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• U.S. Hoops Back On Top, Beats Spain For Gold

  Published on Sunday August 24, 2008 at 8:30 am by kstepneski

  BEIJING — Arm-in-arm, they climbed onto the middle of the medals platform, the spot that for so long was U.S. private property.
       
  Some players flashed their Olympic medals to the crowd. One pretended to take a bite, just to make sure it was real.
       
  Yep, it was gold - the color the Americans always used to win [...]

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• U.S. Women’s Basketball Wins Fourth Straight Gold

  Published on Saturday August 23, 2008 at 1:11 pm by kstepneski

  BEIJING — Lisa Leslie and the U.S. women’s basketball team were once again too good for Australia at the Olympics.
       
  Leslie capped off her illustrious Olympic career with a fourth straight gold medal scoring 14 points in a 92-65 victory against Australia on Saturday night. She joined former teammate Teresa Edwards as the only basketball players [...]

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• Raleigh’s Bershawn Jackson Helps US Sweep 400M Hurdles

  Published on Tuesday August 19, 2008 at 6:32 am by kstepneski

  BEIJING — The American track team was in bad need of a comeback, and Angelo Taylor was the perfect person to provide it.
       
  Taylor, a once-troubled 29-year-old who was laying electrical wire 14 months ago, became the first 400-meter hurdler since Edwin Moses to win gold medals eight years apart Monday. He led the first sweep [...]

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• Phelps Passes Spitz With 8 Gold Medals

  Published on Sunday August 17, 2008 at 8:44 am by kstepneski

  BEIJING - Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Sunday to become the grandest of Olympic champions.
       
  Jason Lezak held on to the lead Phelps gave him, anchoring the United States to a world record in the 400-meter medley relay against an Australian team that [...]

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• Olympians’ Triumph Over Injury Inspires Young Athletes

  Published on Sunday August 17, 2008 at 8:34 am by kstepneski

  RALEIGH, N.C.–Watching Olympic athletes playing their sport is exciting for the girls attending training camp at the Triangle Volleyball Club. But it’s also a lesson in the toll sports can take on your body.
  Eighth grader Rayna Yvars of Cary has been playing volleyball for three years. And she’s seen her share of injuries.
  “I known friends [...]

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• USA’s “Redeem Team” Beats Spain, Clinches 1st Place In Group

  Published on Saturday August 16, 2008 at 1:40 pm by kstepneski

  BEIJING — Four down, four to go. The U.S. men’s Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world.
       
  And not even the world champions - on paper anyway - could give the Americans a game.
       
  Unleashing a lethal 3-point barrage for the first time in Beijing, the Americans turned the marquee matchup of [...]

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• Liukin Edges Johnson For All-Around Gold

  Published on Friday August 15, 2008 at 9:53 am by kstepneski

  BEIJING — Elegance and power, almost in equal portions. A combination that just shouldn’t work.
       
  Yet it’s what women’s gymnastics requires. When done precisely, it is mesmerizing. Just like Nastia Liukin’s command performance at the Beijing Olympics on Friday.
       
  In an intense climax to a friendly rivalry with U.S. teammate Shawn Johnson, Liukin won the all-around gold [...]

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• Take Our Poll: Chinese Olympic Age Controversy

  Published on Monday August 11, 2008 at 1:17 pm by kstepneski

  
  
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• Former Wolfpack Athlete Helps Set New Record

  Published on Sunday August 10, 2008 at 10:03 am by kstepneski

  BEIJING  — The United States has set a world record in the men’s Olympic 400-meter freestyle relay preliminaries.
       
  The team of Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Matt Grevers won their heat Sunday night in 3 minutes, 12.23 seconds, erasing the old mark of 3:12.46 set by the U.S. at the 2006 Pan Pacific championships [...]

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• USA Baseball To Play Locally Before Beijing

  Published on Monday July 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm by kstepneski

  The United States and Canada take the field this weekend for four local games prior to their departure for Beijing.
  This four-game exhibition series includes one game at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary on Friday, and three games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham from Aug. 2 to 4.
  As a precursor to [...]

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