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• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: U.S. ends Cuba's baseball dominance in Sydney Posted Monday, March 26, 2012 10:03a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Cuba had won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic baseball gold medals with perfect 9-0 records each time. But in Sydney, the U.S. put an end to that dominant run, thanks in large part to the heroics of minor-leaguer Ben Sheets.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: Bob Beamon proves in Mexico City that man can fly Posted Monday, March 26, 2012 10:02a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Regardless of the fact that his Mexico City long jump world record has since been surpassed by fellow American Mike Powell, the phrase 'Beamon-esque' is still very much part of a track fan's vocabulary to describe Bob Beamon's astonishing leap.
• MR. UNIVERSEVote for Tweet of the Week: Lolo Jones vs. Brendan Hansen vs. Garrett Weber-Gale Posted Friday, March 23, 2012 9:44a ET By Matt Stroup, Universal Sports Three competing tweets have been nominated, and your vote will decide the winner. Check out the nominated tweets and vote for your favorite in the poll here:
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: FloJo is simply phenomenal in Seoul Posted Monday, March 26, 2012 10:03a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Florence Griffith-Joyner had won a 1984 Olympic Games 200m silver medal but galvanized by her marriage to 1984 triple jump champion Al Joyner in October 1987, she trained as never before in the winter before Seoul.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: The Dream Team thrills in Barcelona Posted Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:25a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Mention a 'Dream Team' and the U.S. basketball squad that competed at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the original set of sportsmen to have that moniker, immediately come to mind.
• OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHTReturn to Russia brings Tatyana McFadden 'tons of fulfillment' Posted Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:11p ET By Joe Battaglia, Universal Sports Although content with her life in the U.S., Paralympian Tatyana McFadden always wanted to visit the Russian orphanage she grew up in. She finally made the trip in April and returned happier than ever.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: U.S. softball women perfect as they three-peat in Athens Posted Monday, March 26, 2012 10:02a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports The U.S. women's team had won the Olympic gold medal at softball's previous two appearances in 1996 and 2000 but what made their three-peat in 2004 so special was the emphatic way they triumphed for the third time.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: Smokin' Joe saves U.S. boxing blushes in Tokyo Posted Friday, March 23, 2012 8:20a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Joe Frazier's death last November prompted many memories of his great career. mostly as a professional. But first came to international recognition at the 1964 Olympics when he rescued United States' boxing credibility in Tokyo.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: Misty May and Kerri Walsh's sweep on the beach in Athens Posted Friday, March 23, 2012 8:18a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports Beach volleyball stars Misty May and Kerri Walsh, having teamed up at the end of 2000, suggested something special could happen at the 2004 Olympic Games, and it did as the Dynamic Duo blitzed through Athens unbeaten.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: Coach Hugh McCutcheon restores U.S. men's volleyball pride in Beijing Posted Friday, March 23, 2012 8:20a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports The U.S. men's volleyball team ended a two-decade gold medal drought, which had lasted since the Karch Kiraly era in the 1980s, when they won in Beijing four years ago.
• TOP USA MOMENTTop Team USA Moment: Hamm fights back after fall for historic gymnastics gold Posted Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:26a ET By Phil Minshull, Special to Universal Sports With a team silver already secured, Paul Hamm turned his attention to individual gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004. To get it, he literally had to dust himself off and rebound from a fall.