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Olympics Xing
Xing (pronounced shing or sing) means journey in Chinese — fitting for this blog, which is all about the journey of the U.S. men's basketball team and N&O staff writer Luciana Chavez at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is covering her first Olympics and making her first trip to China. Check in here for Olympic news and for Luci's impressions getting to and being at the Games.
Leslie shows off golden touch
Submitted by lchavez on 08/24/2008 - 10:35
BEIJING — USA women's star Lisa Leslie showed off a little on Sunday night at the men's gold-medal game. Well, a lot. She wore her four Olympic gold medals, the latest achieved on Saturday when the USA women beat Australia in a third straight Olympic gold-medal game.
She and Teresa Edwards are the only two women with four Olympic golds in basketball. Leslie, 36, retired from international competition after Saturday's game. She's off to care for 1-year old daughter Lauren and finish her WNBA season with the Los Angeles Sparks.
Leslie talks about her new book "Don't Let the Lipstick Fool You", motivation for returning after the birth of her first child and why she never thinks about her one bronze medal. (She was wearing all four in this photo but the fourth one is hiding behind the others! The Beijing gold hangs from the red ribbon.)
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Leslie recaps her Olympic run
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