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The Russians couldn't even win the silver, either. That went to two-time U.S. champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, giving the United States back-to-back dance medals for the first time. Davis and White's silver was the 25th medal won by the U.S., matching its record set in 2006 for medals won at a non-domestic Olympics.
Reigning world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia were third. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, silver medalists at the 2006 Olympics, were fourth.
White and Davis' silver had some extra significance, too.
With 25 medals, Americans have won as many as they have at any Winter Games not held in the United States, matching their haul from Turin in 2006.
The record will be broken Thursday, if not sooner - the women's hockey team has advanced to the gold-medal game against Canada, meaning they can get no worse than silver.
The next big number for the Americans: 34, their record for medals won at any Winter Olympics, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
There are six days and 35 events left to try piling them up.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Martin Brodeur is out as Canada's Olympic goaltender.
Hello, Roberto Luongo - at least for Tuesday's qualification game against Germany.
Canada coach Mike Babcock decided to bench Brodeur - the NHL career victories leader - after he allowed four goals on 22 shots during a 5-3 upset loss to the United States on Sunday. Babcock told Luongo on Sunday night that he would play the next game.
Luongo, playing in his NHL home arena, made 15 saves while shutting out Norway 8-0 in Canada's first Olympic game on Feb. 16.
FOOTBALL
SAN DIEGO (AP) - LaDainian Tomlinson was released by the San Diego Chargers, ending a brilliant nine-year run in which he became one of the NFL's greatest running backs.
The move had been expected for some time. Tomlinson, who turned 30 last summer, was injured early in the 2009 season and finished with 730 yards on 223 carries for an average of 3.3 yards per carry, all career lows.
Tomlinson was due a $2 million bonus in early March, which all but guaranteed he would be cut loose as his role diminished on a team that thrived with a pass-happy offense.
BASKETBALL
NEW YORK (AP) - An official within the league told The Associated Press that the NBA has not threatened to stop a potential reunion between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
The Cavaliers traded their longtime center to Washington last week in the three-team deal that brought Antawn Jamison to Cleveland. The Wizards may decide to buy out Ilgauskas, allowing him to become a free agent.
The Los Angeles Times quoted an unnamed source Sunday saying the NBA had told other teams it wouldn't let Ilgauskas go back to the Cavs. However, the official told the AP the league would only step in if there was proof of an agreement before the trade was completed.
The person was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly about the Ilgauskas situation.
BASEBALL
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - To Johnny Damon, the Detroit Tigers were the right team.
``This is where I wanted to be,'' he said after completing his $8 million, one-year contract. ``The Tigers were my first choice. I love it here and think I am a good fit.''
Let go by the World Series champion New York Yankees, Damon also drew interest from the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox. When it came time to choose, he darted to Detroit.
The 36-year-old outfielder brings another left-handed bat to the Tigers' lineup besides switch-hitter Carlos Guillen.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski has said Damon wasn't in the team's plans as late as January. But Damon came into the picture after the Tigers dealt leadoff hitter Curtis Granderson to the Yankees, then saw Placido Polanco leave as a free agent.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Attendance at NCAA football games was down slightly in 2009 compared with the record 2008 season.
The NCAA reported that almost 48.3 million fans attended games at the 630 NCAA schools, including home, neutral-site and postseason games. That's down about 1 percent from the 48.8 million in 2008.
NCAA associate director of statistics Gary K. Johnson said crowds were bound to level off after years of increases. He said the economic downturn could have been a factor. Average attendance at Football Bowl Subdivision games was 46,281.
Michigan led the nation with an average crowd of 108,933. Penn State, Ohio State and Texas also averaged better than 100,000 a game. The Southeastern Conference led all leagues in attendance, at 76,288 a game.
SOCCER
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Pele says FIFA should field a match official behind each goal to assist the referee at the World Cup in a bid to avoid scandals like Diego Maradona's infamous handball at the 1986 tournament.
Pele says he is in favor of five match officials being used in each game at the World Cup in South Africa starting June 11, but is opposed to the introduction of video replays as he says stopping play to review a potential foul could impede a possible counterattack.
UEFA introduced the experiment of using five match officials in the Europa League this season.
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