Win a few, lose a few

And they're dropping softball because it's not competitive?

I turned in at the 65th minutes in the soccer game, watched for 5 minutes and wondered why Brazil wasn't ahead 10-0. This was a victory for defense.

clipped from news.yahoo.com US beats Brazil 1-0 for gold medal BEIJING - Outplayed and overwhelmed for most of the night, the Americans got the only shot they needed. Olympic champions, once again. clipped from news.yahoo.com US softball team denied gold, loses 3-1 to Japan BEIJING - Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years — and maybe for good.