Author: Michael

Jayson Tatum was the talk of Team USA Basketball following the team’s first official matchup of the Olympics. Tatum, a reigning NBA champ, was benched for the entirety of the first game against Serbia, which coach Steve Kerr later said he regretted. 
All eyes were on Tatum on Wednesday, facing South Sudan, and he finally made his first appearance at the Olympics (barring exhibition games). 
Tatum played 17 minutes and seemingly justified his benching with a bad outing, scoring just four points after going 2-of-4 from the field.

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The search for the next manager of the US Men’s National Team just got a little bit smaller.
After a disastrous Copa America led to the firing of US Men’s National Team head coach Gregg Berhalter, many US soccer fans immediately turned their hopes towards Jurgen Klopp. Klopp has been one of international soccer’s most successful coaches, leading Mainz 5, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool to a number of major trophies.

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USA Basketball women’s 3×3 team lost to Azerbaijan, 20-17, to fall to last in the Olympic standings through two days.
On Tuesday, the U.S. women’s 3×3 team dropped its first match of the Olympics, a 17-13 loss to Germany that lead guard Hailey Van Lith described as “soft” and teammate Cierra Burdick admitted was “ugly.”
On Wednesday, a bad Olympic start got worse for the women’s USA Basketball’s 3×3 program, as Azerbaijan beat the United States, 20-17.

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Iga Swiatek has to contend with the likes of Qinwen Zheng, while Donna Vekic faces Anna Karolina Schmiedlová in the women’s semifinals at the Paris Olympics.
Tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics is rapidly reaching a conclusion, as the women’s singles semifinals are now completely set. Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland will face the sixth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China in one half of the bracket, while Croatia’s Donna Vekic will face Anna Karolina Schmiedlová of Slovakia in the other.

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