"I want to see the swimming competition between Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps, I want to see if Ben Ainslie wins his fourth consecutive gold, I want to see if (Valentina) Vezzali the Italian fencer also wins her fourth consecutive gold and many more of these events -- this is the richness of the Olympics, " he said.

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Ben Francisco hit his first home run for the Yankees and three relievers were spotless after fill-in starter David Phelps wasted a four-run lead.

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