USA Olympic team captain Bob Bryan was asked about Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe‘s decision not to play at the Paris Olympics, and he explained why the move did not surprise him. The addition of the Paris Olympics to the ATP and WTA tennis calendars means players’ schedules are even more crowded if they elect…
The USA men’s soccer team began the Paris 2024 Olympics with a 0-3 defeat to home nation France in Marseille. Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring for Les Bleus in the 61st minute, and new Bayern Munich signing Michael Olise doubled the lead 8 minutes later. Loïc Badé made it 3-0 in the 85th minute. The…
(July 24, 2024) PARIS – Preparing to make her Olympic Games debut, Coco Gauff was selected as Team USA’s female flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced today. Gauff joins three-time Olympian LeBron James as the two elected flag bearers who will…
This afternoon, the USA Men’s Olympic Soccer Team begins their tournament in Marseille against the host nation, France. On Monday, we published a poll to get readers’ picks for the starting lineup. After receiving 302 responses, let’s look at the results! Here’s the roster readers were choosing from: Goalkeepers (2): – Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew)…
Two weeks ago, 38-year-old Keegan Bradley was named the United States captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, scheduled for Sept. 26-28. On Tuesday, he made his first move towards putting together his team. Bradley named Webb Simpson as a vice captain for the biennial bash, a choice that…
Joel Embiid hasn’t seemed to jell with the Team USA system across the country’s five exhibition matches, except for their last one against Germany. In USA’s first few warmups, Embiid looked slightly off pace with his teammates due to his slower style of play. It also hasn’t help matters that Embiid has never represented USA…
At the end of this month, the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin. Two hundred and four different nations will be represented at this year’s Olympic Games. Each country chooses a male and female athlete to be the flagbearer for their country in the opening ceremony. In the 2020 Olympics, former WNBA all-star Sue Bird had…
Where is South Sudan? You might ask. Well, after testing the all-mighty Team USA this weekend, you probably won’t forget them now. In fact, the U.S. men’s national team should have nightmares when thinking about how the African country almost upset them during Saturday night’s exhibition match before the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. If it…
The United States Men’s National Team’s group stage exit at the 2024 Copa America has cost them some spots in the rankings. Today, FIFA released the July 2024 Men’s Ranking, and the USMNT dropped five spots to 16th. It’s the lowest the USMNT has been in the rankings since they were 16th back in October…
Although there was still some sloppy mistakes on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, team USA looked a much better prospect against Serbia in their final showcase game with a convincing win. Team USA Ease Past The Joker’s Serbia In Final Abu Dhabi Showcase Nikola Jokic and Serbia put up a strong fight in the first half…
