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US women win fourth straight hoops gold (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Sat, 08/23/2008 - 11:01

Lisa Leslie and the U.S. women's basketball team were once again too good for Australia at the Olympics. Leslie capped off her illustrious Olympic career with a fourth straight gold medal scoring 14 points in a 92-65 victory against Australia on Saturday night.

She joined former teammate Teresa Edwards as the only basketball players ever to win four gold medals.

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Thompson helps US women beat Spain 93-55 (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 09:33

After three straight blowouts, it took a half for the U.S. women's basketball team to get going and beat Spain.

Tina Thompson scored nine of her 17 points during the decisive third quarter run and Lisa Leslie added 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the U.S. top Spain 93-55 on Friday night.

"Spain came out and played really hard.

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Vols' Parker taken first in WNBA draft (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:45

Fresh off winning her second straight NCAA title, Candace Parker was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks with the first pick in the WNBA draft.

The Associated Press player of the year joins Lisa Leslie, instantly turning Los Angeles into one of the top teams in the league.

The Sparks were a franchise-worst 10-24 last season with Leslie sitting out after giving birth to a daughter in June.

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