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Team USA's Challenging Path to Olympic Gold Victory
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8/9/2024
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And as I mentioned, Team USA, they may get the gold in the end, but it has not been the
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easiest of runs for them.
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As a matter of fact, folks, if you bet Team USA in every single one of these matches,
00:14
whether it was the exhibitions or the group stage or the medal stage, and you bet them
00:20
against the spread, folks, you lost a lot of money.
00:22
I mean, Team USA, they may get that gold, but they are not helping you out as far as
00:26
covering the spread along the lines.
00:28
In fact, Serbia led the game at the half.
00:31
If you watch this game, you thought that maybe there was a chance that they could pull the
00:35
big upset off.
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But in the end, the final score, folks, 95-91, Team USA wins, and they are on the doorstep
00:44
now of the gold medal.
00:45
And I guess that's all anybody will remember in the end, but sports bettors, we remember
00:49
things a little bit differently.
00:51
Kevin Durant has had a great ceremony at the Olympics, to say the very least.
00:57
And last night after the game, Durant even admitted to the media that this is one of
01:02
those special moments along the line of his career.
01:04
How can you not celebrate a win like that?
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Look at all our families out here.
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Look at this.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like, that's what this is about.
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You know what I mean?
01:12
We all come together as one on the other side of the world like this.
01:15
Starting USA champs, our section, starting USA champs.
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It's special tonight, man.
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So we got to celebrate.
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I'm not going to act like it's not.
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You know what I mean?
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I don't know where to go, but we got to celebrate the small moments too.
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Everybody here will remember this night for the rest of their lives.
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That's how special this is.
01:35
And because we came back and we showed how together we were in that fourth quarter.
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It was incredible.
01:42
Team USA with a victory against Serbia.
01:45
Now, one of the more bizarre stories that have come out of the Olympics will be yesterday
01:50
as Noah Lyles ends up winning the bronze medal
01:53
and then afterwards reveals that he tested positive for COVID just a couple of days ago.
02:01
And so, sort of strange here that he, after the race admitted he had it, would he have admitted this?
02:10
Had he won the gold?
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What is the eligibility requirements regarding this?
02:15
To say the least, very strange turn of events.
02:19
Noah Lyles had an incredible Olympics, but a strange result yesterday and a strange admission afterwards.
02:26
And again, why not say this before the race is what I think a lot of people are asking this morning.
02:32
All right.
02:33
A lot of people are asking this morning about this very strange story with Marvin Harrison Jr. and Fanatics.
02:40
And I've read this story several times, to be candid with you here on the show.
02:44
And I'm not completely sure exactly what is going on here.
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To say the least, I'm going to try to break it down for you.
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Marvin Harrison Jr., first round pick, has a deal in place with Fanatics, at least according to Fanatics.
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And he signed off on a deal.
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Now, this includes signing items, memorabilia.
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I think I saw 35,000 items he agreed to sign.
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Give them some gear, right?
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Like they could put it on sports cards, sell it on their site.
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Harrison Jr. says he has no agreement with Fanatics now.
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So, they're being sued by Fanatics.
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They just said the word, they're being sued.
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Because the reason why is Marvin Harrison Jr. says he didn't sign the agreement because his dad signed the agreement.
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But meanwhile, as part of Marvin Harrison Jr.'s personal company, his dad is a signer of the company for his memorabilia and things like that.
03:38
I don't get it.
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So, Fanatics is going to re-sue Marvin Harrison Jr., whether or not Marvin Harrison Sr. is involved in this as well.
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But it does seem like Marvin Harrison Jr. signed a deal with Fanatics to give up his gear and sign autographs and get paid.
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And now maybe he's found a better deal.
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He just doesn't want to do it.
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I don't know.
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That's what's going on.
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NBA Christmas Day games have been announced.
04:01
This is a long ways away, Frank.
04:03
Spurs at the Knicks in five months.
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Get ready.
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Bet it now.
04:08
Timberwolves, Mavericks.
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76ers, Lakers.
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76ers, Celtics.
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Warriors, Nuggets, Suns.
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What is the one thing that you can guarantee about these games, Frank, on Christmas Day?
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What is the only thing that you can guarantee?
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Knicks win, is what Frank says.
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No, what you can guarantee is I will be working on Christmas Day here on SportsGrid.
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I've done it every single year since I've come.
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So, there you go.
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That's what you can guarantee.
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You'll hear me breaking those games down.
04:33
France beat Germany 73-69 at the Olympics.
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Victor Wembayama and France headed to the gold medal game.
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Another upset.
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Two consecutive Olympics after beating Germany by four yesterday in the semifinals.
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Wemby has been fantastic.
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And they move on.
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And again, playing in front of the home crowd certainly seemed to help.
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U.S. 4x400 relay team has advanced to the gold medal.
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Quincy Wilson, 16 years old in Team USA, is going to play for the gold on—
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run for the gold, I should say, on Saturday.
05:08
Christoph Razavinsky of Hungary wrapped up the Olympic events in the Seine River
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by winning the men's 10-kilometer marathon race.
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Congratulations to him.
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Vinesh Phogat has filed an appeal,
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has asked the sports highest court to award her a shared silver medal
05:26
after being disqualified from her Paris Olympics final
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for not coming in at the proper weight limit.
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The decision is expected to be issued before the end of the Olympic Games.
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All of the coverage of the Olympics this weekend,
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gold medal for soccer, basketball, etc.,
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broken down for you today on Pharrell Coast to Coast at 3 o'clock Eastern.
05:49
Jerry Jones has yet to give a brand new contract to wide receiver CeeDee Lamb
05:54
as the season approaches.
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And in a very bizarre commentary yesterday,
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Jerry Jones just said that it's not a priority for him
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and then paused and then started talking about a lot of other stuff.
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It was very odd, to say the least.
06:09
But as of right now, no new deal for the league's best wide receiver last year.
06:14
And then a comment on social media from CeeDee Lamb posted late last night
06:19
with three letters which were L-O-L.
06:24
All right. CeeDee Lamb wants to get paid. Not getting paid.
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I got you. Everybody else getting paid.
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CeeDee Lamb not getting paid.
06:30
By the way, Brandon Ayuk, who was traded on social media 46 times over the last week,
06:36
is still a member of the San Francisco 49ers.
06:39
All right. Last night in preseason action in the NFL,
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the Giants beat the Lions 14-3.
06:45
That was the final there. Drew Locke got hurt in that game.
06:48
Also, the New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 17-3.
06:53
Quarterback Joe Milton had a really nice debut for the Patriots
06:56
through a 38-yard touchdown pass.
06:58
Atlanta Falcons placed Rondell Moore on the reserve injured list.
07:01
He's out for the year with a knee injury. They just got him in the offseason.
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And the Saints have signed linebacker Pete Warner.
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Three years, $25 million deal, $17.5 million guaranteed.
07:12
Yesterday, we learned that Pedro Graffal was fired as manager of the Chicago White Sox.
07:17
They also let go of pretty much all the members of his staff except for Grady Sizemore.
07:22
And he's now been named the interim manager of the White Sox,
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although it looks like they're going to do a full search after the season.
07:29
The Atlanta Braves are falling apart. They lost four games in a row at home,
07:33
courtesy of the Milwaukee Brewers.
07:35
They're now officially out of a playoff spot for the first time since 2022.
07:39
German Marquez returned for the Rockies. He threw in one game and got hurt again.
07:44
He is out for the season.
07:46
And Justin Verlander is going to return pretty soon to the Houston Astros.
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He's going to have a rehab start at AAA Sugar Land.
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Coming up, he's 41 years old.
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And all the Astros are hoping for is that this guy can get healthy for September
08:02
and carry them back to the postseason, which the Astros are no stranger to.
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