U.S. picks water polo teams

Women have 10 Olympic rookies Ouyang Kunpeng, China's best backstroke swimmer, gets a lifetime ban after failing a doping test. The Associated PressComment on this story Brenda Villa and Heather Petri will lead the U.S. women's water polo team, and Tony Azevedo and Ryan Bailey head the men's squad at the Beijing Olympics. Those four, all three-time Olympians, were on the 13-player teams announced Monday. The women will go into the Games ranked No. 1 in the world. The United States took the silver in the 2000 Olympics and the bronze in 2004. Natalie Golda is the only other player back from that 2004 team. The women's roster includes 10 first-time Olympians; the team's average age is around 24. Petri, at 30 the oldest player on the women's roster, likes the team's blend of youth and experience and says the younger players will... [read full story]