ball scholarship and she was inspired by vanetta flowers, who won bobsled gold for team usa in 2002. she s helped to completely change the face of bobsled for the american team, now 7 of the 8 women in the team usa are all black, including sylvia hoffman, who won the bronze medal earlier today. an extraordinary story. it s really great to report, she s been picked as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. she couldn t in the opening ceremony for reasons we ve mentioned. she ll get to carry the flag at the end. that s how much her team believes in her. it may well be the last time. she s hinted this could be her last olympics, having made the podium in four consecutive games. she s extraordinary. i love her smile too. and her baby boy. so sweet. thank you so much, done. appreciate it. all right. still ahead, capturing a piece of history with contemporary artistry.
cordes: brian flores returned to the n.f.l. today. the pittsburgh steelers hired the former miami dolphins head coach to serve as an assistant coach. the hiring comes less than three weeks after flores sued the n.f.l. and three teams over alleged racist hiring practices. u.s. women add to their medal count in the final weekend of beijing s winter olympics games. today, t team u.s.a. s elana meyers taylor and sylvia hoffman won bronze in the women s two-person bob sled. that makes myers the most-decorated black athlete in winter olympics history with five medals. she ll carry the flag for the u.s. in tomorrow s closing ceremonies. in the total medal tally, team u.s.a. is in fifth place. norway leads with 35. when we return, we go inside the beijing bubble for a look at
where the two-woman bobsled took place. elana meyers taylor and sylvia hoffman, they finished third, grabbed the bronze. the second medal in these games for elana meyers taylor and, oh yeah, she s been selected as the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies tomorrow night. you may remember she was supposed to do that for the open, was moved into covid isolation, spent her time there separated from her family, who s here in beijing. she had weights delivered, was working out as best she could and boy that dedication paid off with two medals, again, at these games. we ve got the closing ceremony tomorrow night. for now, though, i m jay gray. alex, back to you. i don t want it to end but i guess it must. thank you, jay. up to 190,000 russian troops are reportedly now at ukraine s doorstep and poised to attack. have we reached the brink? we ve got the latest developments next. and a live report from canada, breaking news from there on that truck convoy and police making some pretty dr