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President Trump will host more than 120 Team USA athletes from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games (Olympians and Paralympians) at a White House Rose Garden reception, with attendees including speedskater Jordan Stolz and hockey players Abbey Murphy and Joy Dunne. About 40% of the teams are expected to attend, while some invitees declined. Team USA earned 12 Olympic golds and 13 Paralympic golds at Milano Cortina.
A Ryder Cup data-analytics staffer criticized Bryson DeChambeau for his clash with officials at The Open, calling his actions 'disappointing' after he argued over a ruling on a fifth-hole lie and threatened to withdraw, a stance seen as potentially impacting Team USA’s unity ahead of next year’s matches.
Indiana defeated College Jean-de-Brébeuf 98-64 in an Assembly Hall exhibition as the Hoosiers wear Team USA jerseys ahead of the FISU America Games in Peru. Aiden Sherrell led with 16 points, freshmen showed promise, and Indiana heads to Lima for the Peru tournament starting July 20. The exhibition wasn’t televised and attendance was around 2,500 as the team uses the game to prep for international play.
Two years before the LA Games, NBC previews a slate of U.S. breakout candidates across sports. Names to watch include beach volleyball duo Kristen Cruz and Taryn Brasher; flag football star Doucette; lacrosse standout Chloe Humphrey; fencing prodigy Jaelyn Liu; rising track star Cooper Lutkenhaus; young swimmers Luka Mijatovic and Gretchen Walsh; diver ElliReese Niday; gymnast Hezly Rivera; hurdler Ja’Kobe Tharp; and squash contender Olivia Weaver, underscoring how LA 2028 will feature new events and a host of homegrown gold hopes.
Sunisa Lee posted that she’s back in the gym and aiming for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, signaling a fresh comeback after competing in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 and following a kidney-health-related pause in the past.
Seattle hosts a festive sendoff for Team USA ahead of the World Cup Round of 16 clash with Belgium, turning T-Mobile Park into a pep rally with a ceremonial first pitch by Mauricio Pochettino as fans chant 'USA' and hope the Seattle energy fuels a historic run.
Elmo breaks his earlier fence-sitting by publicly backing Team USA for the FIFA World Cup in a new video, wearing a Team USA jersey and saying he hopes the U.S. wins while stressing that he loves everybody. The moment follows weeks of backlash over his NBA Finals posts about Knicks loyalty, with playful jabs from Cookie Monster and even a goodwill nod from Jalen Brunson after the Knicks won the Finals, underscoring the crossover between sports, Sesame Street, and pop culture.
Seattle braces for the busiest World Cup match yet as Team USA faces Australia, with officials anticipating large crowds and designated protest areas. City and stadium operations are coordinating security and logistics under Unified Command to manage the influx around the SODO area.
Pink neon cleats dominate the 2026 World Cup, driven by fashion trends rather than causes, with Team USA leading the look as Nike, Adidas and Puma offer bright pink options on the pitch.
Ryan Leonard scored twice and added an assist as Team USA routed Hungary 7-3, including a power-play goal from Alex Ovechkin’s office. On a line with Novak and Plante, the trio combined for nine points. Leonard now has three goals in the tournament, tying for the USA lead, as the Americans sit fifth in Group A and must beat Austria to reach the quarterfinals; USA previously earned a shootout win over Germany.
Jim Furyk, named U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2027, identified three improvement areas—logistics/travel, foursomes, and analytics—and stressed building a blueprint for continuity and yearly focus. He appointed Justin Leonard and Stewart Cink as vice captains and warned that while analytics can help, it must be applied wisely; foursomes remains a key weakness, and better communication between players and captains is essential.
Robert Griffin III, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner and 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, was named to Team USA's men's flag football roster—a 24-player group that will attend a training camp before 12 are selected to travel to the Flag Football World Championship in Düsseldorf this August, as flag football eyes a spot in the 2028 Olympics; Griffin hasn’t played in the NFL since 2020 and faces the challenge of mastering a sport quite different from tackle football.
Team USA trounced a roster of NFL stars in three flag football games at LA’s BMO Stadium as a lead-up to the 2028 Olympics, with Darrell Doucette MVP and each Team USA player earning $100,000. The NFL players struggled to adapt to IFAF rules and flag-pulling, discovering flag football is a different game from tackle football. While Brady suggested potential rule tweaks and future Olympic rosters were discussed, many pros acknowledged the learning curve and questioned how a flag-football Olympic path would fit with NFL commitments.
An opinion piece argues that for LA28 Team USA should be built around flag football specialists rather than NFL stars, noting that specialists outperform interlopers in recent exhibition games (Brady included). It questions why flag football is in the Olympics, suggests the NFL’s backing is branding-driven, and concludes the safest path is to trust the specialists to win gold.
Team USA Flag Football swept the Fanatics Flag Football Classic, beating NFL-led squads 39–14 (Wildcats), 43–16 (Founders), and 24–14 in the final. Each USA player earned $100,000, underscoring dominance ahead of the 2028 Olympics, where NFL participation is hoped for but faces logistical hurdles and schedules conflicts with training camps.