One for the Team

Teresa Edwards has taken a solitary approach to her pursuit of another basketball gold medal

Night after night she shows up to play, as if she were just another gym rat. And not many of the guys at Crunch Fitness in Atlanta recognize the point guard with the braided hair, even when she starts raining jumpers on them.

So let us make the introduction: Teresa Edwards is the most decorated Olympic basketball player ever--male or female--with three gold medals and one bronze to her credit in four trips to the Games. She has been training here on her own for this year's Summer Games, when at 36 she will become the senior member of the U.S....

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