U.S. Team Reaches Final

Six years after his two free throws with 3 seconds left gave Michigan the NCAA title, Rumeal Robinson came through in the clutch again.

Robinson scored 17 of his 22 points on 7-for-8 shooting after halftime, leading the United States into the gold-medal basketball game at the Pan Am Games with an 89-85 victory over Brazil.

The American team of CBA players will face Argentina, a 90-74 winner over Uruguay, tonight.

Elsewhere, Brian Olson of Colorado Springs, Colo., won a bronze in judo. That gave the U.S. team 370 medals, one more than it earned eight years ago in Indianapolis.

The United States and Cuba each won two golds, two silvers and a bronze in track and field. The U.S. water polo team beat Canada 12-3 and will meet Brazil for the gold medal.

Cuba’s Leonardo Martinez stopped super heavyweight Lance Whitaker with a devastating left hook only 2:15 into their fight. And 17-year-old Fernando Vargas lost at 139 pounds to Luis Perez of Puerto Rico, 6-4.