voices.washingtonpost.com - 8/18/2008
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Dwight Howard sat behind a table with a pair of swimming goggles on his forehead after the United States obliterated Germany, 106-57, to conclude pool play with a 5-0 record. Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps had just finished visiting with the team the day after wrapping up his legendary, eight-gold-medal performance and Howard presented Phelps a challenge in the locker room. "I told him was going to do the 100-meter medley next year," Howard said,...Please click on the title to continue reading ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Michael Lee of the Washington Post: "Los Angeles Clippers forward Chris Kaman, an American who received German citizenship last July, was asked after the game what it would take to beat the U.S. Kaman, who finished with six points for Germany, rolled his eyes and said, 'No one's going to beat them.'" ...
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