While most of us were sleeping, the Team USA women’s basketball squad outlasted Nigeria, 81-72, in its Olympic opener last night. No, they didn’t blow out their opponents, as their male counterparts also failed to do within their 83-76 loss — but at least they freaking won. Read more…
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Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles Withdraws From Gymnastics Team Finals ‘Due To A Medical Issue’
Team USA‘s superstar gymnast Simone Biles has officially withdrawn from the team competition in Tokyo. The 24-year-old star abruptly withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics “due to a medical issue” on Tuesday morning. She had just completed competing in the vault event at that point when she walked off the floor with her trainer by her side. It […]
UPDATE: U.S. loses gold after Simone Biles pulls out of team competition in Tokyo
The greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles, pulled out of the team competition at the Tokyo Games according to officials. Read more…
UPDATE: Simone Biles withdraws from all-around final in Tokyo
On Tuesday, the greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles, pulled out of the team competition at the Tokyo Games according to officials. Read more…
Women’s 3×3 hoops it down for team USA hoops
USA Basketball could still come home with two medals this Olympics. Read more…
Simone Biles Is ‘So Proud’ Of Fellow Gymnast MyKayla Skinner After Failing To Qualify In Tokyo Olympics
Simone Biles offers support to fellow Team USA gymnast MyKayla Skinner after her Olympic journey and career came to an abrupt end. ICYMI, the 24-year-old athlete completed as an individual competitor in the qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics for the first time on Sunday. To continue in the particular games, she needed to finish […]
Team USA men’s basketball begins gold medal chase with revenge on their minds
Amid all the chaos, and now finally fully rostered, does Team USA have enough to win the gold medal? The short answer is yes, but as we know regarding international play, chemistry is much more of a deciding factor than the talent of your roster alone. Read more…
Have you heard the one about the doctor who didn’t get vaxxed and ruined his country’s Olympics?
The Olympics are always full of surprises, plus right at the beginning of the Tokyo Games, there’s already a stunner: the first vaccine-shunning idiot to ruin things for a bunch of other people isn’t an American. Read more…
The Tokyo Olympics could be a Covid-19 “super evolutionary event”
Enlarge / Flag bearers Yui Susaki and Rui Hachimura of Team Japan lead their team out during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (credit: Matthias Hangst | Getty Images) Ten days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Kara Lawson, the […]
Because Tokyo 2021 is weird and shouldn’t be happening, Deadspinners recall their favorite past Olympic moments
Conflicted about tuning in tonight for the Opening Ceremonies of an Olympics that most of the host nation don’t even want in the middle of a pandemic where athletes are essentially being greeted with positive COVID-19 tests at the airport plus rumors abound of possible cancellation even as it kicks off? Read more…