U.S. Sighs with Relief But Basketball Concerns Linger
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The United States men's basketball team  could breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday after its first win  but lingering concerns over a lack of outside shooting and team  defense have coach Larry Brown scrambling for answers.
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WASHINGTON - While Celtics guard Rajon Rondo slept well, his bruised back didn't feel well when he woke up yesterday morning.
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Steve Nash felt many different emotions about his return to Dallas. That included feeling very comfortable on the Mavericks' home court.
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The concern was that the sense of relief would linger, that the Great Escape pulled off against Cleveland would still be on everybody's minds when the World Series started.
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Once there was shock. Now there are shrugs. The U.S. men's basketball team wasn't taking its latest Olympic defeat too hard Sunday, knowing its spot in the quarterfinals was assured.
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Coach Rick Carlisle of the Indiana Pacers said he was cautiously optimistic after yesterday&#39;s ruling by arbitrator Roger Kaplan that could reduce the suspension of all-star forward Jermaine O&#39;Neal from 25 games to 15.
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Americans breathed a sigh of relief at the official end of an uncommonly quiet Atlantic hurricane season, a year after record-setting 2005 saw the US Gulf Coast ravaged by the Hurricane Katrina mega-storm.
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The US men&#39;s basketball team is in the unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing into the quarter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament.
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ATHENS, Greece - As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday...
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SAITAMA, Japan  - The United States arrived at the   world basketball championships sporting a new look, a new   attitude and a new game plan. They were determined to win the   gold medal and reclaim their status as the sport's super power.
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First place, and the warm, fuzzy feelings that came with it, felt great for about 23 hours. By the 24th hour, the Knicks looked and played more like a team destined to wander the depths of the Atlantic Division.
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It is only summer league, but the Knicks are 2-0 and youngsters like Renaldo Balkman and Demetris Nichols are making Isiah Thomas, the coach and president, look good and feel good.
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Few were happier to see the end of the Olympics than Carmelo Anthony. The Denver Nuggets star said being demoted to the bench for the bronze medal-winning US basketball team left him feeling
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It is not the color they bargained on,  but the U.S. men's basketball team were happy on Saturday to  take any medal they could get their hands on.
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The part about peace on earth, good will toward men. . . . It won&#39;t really apply at today&#39;s two NBA games. Good tidings will not be what Shaquille O&#39;Neal brings when he faces Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles
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SAITAMA, Japan -- This experience was not the disaster so many uninformed Americans undoubtedly think it was. To put it in Belichickian terms, the USA basketball situation is what it is.
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The United States men&#39;s basketball team could breathe a sigh of relief on Wednesday after its first win but lingering concerns over a lack of outside shooting and team defense have coach Larry Brown scrambling for ...