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Becky Hammon, playing for Russia, faces her country (Miami Herald)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:51:46 GMT

BEIJING - Becky Hammon - or Rebekka Linn Hammon, as her name is listed on her Russian passport and Olympic roster - had a feeling this day would come. Truth is, she wanted it to come.

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Americans advance to basketball final (Star Tribune)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:12 GMT

The U.S. women rolled to the gold medal game by beating Russia, then made an effort to cool their rhetoric about South Dakotan Becky Hammon's decision to play for the Russians.

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Becky Hammon -- Just Couldn't Do It'?? (Hoops and Other Pop Culture)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:39:00 GMT

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Beijing 2008: Life and career of Becky Hammon (merinews - citizen powered media)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:02:30 GMT

US basketball player, Becky Hammon would have played for her country at the Beijing Olympics, but, she was disqualified by the US basketball team. So, she decided to play for Russia. Nonetheless, her services to US basketball will remain matchless

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H-E-B Becky Hammon Free Throw Challenge (WNBA.com)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:41:18 GMT

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Red, white -- and no blue (Star Tribune)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:05:00 GMT

South Dakota native Becky Hammon knows feelings will run high when she comes out against the U.S. in the Russian colors.

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Caple: Latest Hammon vs. the World tilt all about hoops, not politics (ESPN)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:19:47 GMT

The latest installment of Becky Hammon vs. the World didn't result in any crisis in American-Russian relations. No, in the end, it was just about basketball and the U.S. dominated once again.

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Kelli Anderson: U.S. team will put friendships aside in quest to win gold medal (SI.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:39:47 GMT

Most days, Sue Bird is friends with Becky Hammon, the South Dakotan who created a controversy when she decided to suit up for the Russian Olympic team this summer. On Thursday, when the U.S. (6-0) takes on Russia (5-1) in the first semifinal of the women's basketball competition at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium? Not so much. "She's playing for Russia right now, so that makes...

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U.S. women await war with a friend (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT

BEIJING - The matchup in the Olympic women's basketball tournament has arrived: Team Russia, led by the all-American girl, Becky Hammon, against Team USA, the top team in the world.

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ESP/RUS – Spain cave in as Hammon leads Russia into semi-final against America (FIBA)

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:01:08 GMT

BEIJING (Olympics) – South Dakota’s Becky Hammon never played for the United States and now she’ll have a chance to beat them in the semi-finals at the Olympics after leading her adopted Russia to a come-from-behind win against Spain. Hammon had 10 of her 17 points in the second half and Tatiana Shchegoleva had 12 of her 19 after the ...

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Alexander Wolff: Russia over U.S. is just business for Hammon (SI.com)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:10:26 GMT

BEIJING -- Russian troops invade the Republic of Georgia, a sovereign country aligned with the West. The U.S. President condemns the attack as "unacceptable." A Presidential candidate says, "I speak for all Americans when I say that we are all Georgians now." And then there's Becky Hammon, the pride of Rapid City, S.D., marching in Russian garb behind the Russian flag the very day of...

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Letter: Don't blame Hammon (Denver Post)

editor@denverpost.com () — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:37:10 GMT

Becky Hammon might be doing "the American" thing in the conflicted Republican/conservative mind-set of capitalism first.

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A glimpse of the future of citizenship (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:36:24 GMT

ARTICLE: "Part-time Russian riled by talk? Nyet," by Erik Brady, USA Today, 11 August 2008, p. 2D. Becky Hammon just misses U.S. Olympic team, so gets Russian citizenship and plays for them instead (she plays there during the WNBA...

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Sports of The Times: Hammon Just Looking for a Little Personal Glasnost (New York Times)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:31:10 GMT

When it comes to Becky Hammon opportunism shouldn’t be confused with patriotism, or lack thereof.

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Bondy: Hammon finds herself in midst of a new Cold War (NY Daily News)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:26:00 GMT

There were all those years of détente after the wall came down. Everything was candy and roses between us and the Kremlin. But Becky Hammon shows up in a Russian jersey, suddenly the tanks are rolling again and the Cold War comes back like a bad cough.

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A different twist to Olympic dream (Sacramento Bee)

darrington@sacbee.com (Debbie Arrington) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Becky Hammon is an All-American in Russian gear. Left off Team USA, the WNBA star has taken considerable heat for playing for the Russian National Team during the Beijing Games. But Hammon, as do several WNBA players who also play overseas, has a passport for another country. That gave her an option, and she took it. ELIZABETH DALZIEL Associated Press American Becky Hammon...

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ESPN.com features Hammon (WNBA.com)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:06:54 GMT

Jim Caple of ESPN.com writes why he does not understand the Becky Hammon controversy and why she is not a traitor.

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JAMIE SAMUELSON'S BLOG: U.S. athletes playing for other countries tough to swallow (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:22:33 GMT

I'm not crazy about it, because I think it goes against the whole spirit of the Olympics. ... can't blame Chris Kaman or Becky Hammon for taking advantage of it.

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She's rushin' because she's now 'Russian' (San Diego Union)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:09:01 GMT

Becky Hammon is showing good speed on the basketball court. She's even faster these days in the mixed zone.

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American Hammon gets attention playing for Russia (The Anniston Star Online)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:23:41 GMT

BEIJING — Becky Hammon is showing good speed on the court. She's even faster these days in the mixed zone. The mixed zone is the area at the Olympics where athletes stop to talk to reporters after competing. That is, if they stop.

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