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Caitlin Clark will win a lot of gold medals with USA Basketball. She just didn’t deserve a spot on the team yet.
United States women’s basketball has a case as the most dominant team at the Olympics in any sport. Team USA has won seven straight gold medals in women’s basketball. It hasn’t lost a game in the Olympics since 1992. The U.S. has won its gold medal game by an average of 22 points over the last seven Olympics, and none of those games has been decided by single-digits.

Last week, the Buffalo Bills signed Gable Steveson — an Olympic gold medalist and one of the most dominant collegiate wrestlers in history — to a three-year rookie deal. Pretty cool, considering he’s never even played football before. But not everyone is thrilled about the move.
Former NFL offensive linesman Ramon Foster, who played 10 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, recently chatted with Nashville’s 104.5 The Zone about Steveson’s signing. And he’s not a fan.
“Hate it. Hate every bit of this. No, you were pro in a different sport.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazullah declined the opportunity to spread a race-baiting narrative in a press conference on Saturday.
Mazzulla was facing the media ahead of his team’s impending Game 2 matchup with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Most of the questions were your standard material for these sorts of things: how are you guys exploiting matchups, how do you keep your bench players engaged, stuff like that.

What are the biggest questions ahead of lights out in Montreal?
Last season only three drivers won a Formula 1 Grand Prix: Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Today’s Canadian Grand Prix is the ninth Grand Prix of the season and four drivers — Verstappen, Sainz, Lando Norris, and Charles Leclerc — have reached the top step of the podium. That mere fact speaks to the compacted field this year, particularly at the pointy end of the grid, and the potential title fight that is emerging in F1.

Ryan Garcia was arrested Saturday for felony vandalism at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills.
The boxing superstar allegedly trashed his hotel room and the hallway before the Beverly Hills Police Department intervened. The hotel alleges that Garcia caused more than $15,000 in damage, according to police. Any damage over $400 is considered a felony in California.
Video from TMZ Sports shows Garcia — handcuffed, shirtless and wearing a helmet — being led out of the hotel by officers.

Did you know that Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin can play basketball? I certainly didn’t, not until last night anyway.
On Saturday evening, Hamlin hosted a celebrity basketball game at North Alleghany High School for his “Chasin M’s Foundation,” which is an organization “dedicated to the development, health, and safety of youth through sports, engagement activities, training, and programming.” A star-studded cast of former and current athletes showed up, and many of them had ties to Pittsburgh in some way.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz will face Germany’s Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros on Sunday. Both European stars are seeking their first clay court major win.

The first game of the Stanley Cup Final is in the books and the Florida Panthers have jumped out to a 1-0 series lead.
However, the scoreboard can be a bit deceiving, because at times the Edmonton Oilers dominated… they just ran into Sergei Bobrovsky.
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel got the crowd fired up before puck-drop by hitting the team’s giant drum. He did the same last season ahead of the Panthers Game 4 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final which they won to complete the sweep and punch their ticket to the Cup Final.

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Scottie Scheffler is 18 holes away from his 5th win in 2024 and his first at The Memorial, while others saw carnage affect them.
Welcome to Playing Through’s new morning ritual — Golf Talk Today.
Each morning will feature a Golf Talk Today, where the crew will discuss various elements throughout the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf, and more.
In this second installment, let’s discuss Scottie Scheffler’s round on Saturday at the Memorial Tournament and how some melted on Moving Day.

Caitlin Clark’s fans reportedly played a role in her not being put on the Olympic team.
Basketball fans erupted with disappointment when it was reported Saturday that the Indiana Fever rookie didn’t make the roster for games in Paris.
It makes absolutely no sense. She’s the most famous women’s basketball player in the world, and putting her on the roster would have guaranteed people paid attention.
Instead, the former Iowa phenom was snubbed, and her fans were apparently factored into the decision.