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2012 OLYMPICS | 2 US women's teams to play for Olympic beach gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:46pmLONDON (AP) - In their first Olympics, April Ross and Jennifer Kessy will play for the gold medal in an all-American beach volleyball final.In their final Olympics together, Kerri Walsh Jennings an...
2012 OLYMPICS | Esparza, Shields chase gold in women's boxing
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:43pmLONDON (AP) - Marlen Esparza already knows she'll stand on a podium Thursday with a medal around her neck from the first Olympic women's boxing tournament.The American flyweight's next two fights -...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women's volleyball heads to Olympic semis
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:41pmLONDON (AP) - The U.S. women's volleyball team remained undefeated at the London Olympics with a straight-set victory over the Dominican Republic on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals.The U...
2012 OLYMPICS | Brazil and Mexico in men's Olympic football final
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 3:38pmMANCHESTER, England (AP) - One match to go for Brazil. Only Mexico stands in the way of its first Olympic gold in football.Brazil moved a step closer to winning the elusive medal by beating South K...
2012 OLYMPICS | Raisman finishes Olympics in style with floor gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 9:41amLONDON (AP) - Aly Raisman finished the Olympics in style.The U.S. captain matched Gabby Douglas in gold medals, winning the title on floor exercise Tuesday. Add in the bronze on balance beam fro...
2012 OLYMPICS | Windsurfing makes spirited exit from Olympics
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 9:37amWEYMOUTH, England (AP) - The Olympic party boats have come ashore for the final time.Windsurfing made a spirited games exit on Tuesday, with Dorian Van Rijsselberge of the Netherlands collecting...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women beat Canada 91-48 to reach Olympic semis
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 9:34amLONDON (AP) - With their offense on a hiatus early, the U.S. women turned up the defensive pressure and cruised into the semifinals of the Olympic basketball tournament.Diana Taurasi scored 15 p...
2012 OLYMPICS | Canada's Sinclair tries to move on after tough loss to US
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 9:32amMANCHESTER, England (AP) - Christine Sinclair came away from perhaps the greatest performances of her life feeling mainly anger and bitterness.Sinclair scored three goals in a 4-3 loss against two-...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women top Canada, Japan next for Olympic gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 2:37pmMANCHESTER, England (AP) - The U.S. women's soccer team is back in the Olympic gold medal match after a wild come-from-behind 4-3 win over Canada with a goal in the final minute of extra time.No...
2012 OLYMPICS | Serena in no mood to slow down, eyes Rio Olympics
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 11:19amLONDON (AP) - A day after completing a career Golden Slam, Serena Williams still wants more.Williams was already thinking about defending her Olympic tennis gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Ga...
2012 OLYMPICS | For some Olympians, glory is about showing up
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 11:12amLONDON (AP) - For Timi Garstang, a sprinter from the Marshall Islands, the Olympic experience boils down to this: He was the slowest man in the race to find the fastest man on earth.He chugged in t...
2012 OLYMPICS | Time for Olympic vets to lead US women's hoop team
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 10:58amLONDON (AP) - It's single elimination now, so that means it's Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings and Sue Bird time.The U.S. women will turn to the veteran leadership of the three-time Olympians when t...
2012 OLYMPICS | Hungary pounds US in men's Olympic water polo
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 10:57amLONDON (AP) - Norbert Hosnyanszky scored three times to power defending champion Hungary to a dominating 11-6 win over the United States in the last preliminary-stage game for the Americans at the ...
2012 OLYMPICS | Being replacement athlete at Olympics a tough gig
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 10:54amLONDON (AP) - You're an athlete at the Olympics. You get to train with your team, are issued special credentials, and spend a couple weeks around the world's best.A sweet deal - except you almost c...
2012 OLYMPICS | US Olympic women soccer tops New Zealand 2-0
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:31pmNEWCASTLE, England (AP) - These were perhaps going to be the Hope Solo Olympics for the U.S. women's soccer team. Or maybe the Alex Morgan Games. Instead, they belong so far to the old reliable, Ab...
2012 OLYMPICS | US men, defending champs, lose in beach volleyball
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:30pmLONDON (AP) - Defending beach volleyball gold medalists Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser of the United States were knocked out of the Olympics on Friday by Italy.The Americans were among the favorit...
2012 OLYMPICS | Franklin sets world record to win 200 back
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:27pmLONDON (AP) - American teenager Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke Friday for her third gold and fourth medal overall at the London Olympics.Franklin clocked 2 minutes, 4.06 se...
2012 OLYMPICS | US 15-year-old Katie Ledecky wins 800 free
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:26pmLONDON (AP) - American 15-year-old Katie Ledecky won the 800-meter freestyle at the London Olympics on Friday.The youngest member of the U.S. swim team narrowly missed a world record in the gruelin...
2012 OLYMPICS | US sprinter Nellum defies doctors to run again
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:23pmLONDON (AP) - Bryshon Nellum's doctors told him he might never run again.Not on an elite level. And surely not in the Olympics.Yet here he is in London, less than four years after gang members shot...
2012 OLYMPICS | Phelps goes out in style, rallying in 100 fly
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 12:20pmLONDON (AP) - Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.For the 17th time.What a way for Michael Phelps to go out in the final individual race of his career.With those long arms whipping ...
2012 OLYMPICS | May-Treanor, Walsh Jennings take next step to gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 6:00amLONDON (AP) - Red. Blue. Gold.No white for Misty May-Treanor's Olympic manicure. What would be the point of that?Gold is far more fitting for the two-time Olympic beach volleyball champion, anyw...
2012 OLYMPICS | Phelps back on top, beats Lochte in 200 IM
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 2:30pmLONDON (AP) - Michael Phelps added to his medal collection with his first individual gold of the London Games, and handed Ryan Lochte a double disappointment on his rival's final night in the po...
2012 OLYMPICS | For US judo fighter, a journey from pain to gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 2:27pmLONDON (AP) - Kayla Harrison took her spot atop the medal stand, determined not to cry during the national anthem.She was in tears after one note.On this day, emotion was the only thing she coul...
2012 OLYMPICS | Douglas wins gymnastics all-around title, giving her 2nd gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 11:09amLONDON (AP) - Might be time to get Gabby Douglas a new nickname.Olympic champ might work.Known as "The Flying Squirrel," Douglas won the women's all-around title Thursday night, becoming the thi...
2012 OLYMPICS | Win-or-else time for US Olympic soccer women
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:17amNEWCASTLE, England (AP) - The coach of the U.S. women's soccer team wants her players in win-or-go-home mode. She just doesn't want them thinking too much about it.The great mental shift has occurr...
2012 OLYMPICS | Serena Williams advances to Olympic semifinals
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:14amWIMBLEDON, England (AP) - To complement her booming serve and slingshot returns, Serena Williams tried a left-handed forehand Thursday at the Olympics.She lost that rally but won most of the oth...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women's hoops team faces Czech Republic next
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:12amLONDON (AP) - The U.S. women's basketball team has been unstoppable at the London Games - and its starters have hardly broken a sweat.The Americans' Olympic rookies have led the way.The U.S. has ro...
2012 OLYMPICS | Probe into thrown Olympic badminton matches widens
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:07amLONDON (AP) - Olympic officials demanded a deeper investigation into the badminton fixing scandal Thursday as China's coach took the blame for a match being thrown at the London Games and a player ...
2012 OLYMPICS | NBC: Archery becoming a phenomenon
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 9:55amNEW YORK (AP) - Archery is the new curling.NBC said Thursday that during the first few days of its Olympics coverage, archery was the most popular sport of any that it aired on its cable networks -...
2012 OLYMPICS | Venus Williams loses in 3rd round of Olympics
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:29amWIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Playing Olympic tennis twice a day proved too much for Venus Williams. Her workload at Wimbledon will now be a little lighter.Williams squandered a lead in each set Wednes...
2012 OLYMPICS | Americans go 0-3 in tough Olympic boxing matchups
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:21amLONDON (AP) - The U.S. Olympic boxing team realized it faced a brutal slate of matchups Wednesday, taking on a Cuban world champion and two hulking Russian heavyweights.None of the three America...
2012 OLYMPICS | Armstrong wins 2nd straight time trial gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:18amHAMPTON COURT, England (AP) - Kristin Armstrong knew she was the favorite to win time trial gold in cycling at the Beijing Olympics. But when she looked at the start list in London, she counted ...
2012 OLYMPICS | 16 years in the making, US savors gymnastics gold
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:14amLONDON (AP) - Jordyn Wieber woke up and immediately shoved her hand under her pillow.Whew!Yes, it's for real. She and the rest of the newly nicknamed Fierce Five really did win the Olympic title...
2012 OLYMPICS | 8 Olympic badminton players kicked out of games
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:12amLONDON (AP) - Four badminton teams were kicked out of the women's doubles at the London Games on Wednesday for trying to lose on purpose, conduct that a top IOC executive said strikes at the heart ...
Olympics don’t thwart desire to be outdoors in N. California
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 7:32am2012 OLYMPICS | Phelps sets record with 19th career Olympic medal
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 1:45pmLONDON (AP) - Michael Phelps swam into history with his 19th Olympic medal, and this one was a more appropriate color.With a lot of help from his friends, Phelps took down the last major record tha...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women tops North Korea 1-0, wins group
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 11:11amMANCHESTER, England (AP) - The United States clinched first place in its group in Olympic women's football Tuesday with a 1-0 win over North Korea.Abby Wambach scored in the 25th minute for her 141...
2012 OlYMPICS | Golden again, US wins 1st Olympic title since '96
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 11:03amLONDON (AP) - The Americans grabbed hands and backed up, eager to get a better view of the scoreboard.There was really no need. That Olympic gold medal was in the bag the minute they took the floor...
2012 OLYMPICS | Hancock wins 2nd straight men's skeet gold medal
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 10:47amLONDON (AP) - Vincent Hancock nearly retired from competition a year ago, then decided to chase another Olympic gold medal.Smart move.At 23, Hancock is a two-time Olympic champion in men's skeet sh...
2012 OLYMPICS | US shooters competing with Aurora in mind
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 10:30amLONDON (AP) - USA Shooting is based in Colorado Springs, Colo., about an hour's drive from the site of the movie theater massacre.Yes, that's very much on the mind of the American shooting team ...
2012 OLYMPICS | Orozco, Leyva show changing face of US gymnastics
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 10:25amLONDON (AP) - John Orozco knew from an early age he never quite fit in.Not at school, where his classmates would tease the soft-spoken Orozco for his shyness. Not in the gritty Bronx neighborhoo...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women rout Angola 90-38 in Olympic basketball
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 4:02pmLONDON (AP) - The U.S. women say they don't care about the final score. They just want to have least one more point than their opponent at the end of games in the women's Olympic basketball tour...
Lochte falters again, but Franklin, Grevers shine
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 12:44pmLONDON (AP) - Yannick Agnel dealt another crushing blow to Ryan Lochte and everyone else in the supposed Race of the Century at the London Olympics on Monday.Missy Franklin restored American swim h...
2012 OLYMPICS | US women volleyballers defeat Brazil in Olympics
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 12:40pmLONDON (AP) - The U.S. women's volleyball team defeated Brazil 3-1 on Monday at the Olympics in an early-round rematch of the Beijing Games final won by the Brazilians.Destinee Hooker had 23 poi...
2012 OLYMPICS | Looking for gold, US fails to medal in men's gymnastics
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 11:28amLONDON (AP) - When there's gold to be had, don't ever doubt the Chinese.When it comes to silver and bronze, it can get tricky. It did at men's gymnastics on Monday.The Chinese won their second stra...
2012 OLYMPICS | San Jose's Malloy wins judo bronze
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 11:14amLONDON (AP) - Japanese judo fans can breathe a sigh of relief: After three days of competition the country that invented the sport finally won a gold medal at the London Olympics, thanks to Kaor...
2012 OLYMPICS | US men play Tunisia next in Olympic basketball
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 10:55amLONDON (AP) - Coach Mike Krzyzewski says the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has to always perform at its best, no matter the opponent.He says there's no such thing as an off night.The Americans...
2012 OLYMPICS | Olympic goalie Solo doesn't back down from tweets
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 10:50amMANCHESTER, England (AP) - U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo isn't backing down from her critical tweets about NBC game analyst Brandi Chastain.Solo said Monday she was just expressing her o...
