Americans Cap Near-Perfect Softball Run
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ATHENS, Greece - They are America's newest golden girls - powerful and just a shade from perfection. The U.S...
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Matched up against each other on softball&#39;s biggest stage, the head coaches from the United States and Australia faced tough pitching decisions Monday.
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In just under 45 seconds, three largely unknown Americans brought respect back to the United States in the 400 meters, dominating exactly as expected.
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The United States ran their preliminary  round record to a perfect 5-0 with a 100-62 drubbing of China  at the women's Olympic basketball tournament on Sunday,  remaining on course for a third consecutive gold medal.
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Lori Harrigan allows only a first-inning bunt single and Crystl Bustos homers Tuesday as the U.S. softball team posts its fourth straight shutout, 4-0, over China.
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A disruptive Greek chorus of whistles, chanting, and catcalls could not derail a crowd-silencing American sweep in the men&#39;s 200-meter dash at the Olympic Games last night.
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The United States women set themselves up as the team to beat at the world championships â and maybe next year in Beijing, too â with a razor-sharp and nearly mistake-free romp in qualifying yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany. They scored 245.025 points to take a 3.85-point lead over China.
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The US softball team completed its scorched-earth run through the Olympics on Monday with a 5-1 win over Australia, America&#39;s third straight gold medal.
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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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Lisa Fernandez pitches a three-hitter Sunday and as the Americans roll to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game.
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ATHENS -- Yukiko Ueno pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history, leading Japan to a 2-0 win over China yesterday and a spot in the semifinals.
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Tonight in McLean, fans will huddle around the big-screen TV for the biggest softball game of the year. But they won&#39;t be watching Jennie Finch and the US Olympic gold medal hopefuls.
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THE Americans have done it again. Just two days after making a clean medal sweep in the men&#39;s 400 metres, Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin clinched 1-2-3 placings in the 200m.
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If they could have made the shutout last just one more inning, the unbeatable American softball team would have wound up with not only a third straight gold medal, but a feat that years from now will seem mythological.
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The United States team wasn&#39;t able to stop the juggernaut that is the partnership of Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer, but little else slowed it down in a record-setting
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The amount of softball talent in the Washington region has risen dramatically in the past decade and the University of Maryland is finally starting to notice.
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OSAKA, Japan - She is graceful, gracious, and oh so fast. Allyson Felix ran one of the greatest 400-meter relay legs in the sport's history last night to help the United States bring a triumphant end to its most dominant showing ever at a World Track and Field Championships.