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THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

When was the last time that the US Men’s Gymnastics All-Around team medaled in the Summer Olympics?

• A. 2008

• B. 1996

• C. 2016

• D. 1980

• E. 1968

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

OUR JUICE🧃

• Latest Nighttime Recap. We’ve got Drew standing and Z in front of skyline! Just straight juice all around!

• 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 1996 — Tommy Lasorda stepped down as the Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lasorda was the manager for 20 years and won two World Series rings and 4 NL Pennants.

He managed 3040 games for the Dodgers, and won 1599, a win percentage of (.526). He was a 6x NL Manager of the Year and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. A true baseball legend.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• 🏀 Steve Kerr says ‘I felt like an idiot’ after not playing Jayson Tatum in Olympics opening game vs Serbia

  • No place for feelings in the Olympics! Funny feeling that Tatum will make his mark at some point!

• ⚾️ Yankees Gleyber Torres says that he won’t move to 3B for newly acquired Yankee Jazz Chisholm Jr. is now on the team

  • Maybe some trouble in paradise in NY

• ⚾️ Miami Marlin Xavier Edwards hit for the cycle in a 6-2 loss against the Brewers! 2nd in Marlins history to accomplish the feat

Top Final Scores💯

• ⛳️ Jhonattan Vegas IS YOUR WINNER at the 3M Open! (-17)

  • A clutch birdie on 18 saved him from a playoff with Max Greyserman

• ⚾️ Yankees def. Red Sox 8-2, good win in Jazz Chisholm’s debut! Braves def. Mets, 9-2; Dodgers def. Astros, 6-2; Brewers def. Marlins, 6-2

• 🏀 Team USA def. Serbia, 110-84

  • KD led all scoring with with 23 and going 8/9 from the field (5/5 from three)

  • South Sudan def. Puerto Rico, 90-79

• ⚽️ Olympics Soccer:

  • Womens - USA def. Germany, 4-1; Australia def. Zambia, 6-5; Canada def. France, 2-1

What Caught Our Eye👀

• 🏸 Can we get SNOOP on permanent commentary please!

• ⚽️ 16 year old with the GO AHEAD!

• 🚂 There’s a freight train on the TRACKS! And it’s LEBRON!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

This Isn’t A Throwaway Game In Rochester! This Is The Olympics!

No time for feelings in the Olympics, Jayson Tatum got no minutes on an all-star cast. How did this happen?

When it comes to the Olympics we’re dealing with the best of the best. All sports, all events, the best of the best. One of highlights of the Olympics has always been basketball, especially when it comes to the United States.

This year is no different, we’ve assembled the Avengers! The two stars of our generation, LeBron James and Steph Curry are teammates for the first time ever. Stars such as Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, and Jrue Holiday are also on the team (slid in Jrue Holiday there but we’re going to roll with it). Along with them we’ve got the stars of this generation. We’ve got Anthony Edwards, Devin Booker, and Jayson Tatum.

Yesterday The US had their group stage opener against Serbia. They won 110-84. A win is great but today we’re not here to talk about the win. We’re here to talk about Jayson Tatum.

If you look at the box score, you’ll see a lot. KD led all scoring with 23 points. LeBron tacked on 21 of his one. Derrick White logged 15 minutes of his own.

So much happened yet this past year the best player of the best team was Jayson Tatum. Yes he was on a star-studded cast but he led his team and bulldozed through the East as well as the Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. All this and in the opening game yesterday Tatum did not go in, not for a second.

Steve Kerr is tasked with a tough job. 12 of the best players in the entire league have been assembled and he has to decide who plays and who doesn’t. After the game Kerr said ‘I felt like an idiot’ for not playing Tatum.

USA Basketball is not for feelings, and it isn’t for the faint of heart. Some people aren’t going to play and that’s that. Do I think that Tatum is going to sit for the entire Games? No I do not. But are egos going to be hurt in search for another Gold? Most likely.

As the great Herb Brooks said, “This isn’t a throwaway game up in Rochester! This is Sweden. IN THE OLYMPICS!”

Well it isn’t Sweden yet but it is the Olympics. It’ll be interesting to see how everything shapes up with this team.

JUICE STATION🧃

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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⚾️: Smaller slate today but some high quality matchups!

• Mariners @ Red Sox (7:10 PM ET), Blue Jays @ Orioles DOUBLE HEADER (3:05 PM ET / 6:35 PM ET), Yankees @ Phillies (6:40 PM ET), Twins @ Mets (7:10 PM ET)

Olympics🏅: We are ALL over the map today in terms of what’s on, so let’s get some high quality highlights!

• Men’s Olympic Soccer: USA vs Guinea (1:00 PM ET on USA Network), Spain vs Egypt (9:00 AM ET), Ukraine vs Argentina (11:00 AM ET), New Zealand vs France (1:00 PM ET)

• Men’s Basketball: Spain vs Greece (5:00 AM ET), Canada vs Australia (7:30 AM ET), Japan vs France (11:15 AM ET), Brazil vs Germany (3:00 PM ET)

• Surfing Gold Medal Match around 9:00 PM ET, Swimming Finals throughout the day,