Steemit Daily Sports Report: U.S. survives Serbia to Make Gold Medal Game; Golf Legend Chi Chi Rodriquez Passes Away
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"I tested positive around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning," Lyles said, wearing a black KN95 mask inside the media mixed zone. "I woke up in the middle of the night just feeling really chills, aching, sore throat.
Team USA surged back from 17 points down with a star-studded rally to defeat a valiant effort from Serbia. "I'm really humbled to have been a part of this game," U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. "It's one of the greatest basketball games I've ever been a part of. They were perfect. They played a perfect game."
"Obviously, there are people next to you, and they're going to push you, but it doesn't matter if you don't focus on the barriers in front of you," McLaughlin-Levrone explained. "That was my focus, trying to be as efficient as I could over my 10 hurdles and trying to lower that time every time."
The city had spent €1.5 billion ($1.4 billion) on a project to clean the River Seine. Lately, he had been in charge of ensuring a river-based ceremony featuring hundreds of floating barges could be held safely. Even more difficult, the Seine would feature four Olympic events, in triathlon and marathon swim.
Tigers one strike away from sweep, but lose to Mariners on walk-off hit in ninth inning
Seattle — The only thing Ryan Vilade would change about the game-flipping sinking liner that got past him in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Seattle Mariners a sudden 4-3 walk-off win in the finale Thursday night is the result. "I got a good jump to where I catch it, the game is over, and we're celebrating," he said. "I should've caught it. It sucks that I didn't."
"Not a lot happened," said Maye of his night. "Threw a screen, first down, to move the chains. But, think on that third down, maybe should have tried to move downfield. Think we had some stop routes at the chains, instead of throwing into the flat. But hey, that's what you watch film for."
“We had a great practice yesterday,” Macdonald told reporters on Thursday. “I think, like I said, we’re right there on the edge. At this point in camp, we’re tired of going against one another. There’s some edge to us, which is good to a degree. We just have to make sure that we keep our poise in certain situations because at the end of the day we want to take care of one another and we’re all wearing the same helmet.”’
With the start of the 2024 NFL regular season fast approaching, Lance Zierlein identifies the one rookie most pivotal to each team's success this year.
“I know y’all want to ask, I got urgency for it to happen,” Prescott said, via Nick Harris of the team’s website.
"I'm stopping the engagement there with commenting," Harbaugh said. "But my only hope is that one day college athletics will be about what's best for young men and young women who participate in it. That's really all I've got to say about it."
"I see glimpses and my teammates see glimpses of me being where I expect to be able to compete at this level, but I'm also realistic with myself, and if I'm not able to I'll step aside and let somebody come on in and take the HyFlyers to new levels," Mickelson said, according to a transcript of Wednesday's news conference. "I'm in every major on the regular tour next year, and I'll be in three of the four majors for the next six, seven years. I would love to compete and give myself a chance to win in those, and I also want to build this out and create a culture that is sustainable and that people strive to be a part of. "How I do that, whether it's internally as a player and so forth, or whether it's strictly from the outside, I'm going to be intricately involved with the Flyers going forward probably the rest of my life, and then my playing career I'll be realistic where I'm at, too."
Sirianni's message was clear: Last year was on me, on my shoulders. I didn't get it done. "He took full responsibility, that he felt he let the team down and didn't do a good enough job of empowering the players," the team source said. "It was passionate and from the heart."
"There are not enough words to express how much you mean to me, friend," Ronaldo posted on X. "We won everything there was to win on the field, but the greatest achievement is the friendship and respect I have for you. You are unique, my brother. Thank you for so much."
We always want to win, also in all the friendlies, it's about a trophy, and we will put out a team that is very competitive to win this trophy," Ten Hag said. "But it's also preseason. We don't take big risks with players."
"Atlético de Madrid replied that they were trying to pull out of the Gallagher transaction with Chelsea, and if that didn't happen they were not going to be able to do the deal for Javi Guerra," Corona said during the club's introduction of forward Dani Gómez. "It was the first time we were made aware of that. So we decided to bow out because that was not a condition that was discussed, despite all the calls, WhatsApps, emails, legal counsel and contract terms. "We weren't informed about that situation so obviously, for our benefit and to protect Javi, we bowed out."
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