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Olympics roundup: American Jade Carey wins gold on floor exercise Field Level Media 03 Aug 2021, 05:40 GMT+10 American gymnast Jade Carey won the gold medal on the floor exercise on Monday with a score of 14.366. The medal was the fifth won by the U.S. womens gymnastics team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It was the final event sat out by Simone Biles, who will return for the balance beam competition. Vanessa Ferrari of Italy took silver and there was a tie for bronze. The U.S. leads the medal cou...

U.S. bullpen blows lead; team nears elimination by The Associated Press | Today at 2:08 a.m. Japans Takuya Kai, right, celebrate past United States Eddy Alvarez after a baseball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. Japan won 7-6. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Brandon Dickson, a 36-year-old who is nine seasons removed from the major leagues, was the first out of the bullpen and the first to stumble. Edwin Jackson, a 37-year-old released by five ...

Sue Bird,  Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women’s basketball team face Japan in group play live at 12:40 a.m. ET (9:40 p.m. PT Thursday) on USA Network.   Following are highlights from tonight’s primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics on the networks of NBCUniversal: SWIMMING – NBC Rowdy Gaines on Dressel’s start in the 100m freestyle: “I can’t begin to tell you how many times Caeleb and I have sat down together and talked about his start. He just explodes off ...

25 Illinois Athletes Going For Gold at the Tokyo Summer Olympics Sure the Olympics are weird. They were supposed to be last year and canceled. You know, just like everything else in 2020. So organizers said its 2021 or bust, and while it seems like a rickety plan, the Olympics have been underway for a few days and it looks like were going to get full-fledged summer games by the closing ceremonies next Friday. Carl Court, Getty Images In case youre wondering, yes, the 2020 (or 2021?) Tokyo Summ...

Keeping Score: UMass dollars at work Published: 7/23/2021 8:49:00 PM Modified: 7/23/2021 8:49:10 PM Good morning! The University of Nebraska just hired its fourth athletic director since it joined the Big Ten a decade ago. Trev Alberts, a Husker alumnus and former Butkus Award winner, is tasked with righting a football team that’s 12-20 under third-year coach Scott Frost, and a basketball team that’s 14-45 under second-year coach Fred Hoiberg. Both were hired by Alberts’ predecessor, Bil...

Keeping Score: UMass dollars at work "> Good morning! The University of Nebraska just hired its fourth athletic director since it joined the Big Ten a decade ago. Trev Alberts, a Husker alumnus and former Butkus Award winner, is tasked with righting a football team that’s 12-20 under third-year coach Scott Frost, and a basketball team that’s 14-45 under second-year coach Fred Hoiberg. Both were hired by Alberts’ predecessor, Bill Moos, who struck a deal to pay Frost $5 million and Hoiber...

MLB to invest up to $150M to improve Black representation The league committed the money to The Players Alliance, a nonprofit comprised of Black players dedicated to improving equity in baseball Loading the player... On Monday, Major League Baseball announced it will invest up to $150 million over the next 10 years into The Players Alliance, a nonprofit organization committed to improving equity in professional baseball. The organization is comprised of over 100 Black current and former major ...

Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images The 2021 minor league season is not two months deep, so we’re long past due for a check-in with the Double-A Midland RockHounds. The Hounds roster is light on top names from our Community Prospect List Top 30, as most of the advanced talent has already moved up to Triple-A and the next wave hasn’t yet arrived from the lower-minors. The high stock they do have is mostly on the infield, where a few shortstops are sharing the diamond. Far and away the top pros...

Kolozsvary Headed To Tokyo As Member Of Team USA Lookouts Catcher Part Of 24-Man Olympic Roster Friday, July 2, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus Mark Kolozsvary A week ago, Mark Kolozsvary was slapping home runs and doubles against AA teams. By the end of the month, Chattanooga’s starting catcher will get to shine on the world’s largest stage in Tokyo. The Lookouts’ Kolozsvary officially made the USA’s Olympic baseball team on Friday morning, and will be on the field on July 30 against Isra...

U.S. roster features Tampa double dose by The Associated Press | Today at 2:10 a.m. NEW YORK -- Joe Ryan, one of two Tampa Bays young arms picked for the U.S. Olympic rotation, recognizes how baseball players are unlike most other athletes going to the Tokyo Games. "When we get on the plane, I think Ill get pretty excited," he said after the roster was announced Friday, "but even then, Ive got a season to go. Ive still got other things going on here. "So were kind of talking about how its diffe...