What Is DRONEGATE?

Olympics, NFL Training Camp, Baseball, and DRONEGATE!

👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

There was Spygate. There was Deflategate. Now we’ve got Dronegate! Check out our Stump Story to read all about it! Happy Thursday! Hope everybody is well. Started a new form of content on our YouTube Channel. The Nighttime Recap. Would love to hear what you all think! A subscribe to the channel would be very much appreciated!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

What year were women first permitted to take part in the Olympics?

  • A. 1936

  • B. 1891

  • C. 1900

  • D. 1962

  • E. 14 AD

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 2021, the United States Men’s Basketball team lost in the first round of the Summer Olympic games.

The US lost to France, which in turn ended their 25-game Olympic winning streak. The US went on to win the Gold Medal.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

  • 🏀 NBA rejects TNTs offer! Amazon and NBC have been added to their TV package! What this means for the Inside The NBA crew only time will tell!

  • 🎾 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff to be side by side with LeBron James as a flag bearer for the United States!

  • 🏈 Trent Williams added to the list of NFL Stars who is holding our from training camp and looking for a contract extension!

  • ⚽️ DRONEGATE in Women’s Soccer! Check out Stump Story⬇️ 

Top Final Scores💯

  • ⚾️ Some blowouts in the league:

    • Mets destroy Yankees, 12-3, SWEEP Subway Series; Rockies bludgeon Red Sox, 20-7; Padres crush Nationals, 12-3

    • Some closer games as well: Twins STUMPSET Phillies, 5-4; Angels def. Mariners, 2-1; Guardians def. Tigers, 2-1

What Caught Our Eye👀

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

Dronegate: Women’s Soccer Edition

Canada Women’s Soccer head coach Bev Priestsman will not be on the sideline after an incident with a drone spying on opponent New Zealand!

There was spygate. Then there was deflategate. Today I’d like to talk about DRONEGATE (not the real name of it but we’re rolling with it)!

If you’ve been tuned into the stump these last few days you know the Olympics are finally here! Because of the number of teams, Soccer always begins a day or two before the Olympics officially kick off. When it comes to Men’s soccer all of the teams are sending their U23 Teams (players under the age of 23). The Women however treat it like one of the biggest competitions in the world (as they should).

Today we have the opener with Canada facing off against New Zealand. The Canadiens however will not have their head coach Bev Priestman on the sideline. This comes after she voluntarily withdrew from their opening game.

I know what you’re thinking. ‘Bev is an incredible name’. Yes, you’re absolutely right what a name. But also ‘Why would she do that?’ Let’s back up a few days here. This past Monday while New Zealand was practicing for their opening match, a drone was spotted above their practice. Turns out that it was two assistant coaches from the Canadian side that were operating the drone and gathering footage of NZ’s practice!

What a move out of the Canadiens who are supposed to be much nicer than this. Bev claims to have no knowledge of why the two coaches did this but the two were immediately sent home and banned from all team activities.

The Canadian Olympic Committee and FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee have both opened investigations into the Canadian team.

Through all of this, Priestman believed it was the best course of action to remove herself from the game today. She made a statement apologizing to both teams, players, and coaches saying that the two individuals who recorded the footage did it on their own accord and have been relieved of their duties immediately. Whether she is fully telling the truth or not we have no clue yet, but talk aboot being stuck between a rock and a hard place. We’ll see how this all shapes up!

(The aboot was intentional. Just a little Canadian word play for you on this fine Thursday morning.)

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

“What we do now echoes in eternity”

Marcus Aurelius

I know this one may be a little deep or almost too “WHOA”. I get it. But the guy was right, he surely did echo in eternity.

Song of the Day

Left Hand Free

alt-J

“Welcome to the Outer Banks…” ELITE theme song, great tune all around!

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.

Training Camp

NFL

The GLUE of the NFL season, not only for the football hungry fans, but for the teams and players as they get ready for the season.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

MLB⚾️: Beisbol!

  • Tigers @ Guards (1:10 PM ET), Rays @ Blue Jays (3:07 PM ET), Giants @ Dodgers (4:10 PM ET), Braves @ Mets (7:10 PM ET)

Soccer⚽️: Women’s Olympic Soccer!

  • Canada vs New Zealand (11:00 AM ET), Spain vs Japan (11:00 AM ET), Germany vs Australia (1:00 PM ET), Nigeria vs Brazil (1:00 PM ET), France vs Colombia (3:00 PM ET)

  • USA vs Zambia (3:00 PM ET) on USA Network or Peacock!!

Olympics🏅: Some other stuff going on today…

  • Rugby Pool Play (Men’s), Handball, Archery! Check out the full schedule with this link: LINK

GOLF⛳️:

  • Day 1 of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, MN, USA

    • Featured groups include…

      • Bhatia, Finau, Hodges (8:18 AM ET)

      • Bradley, Dunlap, Theegala (8:29 AM ET)

      • Writing this before the tourney starts but does ANYBODY else smell a Stump Hero winning this one? Sahith. Tony. We’re looking at you fellas!

TRIVIA ANSWER

C. 1900! That was the first Olympics that women participated in! Think about the Olympics with no Lindsay Vonn, no Michelle Kwan, no Simone Biles! Crazy!