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Nadal vs Djokovic
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Today marks the 60th, and likely final, chapter of their historic rivalry at Roland Garros, with the action set to begin shortly at the Peacock. (Around 7:30 a.m. ET).
Face to face: Djokovic leads 30-29, and a win today at the legendary venue for Nadal would be a poetic one and tie the all-time record.
Fun fact: Roland Garros is not only the venue where these two players last met two years ago, but also the site of their first meeting dating back to the quarter-finals of the 2006 French Open.
Photo of the Day
🏀 USA 110, Serbia 84: LeBron James (21-8-9) and Kevin Durant (23 points, 8-9 field goal attempts) led Team USA to victory in the season opener in Lille, 127 miles north of Paris, and our own Jay Busby made the trip to watch the game in person.
🇫🇷 Local Heroes: Leon Marchand, the face of the Paris Games, lived up to expectations when he won the 400m individual medley in an Olympic record time of 4 hours, 2 minutes and 95 seconds, beating the other competitors by nearly six seconds, to the delight of the thousands of French fans in attendance.
🇺🇸 USA wins 1-2: Tori Huske (gold) and Gretchen Walsh (silver) took the top two spots in the women’s 100m butterfly, a true revenge story for Huske, who missed out on the podium by just 0.01 seconds in Tokyo.
⚽️ USWNT keeps momentum going: Sophia Smith scored two goals to lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to a 4-1 win over Germany, improving the team to 2-0. The U.S. has now scored as many goals in the Olympics (7) as they have in the entire 2023 World Cup (4).
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Athlete Spotlight: Chase Budinger earned more than $18 million during his seven-year NBA career, but the former basketball star hung up his sneakers long ago and got to grips with the feeling of barefoot in the sand as he makes his Olympic debut in beach volleyball today.
Two-sport athletes: Budinger was a high school basketball and volleyball superstar in Southern California, where she was co-MVP with Kevin Durant at the 2006 McDonald’s All-American Game and was named Volleyball Magazine’s Player of the Year.
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He was considered for two-sport scholarships but chose to focus on basketball at the University of Arizona, where he averaged 17 points per game over three seasons before being drafted second overall in the NBA in 2009.
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The 6-foot-7 forward with incredible leaping ability (she competed in the 2012 Slam Dunk Contest) retired from basketball in 2017 to rejoin volleyball and was named AVP Rookie of the Year in 2018.
What he is saying: “I miss basketball,” Budinger told three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings in an interview with Yahoo Sports. “Basketball was a big part of my life for a long time, but I’ve put that part behind me and started a new chapter.”
Will the drought end? Budinger and partner Miles Evans, their first match today (10 a.m. ET, NBC) Even qualifying for the Olympics was a challenge they overcame, but they are ready to “shock the world” in Paris and hope to win their first men’s beach volleyball medal since 2008.
Other athletic achievements:
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🤽♀️ Maggie Stephens: The captain of the U.S. women’s water polo team (and the sport’s all-time leading Olympic scorer) will lead the U.S. team in its second game of the day, and one fan sure to be in attendance? The team’s unlikely superfan, 65-year-old Flavor Flav.
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🛹 Jagger Eaton: The seven-time X Games medalist and two-time world champion won bronze in street skateboarding (one of two disciplines) in Tokyo three years ago… while suffering from a broken ankle! Now the 23-year-old is hoping to make it onto the podium again.
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Medal Race
Total medals.
Watch List: US Women’s Basketball
USA Women’s Basketball Team Today, they begin their quest for an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal against Japan.
Featured Events:
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🏀 Women’s Basketball: Team USA vs. Japan (2:45 p.m., USA) …One of four games today.
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🏊 Swimming: Five medal events (2:30 p.m., NBC) …Women’s 400m individual medley, Men’s 200m freestyle, Men’s 100m backstroke, Women’s 100m breaststroke, Women’s 200m freestyle.
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🤸 Men’s Gymnastics: Team Finals (11:30 a.m., NBC) … The U.S. team advanced to the finals with the fifth-best qualifying score behind China, Japan, Great Britain and Ukraine.
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🛹 Men’s Skateboards: Street Finals (11am, Peacock) …Both the United States and Japan have strong teams competing for the podium.
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🏄 Surfing: Men’s Round 3 (1 p.m., Peacock); Women’s Round 3 (5:45 p.m., Peacock)
Medal events:
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🚴🏼 Men’s cycling: Mountain bike (8am, Peacock, 8:45am, US)
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🐎 Equestrian: Eventing Individual Show Jumping Final (9 a.m., Peacock)
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🥋 Judo: Women’s 57kg, Men’s 73kg (10am, Peacock)
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🏹 Men’s Archery: Team Finals (10:48 a.m., Peacock)
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🛶 Men’s Canoeing: Slalom Final (11:20 a.m., Peacock)
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🤺 Fencing: Women’s Sabre and Men’s Foil (3:45 p.m., Peacock)
Non-medal events: Badminton, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Handball, Hockey, Rugby Sevens, Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo.
NBC Primetime: Men’s Gymnastics Team Final (8pm)Women’s 400m Individual Medley Final, Men’s 200m Freestyle Final, Women’s 100m Backstroke Final (8:30 pm), Men’s Diving 10m Synchronised Platform Final (10:15pm).
For detailed schedule, here.
NCAA in Paris
The NCAA is represented in Paris. At the Summer Olympics, 1,217 current, former and new athletes from 251 schools will compete.
Hurrah for the “Conference of Champions”: Three of the four schools with the most representative players and six of the 15 schools with 25 or more Olympians are from the Pac-12.
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Until this year’s mass exodus. USC*:
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58 Olympians in Paris Stanford*:
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54 Michigan:
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42 California*:
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41 Florida:
39 6-15:
UCLA* (34), LSU (33), Tennessee (33), Texas (32), Arkansas (27), Florida State (27), Penn State (27), Arizona State* (26), Georgia (26), Oregon* (26)
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Other NCAA stats: By country:
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125 countries have at least one NCAA athlete represented, led by the United States team with 385, making up 65 percent of the contingent. Canada (132), Australia (44), Nigeria (38), Germany (34), Jamaica (34), Puerto Rico (32) and Spain (30) also have more than 30 players. By sport:
Track and field dominates the field with 406 NCAA athletes from 75 countries, followed by swimming (223), basketball (152), golf (65) and soccer (65). 100% Club:
The 14 U.S. Olympic teams are made up of all NCAA athletes: women’s basketball, men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s volleyball, men’s golf, men’s gymnastics, women’s field hockey, modern pentathlon, beach volleyball, diving and fencing.
(David Goldman/Associated Press) 🔥 The Olympic flame is not a flame.
The “flame” that will burn throughout the duration of the Games is actually a mixture of light and water vapour – Paris 2024 aims to be the greenest Games ever, and this fits right into that mission. 🏀 Staley’s comments about Clark:
Dawn Staley said Sunday that Caitlin Clark’s recent play (12.5 assists per game in July) makes a strong case for her inclusion on the U.S. national team: “If I had to do it over again…I think she would be a strong candidate to make the team because she’s playing so much better than the other players.” ⚽️ Great goal:
Momoko Tanigawa led Japan to a comeback victory over Brazil with a sensational late goal at PSG’s home ground, Parc des Princes. 🎾 Coco is comparable to Venus:
At 20 years old, Coco Gauff became the youngest American woman to win an Olympic singles title since Venus Williams in 2000. Notably, Venus went on to win the gold medal.
The start of the men’s 100m race at the 1896 Olympic Games. (Getty Images) question:
Who was the president of the United States when the modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece in 1896? Tips:
He won the popular vote in three presidential elections: 1884, 1888, and 1892.
The answer is at the bottom.
Mercedes’ Hamilton and Russell celebrate after the Belgian Grand Prix (Dean Mutaropoulos/Getty Images) Mercedes 1-2(ish)
Mercedes’ success continued in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finishing one-two, but Russell’s car was disqualified after post-race inspection because it was below the minimum weight.
plus: Trivia answer:
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