Category: Olympics

NBA fans were thrilled to finally enjoy Steph Curry’s Olympics dominance after torching the league for years

Warriors fans have had it good.

Steph Curry was on another level on Saturday night in Paris as he led the U.S. men’s basketball team to victory over the home favorite French squad, 98-87. Curry went 8-for-13 from three in the game (62.5%), including a late barrage that saw him hit four from deep over a 1:13 span. That late run turned a close game into a done deal and got the long time Golden State Warrior his coveted gold medal.

MORE: This photo of Steph Curry shooting over Victor Wembanyama is absolutely mesmerizing

The flurry of excitement (and threes) made a lot of NBA and basketball fans finally get to enjoy202 just how good the Warriors have had it over the years with Curry at the helm.

NBC’s Noah Eagle met the moment with an incredible call of Steph Curry’s gold-clinching 3-pointer

NBA fans are already asking for more of Noah Eagle and Dwyane Wade.

The NBA is coming back to NBC very soon, beginning in the 2025-26 season.

And while fans can’t wait to hear Roundball Rock again, a few questions still remain about NBC’s coverage. One of them is: Who will the lead broadcast team be?

If these Summer Olympics were a tryout for the broadcasting duo of play-by-play man Noah Eagle and color commentator Dwyane Wade, they absolutely nailed it.

Throughout the men’s basketball tournament in Paris, France, fans have mostly enjoyed the calls from Eagle and Wade. In the gold medal game in particular, Eagle met the moment where Steph Curry clinched the win by swishing a 3-pointer over two French defenders.

Here’s Eagle’s “Golden Dagger” call, which felt like it became iconic almost instantly:

NBA fans are already asking for more of Eagle and Wade:

This photo of Steph Curry shooting over Victor Wembanyama is absolutely mesmerizing

Hang it in the Louvre. You’re already right there.

Steph Curry had his Olympic moment on Saturday night in Paris as the sharpshooter hit four threes down the stretch against France to lock up the gold medal for Team USA.

Curry was electric in his first Olympic games, helping lead a comeback against Serbia in the semifinals before his flurry of treys in the title game.

MORE: Steph Curry hit France with the ‘night, night’ celebration after drilling the dagger for Olympic gold

While his late game heroics were incredible, it was one picture from earlier in the matchup that got people talking online. Framed like a painting you’d see in the nearby Louvre in Paris, it shows France’s young 7-foot-4 superstar Victor Wembanyama closing out on Curry just after he’s released a high-arcing shot.

The phrase “it’s art” is generally overused. Not in this case.

USA Basketball’s thrilling gold medal win had analyst Dwyane Wade unable to sit: ‘My pants are a little tight’

Dwyane Wade was so hyped after Steph Curry’s dagger

Dwyane Wade won a gold medal with the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was part of the team that unfathomably took bronze a the 2004 games in Athens.

So you can understand the personal investment he had in the USA-France gold medal matchup on Saturday in Paris before you consider the close relationships he has with a number of the current players on the squad.

That made it understandably difficult for Wade to keep his cool as the color analyst on the NBC broadcast of the game. As Stephen Curry’s lights out shooting down the stretch delivered the United States a fifth consecutive gold, Wade couldn’t even get himself to sit down.

“I apologize,” Wade hilariously said to broadcast partner Noah Eagle as the final seconds ticked away. “I can’t even sit down. My pants a little tight.”

Wade can exhale now — thanks in part to this ridiculous Curry dagger from behind the arc — as the Americans defeated France, 96-87.

Or as Curry said, “Night, night”.

Steph Curry hit France with the ‘night, night’ celebration after drilling the dagger for Olympic gold

Steph Curry sealed the win over the Americans in a way that only he could, draining an absurd 3-pointer over two French defenders.

When the game was on the line, Steph Curry stepped up in an incredibly crucial way for the Americans in a way that only he could.

Which is to say, he hit a flurry of ridiculous 3-pointers.

Late in the fourth quarter of the gold medal game, with just 2:58 to play, France cut the U.S. lead to just three points after Victor Wembanyama tipped in an offensive rebound.

And then, 10 seconds later, Curry swished a 3-pointer.

And then another.

And then another.

And then another.

In the final three minutes of the game, Curry scored 12 points to put the game on ice for the Americans. The dagger in the 98-87 victory that paved the way for the U.S. to secure its 17th Olympic gold medal came with 35 seconds left when Curry responded Wembanyama’s 3-pointer by hitting one of his own over two French defenders.

Curry then told the Frenchmen, “Night, night.”

It was an absurd shot that sealed the win, pushing Team USA’s lead back to nine points. Curry would finish with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting from 3-point land along with five assists, leading the Americans to a win over France on their homecourt.

Even Dwyane Wade was in awe.

Social media reacts to Team USA winning gold medal: ‘Stephen Curry put France to sleep’

France put up a real fight, but in the end Team USA won their fifth straight gold medal at the Olympic Games. Stephen Curry shined in the clutch, sinking four three-pointers in the final three minutes and ending up with 24 points (8/12 threes). …

France put up a real fight, but in the end Team USA won their fifth straight gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Stephen Curry shined in the clutch, sinking four three-pointers in the final three minutes and ending up with 24 points (8/12 threes). Kevin Durant added 15 points, while LeBron James had another solid performance with 14 points, six rebounds and 10 assists. Team USA shot 58 percent from the three-point line.

Victor Wembanyama led the French national team with 26 points, seven rebounds and two assists.

Take a look at quick reactions on social media after the game.

Predicting the 2028 USA Olympic basketball team for Los Angeles

HoopsHype attempts to project what the 2028 USA Olympic Basketball Team might look like four years in advance.

With the USA Men’s Basketball Team winning gold at the Olympics for the fifth time in a row after fielding one its strongest rosters of all time, we thought this could be a fun time to predict what Team USA might look like in 2028 for the L.A. Games.

The days of LeBron James and Stephen Curry donning the red, white and blue will likely be over by then, leaving the American squad with enormous shoes to fill. Based on what we saw this summer, things could get dicey for Team USA in the future when things get tight late in games without James and Curry, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Plus, there’s one legend on the current USA team that we are predicting could suit up for Team USA one more time in Los Angeles.

Find out who we’re talking about below where we predict the 2028 USA Olympic basketball squad.

16-year-old Quincy Wilson makes history after U.S. gold in 4×400 relays

What a summer for the Maryland high schooler.

On Friday, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson made history as he became the youngest male track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics. The sophomore at Maryland’s Bullis School ran the first leg of the 4×400 relay, helping the men’s team qualify for Saturday’s finals.

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One day later, he’s an Olympic gold medalist. The U.S. relay team of Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin set a new Olympic Record in the event with a 2:54.43. As a member of the team, Wilson gets to take home the hardware, too.

In the stands, Wilson was understandably elated.

Congrats to Team U.S.A., and Wilson has quite the story for his friends back in Maryland when school starts back up.

France’s Guerschon Yabusele put LeBron James on a poster with a devastating dunk during Olympic gold medal game

Guerschon Yabusele put LeBron James on a POSTER during Saturday’s Paris Olympics gold medal game.

LeBron James is still one of the best basketball players on the planet, but don’t tell that to French forward Guerschon Yabusele. 

Yabusele completed the incredibly difficult task of putting James on a poster on Saturday with this breathtaking dunk during the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal game for men’s basketball.

James had been having a stellar game to that point for Team USA, but the Yabusele dunk absolutely blew the roof off the arena and probably took the wind out of James’ sails for just a moment. 

The former Boston Celtics first-round pick hasn’t played in the NBA in quite some time, but he absolute put down an NBA-worthy highlight on the global stage against one of the best to ever do it. That’s pretty dang impressive.

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USWNT coach Emma Hayes delivered a powerful postgame interview after her team took the Paris Olympics gold medal match

This is pretty powerful.

United States women’s national team coach Emma Hayes won her first gold medal with her squad on Saturday as the Americans defeated Brazil in the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal match.

Hayes only joined the program this summer as its head soccer coach after being hired last fall, and she’s already led the team to its first Olympic gold medals since 2012.

While speaking with NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico after the victory, an emotional Hayes discussed why winning the gold meant so much to her.

“I love America. It made me,” Hayes said in the very powerful interview.

The USWNT looks to be in very capable hands with Hayes in the years to come, as winning Olympic gold is a heck of a way to start her tenure.

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