Olympics
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Injury-time goal gives Dutch 2-2 draw with U.S.
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - TIANJIN, China -- Gerald Sibon scored on a free kick in the third minute of injury time Sunday to salvage a 2-2 tie for the Netherlands against the United States and kee...
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U.S. volleyball beats Japan, but tragedy casts pall
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - A U.S. women's volleyball team struck by tragedy just hours earlier beat Japan in an emotional Olympic opener marred by the fatal stabbing of an ex-player's fa...
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Phelps qualifies 4th-fastest in Olympic 200 free
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Michael Phelps has advanced out of the Olympic 200-meter freestyle preliminaries, qualifying fourth-fastest about nine hours after the American won a gold med...
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Weightlifter Chen gets China's first gold medalAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - China marked the first day of competition in the Beijing Olympics with a quick gold medal - just not the one it expected. Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic...
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Olympic medal count
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Relative of US Olympic coach killed in Beijing
Aug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- A knife-wielding Chinese man attacked two relatives of a coach for the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing one and injuri...
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Her-stories: What you may not know about U.S. OlympiansAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The Olympic Games produce some of the best moments in sports, and some of the best personal stories as well. Here are some intriguing tidbits from the NBC Sports website...
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Phelps opens Olympic swimming in 400 IM prelims
Aug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Michael Phelps opened his quest to win eight gold medals by qualifying 1.44 seconds faster than his rivals with an Olympic-record time in the 400-meter indivi...
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History is made as Olympics come to ChinaAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Bubbling with pent-up anticipation, the huge crowd counted down the last five seconds to China's biggest moment on the world stage: "Wu! Si! San! Er! Yi!" Then...
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Swimmers suited to greatness?Aug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - Head on over to the futuristic-looking Water Cube and wriggle into your high-tech suit, Michael Phelps. It's time to hit the pool. Swimming is perhaps the most...