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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Its rare to see the U.S. womens basketball team struggle during the Olympics. Then again, theyve had Sue Bird running the show for over a decade.With the starting point guard sidelined with a knee injury, the Americans were out of sorts for a half before finally getting it together to pull away from France in an 86-67 win in the semifinals Thursday night. Now theyre back in the Olympic final once again, one victory away from a sixth consecutive gold medal.U.S. coach Geno Auriemma made it a point, however, after the game to stress that unforeseen developments like Birds injury makes it a little bit harder than just who the U.S. will beat next and whens the gold-medal ceremony.Its not like that, Auriemma said, and our players really found out today that without Sue its certainly not going to be like that. Theres a big difference in our team the way we played today and the way we played the other six games.Birds status for Saturdays final versus Spain is unclear.The U.S. and Spain played in the preliminary round and the U.S. won that one by 40. The Americans also beat Spain in the 2014 world championship by 13.Its going to be the same old dance, Diana Taurasi said. They have world-class players. ... This is going to be a great game between great teams and great players alike.Taurasi scored 18 points and Maya Moore added 15 against France in what was the closest game of the Olympics for the Americans. It was a rematch of the 2012 London Games gold-medal contest. The U.S. won that one by 36 points, but it had a much harder time in this one without Bird.The point guard sprained her right knee capsule in the quarterfinals and has been listed as day-to-day. She had started every game for the U.S. the past three Olympics and been a calming influence on offense for the Americans. Brid said she plans to practice Friday.Im not going to be stupid about this, Bird said. Its your body, you have to listen to it, you dont want to put yourself in danger, but if I can play Im definitely playing.The U.S. had cruised through its first six games, winning by nearly 42 points a game and scoring at a record pace. Without Bird, the Americans looked discombobulated at times on offense against France. The team that was averaging 105 points and 30 assists was held to just 40 points in the opening 20 minutes and just four assists.Dressed in a blue sweatsuit, Bird was anxious on the bench. It was the first time in 31 Olympic contests she wasnt on the court.During the game, pretty hard. Pretty hard, she said of not being on the court. We were just a little out of sorts, and I feel like I can help in that department. So it was difficult. But they did a great job.The U.S. held a slim 40-36 at the break, the closest any team had been to the Americans at the half since Australia led them in the semifinals of the 2012 Olympics.But the Americans (7-0) started playing a better on both ends of the court in the decisive third quarter. As the starters were about to take the court for the start of the second half, Bird huddled them up and could be seen offering words of encouragement and instructions.The team seemed to get the message, going on a 14-5 run to start the period, including two 3-pointers by Taurasi that gave the Americans some breathing room. Those shots gave Taurasi a record 28 3-pointers in the Olympics -- the most ever in the tournament.Though the U.S. outscored France 25-8 in the period, it had two 24-second shot clock violations. It was rare in the first six games if the shot clock ever got under five seconds.I think they decided to play basketball, and when they decide its hard to stop them, at least in one-on-one, French center Isabelle Yacoubou said. Its really hard. Theyre very talented. We know that.The Americans led by 21 at the end of the third quarter, but France (4-3) didnt quit. The French cut the lead to 11 in the fourth but could get no closer.It was only the second time in Rio that the U.S. didnt reach 100 points in a game. But it did get the win and now has 48 consecutive Olympic victories.Marianne Johannes scored 13 to lead France, which will play Serbia for the bronze medal on Saturday.Courtland Sutton Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. 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LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Steve Atwater Womens Jersey .Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats.Gold Coast chief executive Graham Annesley believes his clubs new base at Parkwood International will be the difference between attracting marquee players to the NRL club and missing their signatures.The Titans returned to pre-season training on Thursday at their new base, which includes altitude chambers, hydrotherapy baths, a three-lane pool, gymnasium to go along with the administration block, dedicated training field and medical facilities next door.If the offers are relatively equal, then things like this can make a big difference, Annesley said.If you brought a player to have a look at our facilities last year, and you bring that same player back this year, its chalk and cheese.The base will also be the clubs first full-time home since the end of the 2014 NRL season, after a summer of turmoil had left them as the virtual gypsies of the NRL.The club originally departed their Centre of Excellence at Robina in 2014 after rent prices threatened to cripple them financially, to move to a new base at Coomera ahead of the 2016 season.However, plans there were eventually shelved, with a new deal struck at Parkwood meaning the move would not happen until the 2017 pre-season.The players originally split from the office bases to train at the Southport School, but they were forced out of the facilities there when the cocaine scandal embroiled the club in 2015.Since then, they have trained at a number of vvenues while sharing facilities with Queensland Cup team the Burleigh Bears.ddddddddddddBut Annesley has indicated the move has almost been worth the wait.Weve now got the best facilities in the game - if not the best facilities in sport in Australia, he said.Ive looked at other facilities that other clubs have in my previous role at the NRL.Penrith have got a brilliant facility ... but even some of the facilities that they have in Penrith dont include some of the facilities that we have here.The move represents a significant change in fortune for the Titans in recent years.While 21 months ago, they were placed into voluntary administration, they have filled their apparel sponsorship for 2017 and reached 80 per cent of membership budget.Theyve also recovered from the Daly Cherry-Evans backflip to recruit the likes of Konrad Hurrell, Nathan Peats, Kevin Proctor and Jarryd Hayne.And its for that reason prop Ryan James believes the club can press for a top-four spot for the first time since 2010.With the people we have (we can), he said.Kevvies got 200-odd games and a couple of international games and Kane Elgey coming back off his knee injury.He trained against us last year and almost scored a try and set up a couple, so its great to see him start to gain some confidence. 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