispieâs second game at Kentucky turned out to be the first shocker of the college basketball season as Gardner-Webb beat Kentucky in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic.
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Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner lost a toe to frostbite after being stranded in the wilderness, impaled himself with an arrow and was involved in a serious motorcycle accident. In his latest escape from death, he survived a plane crash over the weekend into the aptly named Good Hope Bay on the Utah-Arizona border.
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K.J. Choi shoots a 5-under 66, giving him a two-shot lead over Rich Beem going into the weekend at the first of four playoff events for the FedEx Cup.