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U.S. to face several familiar faces vs. Argentina
Los Angeles TimesThe U.S. is about to face 2004 gold medalist Argentina in Friday's semifinals and you know what that means. They're not merely a great team, they're like an NBA team. Actually, they're not merely like a generic NBA team but the Boston Celtics in Bill...Tags: Major League Baseball, Andres Nocioni, Boston Celtics, National Basketball Association
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Argentina -- 'They're like an NBA team' -- next up for U.S. men
Tribune Olympic BureauThe U.S. is about to face 2004 gold medalist Argentina in Friday's semifinals and you know what that means. Not only is it an honor to play the Argentines, they're a great team. Actually, they're not merely a great team, they're like an NBA team!...Tags: Major League Baseball, Jason Kidd, Andres Nocioni, Kobe Bryant, Boston Celtics
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Is Michael Phelps the best athlete ever?
How weird is the Olympics? Six months ago, most of the country had only a vague idea who Michael Phelps is. And this morning, when I turned on National Public Radio, they were talking about whether Phelps is the best athlete ever.
That's right. These...Tags: Swimming, Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis, Cycling, National Hockey League
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Kobe Bryant rules China
Beijing
It's Kobe's team, in China, anyway.
The U.S. basketball team, entirely made up of superstars, isn't really anyone's, but one of them -- Kobe Bryant -- stands alone, at least as far as 1.3 billion Chinese are concerned.
If LeBron James is...Tags: Sony Corp., Nike Incorporated, McDonald's, Consumer Electronics Industry, LeBron James
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LeBron James has the street cred but China's crazy about Kobe Bryant
Tribune Olympic BureauIt's Kobe's Team, in China, anyway. The U.S. basketball team, entirely comprised of superstars, isn't really anyone's but one of them -- Kobe Bryant -- stands alone, at least as far as 1.3 billion Chinese are concerned. If LeBron James is still King...Tags: Sony Corp., Nike Incorporated, Sexual Assault, McDonald's, Assault
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Tony Daly reflects on his many Olympic moments
Tony Daly has had an Olympic moment or two. More like 200. That's why it was fitting and special that he was able to comfortably watch Friday night's Olympic opening ceremony from his home in Los Angeles. The 74-year-old doctor and sports medicine...Tags: Diseases, George Bush, Medical Staff, Awards and Prizes, Medicine
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China's total urban makeover
IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that...Tags: Diseases, Nike Incorporated, Mass Media, Jim Brown, Athletes
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Passing keys
Sometimes, even American originals have to sell a piece of themselves. Richard Petty is one of the great sporting icons, who transformed his business, who takes over an event just by being there, with a black Charlie1 Horse cowboy hat looming over his...Tags: Sandy Koufax, Petroleum Industry, NASCAR, Jim Brown, Jeff Gordon
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Coughlin uses memorable sayings to motivate Giants
Tom Coughlin isn't quite sure when the memorable sayings -- the ones from Confucius to Lincoln to Lombardi -- became a part of his coaching lexicon. The seeds probably were planted when he was growing up playing football and became a star wingback at...Tags: John Wooden, Brandon Jacobs, Abraham Lincoln, Tiki Barber, National Basketball Association
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Reading between the lines of Dodgers' demise
Special to The TimesJuly 12, 2008 Branch Rickey disciple Al Campanis wrote "The Dodger Way to Play Baseball" in 1954. Campanis was scouting director on his way to becoming general manager, and his book, both symbolically and in practicality, became the organization's...Tags: Peter O'Malley, Major League Baseball, Joe Torre, Rupert Murdoch, Frank McCourt
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'Nightline' was Al Campanis' nightmare
It was 21 years ago and it remains as clear as yesterday. Al Campanis imploded on national TV, and both the Dodgers and baseball swayed wildly for a while.
A baseball team's public-relations nightmare became an entire sport's.
What happened that night...Tags: Peter O'Malley, Major League Baseball, Ceremonies, Society, Racism
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Shaq's bad rap
Full disclosure: When the first snippets surfaced of Shaquille O'Neal dogging Kobe Bryant onstage at a New York club, I laughed. The more I heard, the funnier and more absurd it got. That reaction lasted a couple of minutes. It was just an instinctive...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Superman, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
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