👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

Steph Curry reminded the world yesterday as to who he is. The greatest shooter the planet has ever seen! An ELECTRIC Gold Medal game between USA and France! We also had the USA Women’s Soccer team win their first gold in 12 years, and Caleb Williams’ Preseason debut! Big day in sports yesterday, lots to unpack!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

On July 10, 1932, the Cleveland Indians set the record for the most team hits in a win against the Philadelphia Athletics. How many?

• A. 33

• B. 19

• C. 22

• D. 20

• E. 31

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 1929 —

Baseball legend Babe Ruth becomes the first player in history to reach 500 career home runs, doing so as a part of the New York Yankees.

Ruth finished his career with 714 home runs and an MLB record .690 SLG percentage over his 22 year career.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• 🏀 Team USA, led by Steph Curry and LeBron James, hold on to beat the Frenchman and win GOLD for 5th straight Olympics! Great medal games in these Olympics! USA didn’t get it easy!

• 🏈 Kansas City Chiefs WR Hollywood Brown exited their preseason game against the Jaguars with a shoulder injury

  • Did not look good after his 11-yard reception. Tough blow for the Chiefs but something tells me anybody they put out wide could do just fine

• ⚽️ USWNT beats Brazil for 1st GOLD in 12 years! Been a long time coming! Mallory Swanson had the games only goal in what was her fourth goal of the tournament!

Top Final Scores💯

• 🏈 Big PRESEASON Day!

  • Caleb Williams and the Bears destroy Bills 33-6, Caleb looked good! 👀 

  • Jets def. Commanders, 20-17; Vikings def. Raiders, 24-23; Jaguars def. Chiefs, 26-13; Seahawks def. Chargers, 16-3

• ⚾️ Yankees-Rangers split double header; Dodgers def. Pirates, 4-1; Mariners def. Mets, 4-0; Diamondbacks def. Phillies, 11-1; Braves def. Rockies, 11-8

• 🇫🇷 OLYMPICS

  • 🏀 Basketball (M): WOW. Just WOW.

    • USA def. France, 98-87, to win GOLD! Read our Stump Story 👇️ 

    • Bronze - Serbia def. Germany, 93-83

  • ⚽️ Soccer (W): Gold Medal match - USA def. Brazil, 1-0

  • 💨 Marathon (M): Ethiopia’s Tamirot Tola wins the GOLD with a time of 2:06:26

  • ⛳️ Golf (W): New Zealand’s Lydia Ko wins the GOLD

What Caught Our Eye👀

• 🏀 Steph MF Curry! ALL-TIME!

• ⚽️ Gold Medal Goal 12 Years in the making for Team USA!

• 🏀 ICONIC Picture from the Gold Medal FINALE!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

Team USA: Mission Complete

The avengers of the NBA assembled, and they went to the promised land!

We’ve talked a LOT about this United States team for months, but the run has finally came to an end. Fortunately, this squad is going home Gold Medalists. It was such an intriguing team in so many ways, so lets break it down a little.

This team had such an obvious hunger. For a team full of highly paid, highly successful, and unreal talent, I’d argue the most impressive thing about this team was how bad they wanted it.

Since the United States lost in the FIBA World Cup last year, there was a very real chip on the shoulders of the NBAs biggest stars. LeBron, Curry, and KD all tweeted their commitment to the 2024 Olympic team shortly following that loss, and the Avengers slowly started to assemble. For those who don’t know, many of the biggest stars in the NBA didn’t play on the FIBA team. So, the 2024 Olympic team was very different looking.

Steph Curry, the greatest shooter in NBA history, was missing just one last thing in his unreal career: A Gold Medal. Curry looked like a starving dog on the court. And boy oh boy, when it mattered most, Curry showed up. He was the absolute man down the stretch.

LeBron James, in his epic return to the Olympic stage, was a leader of men. He was beyond locked in from day one. He played like a star in his last run on the big international stage. He did everything he had to do for this team. I can’t remember the last time I saw him so fired up to play basketball. He looked like a different human. LeBron of old. He was the GOAT when USA needed him most.

KD became the leading scorer in Team USA history, and came back from injury just in time for him to be a force off the bench. He was effortless, clutch, intense, everything we come to expect from one of the best scorers to even touch the hardwood.

So many more guys played big roles on this team, or had massive moments to help get this team back on top. Again, most impressively, this team was full of stars, but looked like guys playing like they’ve never won anything before. The leadership on this team was unreal.

This team showed flashed of perfect basketball, it was an honor to watch these guys play basketball at the highest level of all time.

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🏈: Sunday FOOOOOOOOOTTTTTBALLLLL!

• Broncos vs Colts (1:00 PM ET)

• Cowboys vs Rams (4:30 PM ET)

MLB⚾️: Full slate all day long baby!

• Astros @ Red Sox (1:35 PM ET), Rangers @ Yankees (1:35 PM ET), Orioles @ Rays (1:40 PM ET), Guardians vs Twins (2:10 PM ET), Phillies @ Diamondbacks (4:10 PM ET), Mets @ Mariners (7:00 PM ET on ESPN)

Olympics🏅: Winding down from Paris…

• Men’s Water Polo: Bronze Medal - USA vs Hungary (4:35 PM ET)

• Women’s Basketball:

  • Bronze Medal - Belgium vs Australia (5:30 AM ET)

  • Gold Medal - France vs United States (9:30 AM ET)

• Women’s Volleyball Gold Medal Match

  • United States vs Italy (7:00 AM ET)