In the most entertaining rivalry on water since Roy Scheider vs. Jaws, the United States defeated Australia, 9-8, Tuesday in the Olympic semifinals of the fierce sport of water polo -- sometimes also known as synchronized drowning.
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Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee who played the alarmist police chief who famously saves a beach resort in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws and its sequel, died Sunday. He was 75.