Tag: Team USA

Jordan Chiles reacts to ‘devastating’ bronze medal decision and vows to keep fighting for justice

Jordan Chiles isn’t giving up hope of retaining her bronze medal just yet

Jordan Chiles isn’t giving up on her quest to retain the bronze medal she won at the Paris Olympics.

In what’s become an increasingly complex, confusing and bureaucratic case, Chiles had her floor routine medal stripped after Romania appealed the decision to allow Team USA to challenge Chiles’ score.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concluded, without providing concrete evidence, that the Americans challenged the score four seconds after the one minute window to legally do so under International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) rules. Despite the fact the judges were simply correcting a score that they initially miscalculated, Romania will be awarding the bronze medal to Ana Maria Barbosu on Friday in Bucharest.

Chiles, who has been the victim of repeated hateful and racist attacks online, has mostly remained off social media while the arbitration system plays out. On Thursday, she released a statement calling the CAS ruling “devastating” and vowed to keep fighting for the medal.

“I believe that at the end of this journey, the people in control will do the right thing,” Chiles wrote.

The 23-year-old gymnast will return to UCLA to compete this collegiate season and is likely to contend for the 2028 Olympic team when the games come to Los Angeles.

Jrue Holiday finishes unforgettable summer of 2024

ANOTHER GOLD!

It has been an incredible summer of basketball for former UCLA Bruins guard Jrue Holiday. Holiday helped his Boston Celtics win the 2024 NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks. That was in June. After spending July getting ready, and starting the Olympics, now Jrue Holiday is an Olympic Champion.

Team USA led from start to finish to win the game over France 98-87. The Americans outscored France 26-21 in the fourth quarter. It was the Steph Curry show late in the game. He finished the game with 24 points in the game. He was 8 for 13 from downtown.

LeBron James was named the Olympics MVP and finished the final game with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Jrue Holiday did not start in the game but played 19 minutes and scored 6 points and 4 assists.

Holiday and the Boston Celtics will once again be the big favorites to win the NBA title in 2024. Holiday is 34 years old, and has played in the league since 2009.

Celtics Lab 277: Team USA’s future and the Celtics season ahead with Max Lederman

From Steve Kerr’s coaching to what we’re looking forward to in the 2024-25 regular season, we’ve got your Celtics offseason covered.

Team USA won gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics, but plenty of drama (especially that involving star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum) coupled with an improving field came a bit close for comfort. What will the US National Team need to do to stay on top in the 2028 Olympics — and which Celtics (if any) might be part of that push?

To take a closer look at the future of the Olympics through a Boston-tinted lens, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with NBC Sports Boston’s Max Lederman. We talk all things international basketball, Boston’s looming 2024-25 season, and more.

From Steve Kerr’s coaching to Team USA’s structure up to what we’re looking forward to in the 2024-25 regular season, we’ve got everything you need to stay on top of the Celtics, the offseason, and the Celtics in the offseason.


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Notre Dame receives commitment from Youth Olympics gold medalist

Look out for this name in the future.

The interesting this about talented amateur hockey players is that they’re seemingly playing for a different team all the time. One of many example of that is [autotag]AJ Garcia[/autotag], who is fresh off winning a championship with the Chicago Mission and a gold medal with the U.S. at this year’s Youth Winter Olympics. Now, we know he’ll be heading to Notre Dame in the distant future:

Being that Garcia, a native of Romeoville, Illinois, only is 16, it will be a while before we see him in South Bend. Still, the fact that his next campaign will be with the U.S. National Team Development Program speaks volumes as to how much potential he has. Irish fans have reason to be excited about him.

Elsewhere in Irish hockey, the program has hired former Sacred Heart director of hockey operations [autotag]Jessica Thibault[/autotag] to the same role. The hire was announced by [autotag]Jeff Jackson[/autotag], who will retire as Irish coach after the upcoming season in favor of [autotag]Brock Sheahan[/autotag].

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Relive all of Steph Curry’s incredible Team USA 3-pointers from the 2024 Paris Olympics

Steph Curry had an absolutely amazing Paris Olympics.

Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry brought his A-game to the 2024 Paris Olympics, helping lead Team USA to yet another set of gold medals.

His legendary 3-point shooting had no trouble translating from the NBA to the global state at this year’s Olympics, as he hit a number of absolutely thrilling buckets from beyond the arc during the Olympic tournament.

NBC Sports shared a great highlight reel of every single Curry 3-pointer that he made during the Paris Olympics, which is a great way to reflect on how well Curry played to help bring home the gold for Team USA.

We’re still not sure how Curry does it after all these years, but it never gets old.

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Projecting the U.S. men’s basketball roster for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

Anthony Edwards called next.

Welcome to Layup Lines, For the Win’s basketball newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Have feedback for the Layup Lines Crew? Leave your questions, comments and concerns through this brief reader survey. Now, here’s Bryan Kalbrosky.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are in the rearview mirror and to no surprise, the United States once again earned a gold medal in basketball.

Led by a trio of NBA veterans, the U.S. men’s basketball roster was thrilling. Basketball fans were delighted to see LeBron James play with Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant at the same time and the results were incredible.

Now that the Olympics will leave France and the United States will become the next host nation, the focus will shift to what the roster could look like in 2028.

It is an impossible question to answer because so much of this depends on health, interest, coaching, development, and various other circumstances we can’t predict.

But based on what we know so far, factoring in age and relationships with the USA Basketball, here is our best guess as of right now:

GUARDS

Anthony Edwards

Devin Booker

Tyrese Haliburton

Donovan Mitchell

Tyrese Maxey

FORWARDS

Jayson Tatum

Paolo Banchero

Scottie Barnes

Cooper Flagg

BIGS

Bam Adebayo

Chet Holmgren

Evan Mobley

Noah Lyles denies beef with Anthony Edwards

Photos by MARTIN BERNETTI Damien MEYER / AFP

U.S. track and field sprinter Noah Lyles caused some more controversy this weekend:

“Two of the biggest stars from the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics were Noah Lyles and Anthony Edwards.

Lyles and Edwards both became first-time Olympic gold medalists this summer. Before testing positive for COVID-19 and withdrawing from the Olympics this year, Lyles won a gold medal in the 100 meter for track and field. Edwards was a standout performer on the U.S. men’s basketball roster.

Both gold medalists have signed endorsement deals with the shoe company adidas. Recent reporting suggests that there is potentially animosity between the two, but Lyles is attempting to squash those growing rumors.”

You can read more here.

Shootaround

— 5 things we learned about the NBA (Victor Wembanyama’s rise is truly inevitable) at the Paris Olympics

— Tyrese Haliburton had the most perfect post after winning a gold medal despite limited playing time

— Hoops fans thought A’ja Wilson and Bam Adebayo’s polite handshake was so unsubtle amid dating rumors

— An earthquake interrupted ESPN’s NBA Today show but Malika Andrews handled it like a pro

Kendrick Perkins believes James Harden’s time with Team USA led to Thunder departure

Kendrick Perkins believes James Harden’s time with Team USA led to Thunder departure.

In recent years, one of the most altering deals in league history involved the Oklahoma City Thunder. After failing to reach an extension, OKC shipped James Harden to the Houston Rockets in 2012.

The Thunder failed to get proper value as they fell short of a championship with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Meanwhile, Harden blossomed into a superstar and was one of the best players of his era.

In a “Road Trippin'” podcast appearance, Kendrick Perkins revealed Harden’s time with Team USA in 2012 showed the first signs of fractures in his relationship with the Thunder.

After an NBA Finals appearance, OKC’s trio of Durant, Westbrook and Harden were on Team USA during the 2012 Olympics. They went on to win a gold medal. Afterward, Harden was eligible to sign an extension with the Thunder but never did.

“(Kevin Durant) said, ‘Man, (we’re) about to lose (Harden)’,” Perkins said. “… At the Olympics (LeBron James, Dwyane Wade), all those guys were telling James, ‘Bro, (you’re) too nice to be coming off the bench… You need to have your own team.’”

This has been a popular theory for years. Many assumed Harden’s time with Team USA planted the idea that he was too talented to be the third option. There are other reasons why he left OKC, but that was a primary one.

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Did US National Team head coach Steve Kerr mismanage his roster despite winning gold?

Or do the ends justify the means when it comes to US dominance in Men’s 5 × 5 basketball in the Olympics?

Did US National Team head coach Steve Kerr mismanage his roster despite winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics? Does it even matter that his hockey substitution pattern was weird, and his matchup-oriented philosophy alienating players like star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum that Team USA will need in the future?

Or do the ends justify the means when it comes to US dominance in Men’s 5 × 5 basketball in the Olympics? There is a surprising depth and breadth of opinions in the wider basketball community on this topic in recent days. And the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Beat” podcast linked up with the Ringer’s Brian Barrett to talk it over on a recent episode.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say.

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Steve Kerr praises Devin Booker’s performance for Team USA in Olympics

Steve Kerr made a point to praise the Suns guard for his performance in the Olympics.

While a lot of the attention coming off the final two games of Team USA’s run to gold in the Olympics surrounds Stephen Curry following back-to-back ridiculous performances from the Golden State Warriors guard, head coach Steve Kerr made a point to call out the performance of one specific player.

After Team USA secured gold with a thrilling win over France in Paris, Kerr spoke with members of the media in his postgame press conference. Before his presser came to an end, Kerr shared some high praise for Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker. Kerr called Booker Team USA’s “unsung MVP.”

Via @davidaldridgedc on Twitter:

Curry then took to Instagram to co-sign Kerr’s praise of Booker.

Via @CGBBurner on Twitter:

Booker was one of four players to score in double figures for Team USA on Saturday. Booker finished with 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting to go along with six rebounds and three assists in 28 minutes. Booker tallied 10 or more points in four of Team USA’s six games in Paris.

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Watch: Steph Curry reacts to winning his first Olympic gold medal

The two-time Most Valuable Player soaked up the scene after winning his first Olympic gold medal.

Stephen Curry has accomplished nearly everything you can on a basketball court. Four NBA championships, two Most Valuable Player awards, NBA’s All-Time leader in made 3-pointers, multiple All-Star appearances and more.

Despite all his achievements, the Golden State Warriors point guard was missing one thing on his already decorated resume — an Olympic gold medal.

However, with a win on Saturday in Paris, Curry added an Olympic gold medal to his trophy case. Curry didn’t just secure his elusive gold medal, but he took over the Olympic stage.

Curry slammed the door on France in the final minutes, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter with a flurry of jaw-dropping 3-pointers. Curry led the Americans with 24 points on eight made triples in the Gold Medal Game.

Following Team USA’s win for gold over France, Curry was interviewed by Mike Tirico the NBC Sports broadcast crew. Curry spoke about Team USA’s performance against France and what it’s like get an Olympic gold medal.

Via @NBCOlympics on Twitter:

After Team USA received their medals and left the court, Curry took to Twitter to celebrate and share some photos.

Via @StephenCurry30 on Twitter:

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