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Cuba goes for gold once again after beating U.S.

Associated Press
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The Cuban baseball team will go for gold once again, having beaten the United States 10-2 to reach the Olympic championship game. Alexei Bell hit a three-run ...
Latvia's Strombergs takes BMX gold

Associated Press
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING _ World champion Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the men's BMX gold on Friday, sweeping to the front at the start of the winner-take-all final and never losing c...
Maine coach quits over false Olympic claim

Associated Press
Aug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - YARMOUTH, Maine -- A boys' soccer coach at a Yarmouth prep school has resigned following a newspaper report that disproved his claim that he played on the U.S. Olympic t...
More Jamaican dominance in women's 200

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- It was Jamaica Night again at the Bird's Nest, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the firs...
U.S. softball team loses 3-1 to Japan for gold

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's...
Mark Spitz, the former greatest Olympian, relieved

Wall Street Journal
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - On the third day of his new life, Mark Spitz said that no matter what people might think, he's relieved. Until last weekend, he was the athlete who had turned in the sin...
Gay to anchor U.S. 400 relay team; Bolt sits out

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Usain Bolt was left off Jamaica's team in the preliminary round of the Olympic 400-meter relay, giving him a chance to rest Thursday, while Tyson Gay was pick...
U.S. volleyball team beats Cuba, will play for gold

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The U.S. women's volleyball team has advanced to the gold medal game, defeating Cuba in three sets to guarantee the Americans their best Olympic finish since ...
Phelps fatigue, feuds and flaps mean Olympics can't end soon enough

By Burt Constable
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - No slight to rhythmic gymnastics, Taekwondo, trampoline, table tennis, BMX biking or any of the other Olympic sports we normally see performed exclusively by kids in str...
Dutch stun Americans for gold in water polo

Associated Press
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Danielle de Bruijn scored seven goals, including the game-winner with 26 seconds left, as the Netherlands edged the United States 9-8 in the gold medal match ...

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