FOOTBALL

Kansas City Chiefs tight end (and Taylor Swift boyfriend), Travis Kelce, will appear in Adam Sandler’s new movie, “Happy Gilmore 2”. Kelce had announced earlier this year he’d be interested in having a cameo, and Sandler is making it happen.

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Team USA’s breakout star gymnast, Stephen Nedoroscik, announced he will compete in “Dancing with the Stars”. Nedoroscik won two bronze medals (one in the team finals and another for individual pommel horse-becoming the first American male to win an individual gymnastics medal in 28 years). Nedoroscik told the press, “I want to bring some flares, I want to bring some of that gymnastics. Maybe a back flip or handstand. I want to have fun with it.”

SOCCER

One of the most famous soccer stars in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, started his own YouTube channel, and in a record 90 minutes recorded a million subscribers. The channel is called “UR Cristiano”.  As of Thursday afternoon, Ronaldo surpassed 22.8 million subscribers.

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Highlights from a memorable weekend!

The U.S. men’s basketball team won gold, beating the French national team at home. LeBron James and Kevin Durant played well, but Stephen Curry’s four 3-pointers in the last three minutes sealed the 98-87 win. This marks the U.S.’s fifth straight men’s Olympic basketball gold medal.

The U.S. women’s basketball barely edged out France to win the gold in a thrilling 67-66 win. As time expired, France’s Gabby Williams stepped on the line to hit a two-pointer rather than a three-pointer, giving the US women its 61st straight Olympic win and eight straight gold medals.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team also won gold by defeating Brazil 1-0.

The games were not without controversy, however, when U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles was awarded a bronze medal but then had it rescinded by the Court of Arbitration for filing the inquiry after the one-minute deadline.

The final medal count:

U.S. 126 medals (40 gold, 44 silver, 42 bronze)

China 91 medals (40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)

Great Britain 65 medals (14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze)

Tom Cruise wrapped up the games with some pretty awesome stunts to get us excited for 2028 in LA.

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In men’s basketball, France’s win over Germany secured their place in the finals. They’ll take on Team USA after Steph Curry and LeBron James propelled the Americans to a nail-biting win over Serbia in the semis. US will face France on Saturday for the gold, and Serbia will play Germany for the bronze.

Noah Lyles (who won a gold medal in the 100 meters a few days ago) managed to win a bronze in the men’s 200 meters on Thursday after testing positive for covid just a few days before the race. Lyles received medical attention after the race but appeared in good spirits later when speaking with reporters. He said, “To be honest, I’m more proud of myself than anything. Coming out, getting the bronze medal with covid three days ago, it’s been a wild Olympics.”

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Baltimore Ravens cornerback, Marlon Humphrey, is getting trashed for his comments criticizing Simone Biles and Jordan Chile’s sportsmanship. On the awards podium, Biles and Chiles (silver and bronze respectively) bowed to Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade to show admiration for her incredible floor routine which won her the gold medal. Humphrey wrote on social media that the gymnasts’ actions were “literally disgusting”, but then later admitted he was getting “lowkey cooked” for his comments.

In golf, Scottie Scheffler shot a 62 to win gold. He became the first #1 ranked golfer to win an Olympic gold.

Team USA men’s basketball head to the semifinals after destroying Brazil 122-87. Kevin Durant became the all-time leading scorer in Team USA basketball history. The US will now face Nikola Jokic and Serbia.

In her last event of the Paris Games,

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Highlights:

Swimming:

Katie Ledecky won four medals and two golds, bringing her to an historic nine career golds (more than any female swimmer in history). The Americans also grabbed two world records: Bobby Finke in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle, and the women’s team in the 4×100-meter relay.

Gymnastics:

Simone Biles won her third gold in the vault but was edged out by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in the floor routine and ended up with the silver.

Track:

The American Noah Lyles took the title of fastest runner in the world by winning the men’s 100-meter final in a photo finish with Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson.

Tennis:

Novak Djokovic won his first gold medal in men’s tennis by defeating Carlos Alcaraz.

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All eyes were on Simone Biles as she clinched the all-around gold in women’s gymnastics, her sixth Olympic gold medal. The win is her first in this event since the 2016 Rio Games and marks a major comeback from when she had to drop out of the Tokyo Olympics for mental health issues. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade took home the silver, and Biles’ teammate Sunisa Lee took the bronze.

In swimming, Katie Ledecky continues to set records. After swimming the third leg of the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay, she helped propel Team USA to a silver medal, marking the 13th Olympic medal of her career.

In a first, the U.S. women’s fencing team won a gold medal in foil.

FOOTBALL

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers extended Tristan Wirfs’ contract to make him the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history.

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Highlights:

U.S. swimming star Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record in the 1,500 freestyle and won her first gold in Paris. She is now tied for the most Olympic and gold medals by a female swimmer.

In tennis, Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz teamed up but lost in the quarterfinals.

In gymnastics, the U.S. men won the bronze in the team competition, the Americans’ first Olympic medal in 16 years.

Led by the incomparable Simone Biles and her teammate Sunisa Lee, the U.S. women’s team won the gold in team gymnastics; it was the team’s third gold medal in the past four Olympics.

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The Paris Olympics began on Friday with a controversial Opening Ceremony that parodied “The Last Supper” with drag queens posing for the iconic scene.

In other opening ceremony news, LeBron James was one of the two flag bearers for Team USA becoming the first American men’s basketball player to have this honor.

All eyes were on Simone Biles as she advanced to the gymnastics all-around final. Her teammate Sunisa Lee also advanced as did Team USA.

In other high profile Olympic news, Novak Djokovic will play Rafael Nadal on Monday afternoon. Djokovic leads Nadal 30-29 in their legendary rivalry.

FOOTBALL

Former Michigan staffer, Connor Stalions, will appear in a Netflix documentary called “Sign Stealer” for his role in a college football sign-stealing scandal that garnered a lot of attention last season.

GOLF

Xander Schauffele won the British Open, becoming the first player to win two majors in the same year since Brooks Koepka accomplished this feat in 2018.

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The men’s USA basketball exhibition play before the Olympics hasn’t impressed. Team USA  beat South Sudan (a team making its first appearance in the Olympics and without any NBA players) by only one point (thanks to a last minute LeBron James layup). Team USA is a four-time defending Olympic champion, so clearly they didn’t take this game seriously enough.

In other Olympic news, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, swam in the Seine to try and prove that the river is safe enough for all the planned swimming events.

NASCAR

WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark’s name will be featured on Josh Berry’s car in NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis

FOOTBALL

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman are battling it out for the trademark “Eight”. Both quarterbacks wore #8, and Aikman is attempting to trademark it for use on apparel and bags. Jackson’s attorney said that Aikman’s use of the number would be “likely to cause confusion”, as Jackson also uses the #8 in retail.

FOOTBALL

San Francisco 49ers running back, Christian McCaffrey, married former Miss Universe winner Olivia Culpo over the weekend.

OLYMPICS

Team USA gymnastics is set, and will feature the incomparable Simone Biles and newbie Hezly Rivera. At 27 years old, Simone is the oldest American gymnast to compete at the games since 1952, and Rivera (16-years old) is currenlty the youngest Team USA Olympic athlete.

BASKETBALL

Here are some highlights of NBA trades:

The Philadelphia 76ers signed a four-year $212 million deal with Paul George.

Even though the LA Clippers lost George, they agreed to a $70 million two year deal with James Harden to remain with the team.

Chris Paul was waived by the Golden State Warriors and is reportedly planning to sign with the San Antonio Spurs.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will leave the Denver Nuggets and head to the Orlando Magic on a three-year deal worth $66 million.