OBRENOVEC, Yugoslavia, August 29. THE USA men's cadet water polo team (15-under) lost to Hungary, 13-8, at the YU Open Tournament in a continuing trend of Hungarian dominance over the

OBREVOVAC, Yugoslavia, August 28. THE USA boys Cadet Team ran into a Slovakian wall named Marek Bakusa, the young goalkeeper for the Slovakian National Cadet Team and lost, 5-1. Bakusa

By Stephen J. Thomas YOKOHAMA, August 29. AUSTRALIA'S Ian Thorpe had been commissioned by the organizers to appear as the face of the Pan Pacific Games here in Yokohama. His

By Stephen J. Thomas YOKOHAMA, August 29. CANADIAN breaststroker Morgan Knabe was sent home by team management after the 21-year-old Olympian broke a pane of glass in the warm-down area

By Stephen J. Thomas YOKOHAMA, Japan, August 29. THE 2002 Pan Pacific Championships came to a spectacular close today, with the US winning five of seven events. The Americans saved

BELGRADE, August 27. THE USA men's cadet water polo team (15-under) fell to Yugoslavia today in the opener of the YU Open International Tournament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 13-4. The tournament

CHICAGO, Ill., August 28. NEW York City and San Francisco have been named the two finalist cities by the U.S. Olympic Committee to compete for selection as the U.S. candidate

By Stephen J. Thomas YOKOHAMA, Japan, August 28. THE incomparable Ian Thorpe won his fifth gold medal of the Pan Pacs, while the US juggernaut continued to roll, sweeping gold

By Stephen J. Thomas YOKOHAMA, Japan, August 28. SEVENTEEN year-old American swim sensation Michael Phelps withdrew from the heats of the 100-meter butterfly this morning to concentrate his energies on