August 6, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Aussies say Team USA played dirty
You saw the black eye Penny Taylor sported after her Australian national team lost to Team USA for the Diamond Ball Tournament title on Wednesday. Now her teammates are accusing the Americans of deliberatly trying to knock the Aussies out.
Storm star Lauren Jackson wasn’t quoted in the story about the physical nature of the game, but she did say that her team didn’t play nearly as well as it could and lost by only four points. “We’re pretty confident going into the Games,” she told The Australian.
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