👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

The weekend is here. And it’s here with a FURY! We’ve got the Gold Medal match between USA and France at 3:30 PM ET. And by that time we’ll have already seen Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels get their first Preseason throws! A lot going on in the world of sports this weekend, so buckle up!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

Before Letsile Tebogo won the 200m Gold Medal on Thursday representing Botswana, how many Africans had medaled in the event?

• A. 15

• B. 10

• C. 5

• D. 0

• E. 1

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

OUR JUICE🧃

• Started with a little haircut update, but then got into DK Metcalf, Quincy Hall, and Jackson Holliday! A lot to unpack!

• 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 1936 —

Track and Field legend Jesse Owens is part of the American 4 × 100m relay team that wins the gold medal in a world record time of 39.8 seconds. That was Owens fourth gold medal of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• 💨 Sha’Carri Richardson and USA Women’s 4×100m relay team to GOLD over Germany and Britain! Great anchor leg from Richardson to bring home the gold

  • Different story for the men who DQ’d in their 4×100m due to a baton mishap! Canada SHOCKS in a gold medal performance!

• ⚾️ Mookie Betts says he wants to play Right Field upon his return on Monday to the field!

• 🏀 Devin Booker says what we’re all thinking about this impending COLLISION in the gold medal match!

  • It’s ‘what everybody wants’. Game is set for 3:30 PM ET today!

Top Final Scores💯

• 🏈 Friday Preseason ACTION

  • Dolphins def. Falcons, 20-13; Texans def. Steelers, 20-12; Eagles def. Ravens, 16-13

• ⚾️ Astros def. Red Sox, 8-4; Rockies def. Braves, 6-5; Cubs def. White Sox, 7-6

  • Think it might be fun to keep tabs on the White Sox as they continue to chase HISTORY!

  • Yankees-Rangers postponed due to rain

• 🇫🇷 OLYMPICS

  • 🏀 Basketball (W): Semifinals - USA def. Australia, 85-64; France def. Belgium in OT, 81-75

    • Seems like a USA-France SHOWDOWN in both Basketball draws!

  • ⚽️ Soccer (M): FINALS - Spain win the GOLD in a 5-3 win over France in Extra Time! Good time to be a Spanish Soccer fan!

    • ⚽️ Women’s Bronze: Germany def. Spain, 1-0

  • 🏓 Table Tennis (M): China def. Sweden, 3-0 for the GOLD

What Caught Our Eye👀

• ⚾️ 2nd Major League Game! 1st HR! Adrian Del Castillo!

• 🏈 Overreaction Saturday calls for looking at Pennix’s highlights! Well here’s one of them.

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

First Preseason Saturday! Here’s What To Watch!

A lot of action today, best of luck to you and your team! Here are some of the big storylines heading into today.

A lot of new players, new looks, and new teams. Here are a few of the things to look out for in today’s preseason action!

A New Era In Chicago - Williams and Odunze

In last week’s Hall of Fame game, the starters all sat for Chicago. No surprise there the HOF Game isn’t really known for many starters. Today we’ve got the Bears heading to Orchard Park to face off against the Bills. Yes it seems like we’ll get a drive or two of Josh Allen, but that’s not why all eyes will be on this game.

This is the first we’ll get to see from No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams as well as fellow top pick Rome Odunze. This duo is exactly what Chicago has been looking forward to for years. We’ll get our first glimpse at them today, let’s see what they’ve got.

Chicago Bears @ Buffalo Bills (1:00 PM ET)

Jayden Daniels in Washington

Big day in the QB department. Not only do we have Caleb for the Bears, but we also have No. 2 overall pick Jayden Daniels suiting up for the Commanders to face off against the Jets.

Jayden has been making some serious noise in camp so far with highlights circulating the Twitter-sphere these last couple days. We’ll see if these are just practice plays or if they translate.

Washington Commanders @ New York Jets (12:00 PM ET)

New Commander In Chief in LA

It’s been 10 years since we’ve seem Jim Harbaugh coaching an NFL team. Amidst all the controversy, it was still the Michigan Wolverines who came out on top in the CFP. The Chargers have fully imploded now.

There’s no Staley. No Keenan Allen. No Austin Ekeler. No Mike Williams. They’ve got their golden boy Justin Herbert and now Jim Harbaugh. This will be the first look at him back on an NFL Sideline, it’ll be interesting to see all the analysis and media there, because man will there be a lot!

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

Song of the Day

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📺️

NFL🏈: Ain’t this pretty?

• Commanders @ Jets (12:00 PM ET), Bears @ Bills (1:00 PM ET), Raiders @ Vikings (4:00 PM ET), Packers @ Browns (4:25 PM ET), Bucs @ Bengals (7:00 PM ET), 49ers @ Titans (7:00 PM ET), Chiefs @ Jaguars (7:00 PM ET), Seahawks @ Chargers (7:05 PM ET), Saints @ Cardinals (8:00 PM ET)

MLB⚾️: Full slate all day long baby!

• Astros @ Red Sox (4:10 PM ET), Rangers @ Yankees (1:05 PM ET), Guardians @ Twins (7:10 PM ET), Orioles @ Rays (7:15 PM ET on FOX), Mets @ Mariners (9:40 PM ET)

Olympics🏅: SO. MUCH. SPORT.

• Women’s Gold Medal Soccer Match: 11:00 AM ET - USA vs Brazil

• Final Day of Women’s Golf

• Women’s Bronze Medal Water Polo Match: 4:35 AM ET - USA vs Netherlands

• Men’s Gold Medal Volleyball Match: 7:00 AM ET - USA vs Poland

• Men’s Gold Medal Basketball: 3:30 PM ET - USA vs France

• Track: 800m Final - Men (1:00 PM ET), Women’s Javelin Final (1:30 PM ET), Women’s 100m Hurdles Final (1:35 PM ET), Men’s 5000m Final (1:50 PM ET), Women’s 1500m final (2:15 PM ET), Men’s and Women’s back-to-back 4×400m final right around 3:00 PM ET