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Playoffs Open With Parker Chasing a Triple Crown

Sep. 17, 2008
Candace Parker, the rookie forward, is aiming to become the first woman to win an N.C.A.A. championship, an Olympic gold medal and a W.N.B.A. title in one year.
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Hungary won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in men's water polo.
Olympic Medal: M Basktball

Olympic Medal: M Basktball

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The United States won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in men's basketball.
Americans coast to gold in basketball

Americans coast to gold in basketball

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Kara Lawson keyed a surge to end the first period Saturday and ignited the United States to a 92-65 win over Australia for the Olympic basketball gold medal.
Olympic Medal: W High Jump

Olympic Medal: W High Jump

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Tia Hellebaut of Belgium won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's high jump.
Olympic Medal: W Volleyball

Olympic Medal: W Volleyball

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Brazil won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in women's volleyball.

Olympic Medal: W Team Handball

BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Norway won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in women's team handball.

Olympic Medal: M Triple Jump

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Nelson Evora of Portugal won the Olympic gold medal Thursday in the men's triple jump.
Olympic Medal: Softball

Olympic Medal: Softball

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Japan won the Olympic gold medal Thursday in softball, downing the heavily favored Americans in the gold medal game 3-1.

Olympic Medal: W Discus Throw

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Stephanie Brown Trafton of the United States won the Olympic gold medal Monday in the women's discus.
Olympic Medal: W Triple Jump

Olympic Medal: W Triple Jump

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Francoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the women's triple jump.
Olympic Medal: W Swim 200 IM

Olympic Medal: W Swim 200 IM

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Stephanie Rice of Australia won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the women's 200-meter individual medley.
Olympic Medal: M Swim 200 Fly

Olympic Medal: M Swim 200 Fly

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Michael Phelps became the all-time Olympic gold medal record-holder Wednesday with a triumph in the 200-meter butterfly.

Olympic Medal: M 56kg Weightlifting

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Tennessee's Parker wins women's Naismith

TAMPA, Fla., April 7 (UPI) -- Candace Parker of Tennessee won the 2008 Naismith Trophy Monday as the Atlanta Tipoff Club's women's college basketball player of the year.
Parker repeats as player of the year

Parker repeats as player of the year

ST. LOUIS, April 3 (UPI) -- Tennessee's Candace Parker has been selected the women's national collegiate player of the year for the second consecutive season.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler