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US Men's Basketball Team Olympic Gold Favorite

Reported by VOA News on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 (on July 18, 2012)

The defending World and Olympic champion U.S. Men's Basketball team finished its preparation for the London Olympics on home soil with a win against Brazil in Washington D.C. on Monday night. The exhibition game had some special spectators. The U.S. men's team is filled with National Basketball Association stars, making it a heavy favorite to win a gold medal at the London Games. But it did not look that way in the first quarter against a talented Brazil team that features four ...

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