👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

ELECTRIC day in sports! Blake Snell tossed a NO HITTER for the Giants. Grant Fisher ran an electric 10,000m and was the first American to medal in in the event in 56 years. Now we’ve got more USA Basketball and we had a football game just 2 days ago! Here’s to a helluva Saturday!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

After Blake Snell’s No-Hitter, how many no hitters have there been in MLB history? Including Perfect Games!

• A. 525

• B. 154

• C. 63

• D. 324

• E. 1053

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

OUR JUICE🧃

• A problem with Drew’s shake today?!?! A lot of USA Olympic sports to talk about as well as the routs for the Red Sox and the Yankees!

• Got the opportunity to interview UConn Point Guard, 2x National Champ, and reigning Big East 6th Man OTY Hassan Diarra! Check it out!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 2012 —

Michael Phelps raced in the 100m Butterfly. Guess what medal he got? Yup. Gold! This win gave him his 17th gold medal.

He ended his Olympic career with 28 medals (23 golds, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

Phelps wins 100m Butterfly

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• ⚾️San Francisco Giants Pitcher Blake Snell completes his first career NO HITTER!

  • 114 pitchers, 11 strikeouts, 3 walks, ALL GAS!

• 🏈 Tyreek Hill beats out Lamar, CMC, and Mahomes, to land at Number 1 on NFL Top 100 list! A bit of surprise but he did lead the league with 1,799 yards and 13 touchdowns.

• 🏊️ Frenchman Leon Marchand won his 4th GOLD of the Paris Olympics! The 4th came in the 200m individual medley!

  • A dominant olympics from the 22-year-old

    • 🏃 USA Mixed 4×400m relay team sets WORLD RECORD in early heat stage!

• 🎾 Gold medal match is set in Paris! Who else but Djokovic and Alcaraz on clay for the gold!

Top Final Scores💯

• ⚾️ Scores from around the league:

  • Giants def. Reds, 3-0 in NO-HITTER; Red Sox def. Rangers, Yankees Blue Jays

• 🇫🇷 OLYMPICS

  • Basketball: Canada def. Spain, 88-85; Germany def. France, 85-71; Greece def. Australia, 77-71

  • Soccer: Morocco def. USA, 4-0; Spain def. Japan, 3-0; France def. Argentina, 1-0

  • Swimming: Leon Marchand wins 4th gold medal of the Olympics! This one in the 200m medley!

  • Track & Field: Grant Fisher takes home the bronze in Men’s 10,000m! The third ever medal for a American man in the race, and first in 56 years!

    • Yes we did just say 10,000m! That’s 25 laps around the track!

What Caught Our Eye 👀 

• ⚾️ How bout these for NUMBERS! HAVE A DAY Blake Snell!

• ❤️ How can you not be romantic about the Olympics!

• 💨 GRANT FISHER! MEDAL for the USA! 10,000m!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

Gone But Never Forgotten: Kobe Bryant

Yesterday, a new statue of Kobe was unveiled outside the Crypto.com Arena (where the Lakers play), lets dive into it…

The second of three statues to honor the late Kobe Bryant was unveiled yesterday in a private tented ceremony outside the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.

This statue depicts Kobe and his daughter Gigi. The first statue is a 19-foot bronze memorial to Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors. That was unveiled in early February.

The two release dates hold similar numerical importance, the February date (2/8/24), and yesterdays date (8/2/24), represent both of Bryant’s numbers and the No. 2 that Gigi had worn in her own basketball career.

A plaque in front of the statue reads the following: “Gianna Bryant, Inspirational Icon for Girls in Sports” and “Kobe Bryant, Proud Supporter of Women in Sports.” Underneath that is a quote from Kobe about his daughter, “Gianna is a beast. She’s better than I was at her age. She’s got it. Girls are amazing. I would have five more girls if I could. I’m a girl dad.”

The third statue is rumored to be unveiled sometime next season.

On the same day, the home locker that Kobe used from 2003-2004 to his final season in LA in 2015-2016, sold for $2.9 million. The most valuable sports locker to ever sell at auction.

It’s the third-most expensive piece of Bryant memorabilia of all time, behind a game worn, autographed, and authenticated jersey from his rookie year ($3.69 million), and a similar autographed, game worn, and authenticated jersey from his 2007-2008 MVP season.

During the Staples Center’s 2018 renovations, an unnamed maintenance worker saved Bryant’s locker from demolition and sold it to a private collector who reunited it with the nameplate.

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

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Glue Guy of the Day

Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

MLB⚾️: Red Sox @ Rangers (7:05 PM ET), Blue Jays @ Yanks (1:05 PM ET), Orioles @ Guardians (7:15 PM ET), Rays @ Astros (7:15 PM ET), Mets @ Angels (9:38 PM ET)

Olympics🏅: ANOTHER ELECTRIC DAY IN PARIS!

• USA Women Soccer vs Japan bright and early, 9:00 AM! Followed by Spain vs Colombia (11:00 AM ET), Canada vs Germany (1:00 PM ET), France vs Brazil (3:00 PM ET)

• USA Men’s Basketball vs Puerto Rico (11:15 AM ET)

• Day 3 of Golf! Leaders tee off at 6:39 AM ET! Here’s the top groups:

  • Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama (6:39 AM ET)

  • John Rahm, Thomas Detry, CT Pan (6:28 AM ET)