As we wrap up these Olympics, I must give a final shoutout to the real MVP: No one will ever rock a chic bob while also giving shampoo brand/dating app while also being a literal flame quite like the Paris 2024 logo. An icon for our times.
Sam Kerr, an Australian soccer superstar living in London, showing off support for a star player from Iowa ahead of a game in Cleveland is a pretty cool sign of how huge this women’s college basketball moment is
Olympic women’s soccer is a beast. Six games, 17 days, summer heat. These knockout games were particularly brutal.
And the USWNT found a way.
Stellar tournament from Swanson, Rodman and Smith. Scorers get the headlines, but there’s no medal without Girma and Naeher.
The real American Revolution was not the war fought from 1775 to 1783 but the United States' emergence as both a Rugby Country and a Cricket Country in the year 2024
A particularly amazing part of these three Suni Lee, Rebeca Andrade and Simone Biles floor routines in a row was how much they were all smiling throughout. (While doing insanely difficult skills!) The Olympics rock.
The NBC broadcast just caught live sound of Suni Lee and Simone Biles discussing what TikTok they want to make after winning Olympic gold and it was awesome
Trinity Rodman has talked this year about how she's wanted to improve her game on her left foot. The results show: Two of her 5 goals in NWSL play are from her left.
And now, a banger of a goal in the Olympic knockouts with her left foot.