Olympics Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/olympics/ Experience the game beyond the screen Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:33:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Olympics Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/olympics/ 32 32 Brittney Griner was visibly emotional during the national anthem at the Paris Olympics. Here’s why https://sandjack.tv/brittney-griner-was-visibly-emotional-during-the-national-anthem-at-the-paris-olympics-heres-why/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:33:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/brittney-griner-was-visibly-emotional-during-the-national-anthem-at-the-paris-olympics-heres-why/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags As the Team USA women’s basketball team closed out the final event of the 2024 Paris Olympics with a nail-biting gold medal victory, cameras captured Brittney Griner shedding a few tears. The players’ hard-fought 67-66 win over France Aug. 11 earned them an historic eighth consecutive gold medal […]

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]]> 39062 Caitlin Clark Hilariously Teases Team USA Olympics Dreams in Non-Basketball Sport https://sandjack.tv/caitlin-clark-hilariously-teases-team-usa-olympics-dreams-in-non-basketball-sport/ Fri, 04 Apr 2025 04:45:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/caitlin-clark-hilariously-teases-team-usa-olympics-dreams-in-non-basketball-sport/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags One of the biggest stories of the 2024 WNBA season was Indiana Fever superstar and then-rookie Caitlin Clark not making the Team USA roster for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Clark’s snub was the talk of the basketball world for weeks, with every player, pundit, and basketball fan having […]

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]]> 38808 Liberty re-sign Marine Johannes: French star to make return from Olympics hiatus with reigning WNBA champions https://sandjack.tv/liberty-re-sign-marine-johannes-french-star-to-make-return-from-olympics-hiatus-with-reigning-wnba-champions/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:29:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/liberty-re-sign-marine-johannes-french-star-to-make-return-from-olympics-hiatus-with-reigning-wnba-champions/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The reigning champion New York Liberty have re-signed French guard Marine Johannes, the team announced Friday. Johannes sat out the 2024 WNBA season to focus on the Olympics, which were hosted by her home country. She helped France get to the gold medal game, where it lost to the […]

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]]> 37326 Jordan Chiles Eagerly Wants 1 Thing That Caitlin Clark, A’ja Wilson & Co Have Before LA Olympics https://sandjack.tv/jordan-chiles-eagerly-wants-1-thing-that-caitlin-clark-aja-wilson-co-have-before-la-olympics/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:39:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/jordan-chiles-eagerly-wants-1-thing-that-caitlin-clark-aja-wilson-co-have-before-la-olympics/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags It’s not every day that you picture a basketball court morphing into a gymnastics floor or a player pulling off a perfect double-twisting Yurchenko instead of a crossover dribble. But in the vibrant mind of Jordan Chiles, that vision is crystal clear. How? The Olympic medalist recently shared […]

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]]> 36926 Report – U.S. travel system not ready for World Cup, Olympics https://sandjack.tv/report-u-s-travel-system-not-ready-for-world-cup-olympics/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:50:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/report-u-s-travel-system-not-ready-for-world-cup-olympics/ Shwetha SurendranFeb 19, 2025, 03:41 PM ET CloseShwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. WASHINGTON — The U.S. air travel system is inadequately equipped for the millions of visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to a report released Wednesday by a nonprofit group representing […]

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]]> 33531 Jodie Williams on Paris, her third Olympics https://sandjack.tv/jodie-williams-on-paris-her-third-olympics/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:57:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/jodie-williams-on-paris-her-third-olympics/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Jodie Williams in Paris, her third Olympics Paris was such an interesting one because it was such a different experience. For me, I’ve. I have only once been to a championship, just for a relay. Umm, it’s not something I particularly have ever enjoyed doing. And like I […]

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]]> 32878 Nicola Olysagers on the Olympics and more https://sandjack.tv/nicola-olysagers-on-the-olympics-and-more/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:47:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/nicola-olysagers-on-the-olympics-and-more/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Nicola Olysagers on the Olympics and more Nicola McDermott (now Mrs Olysagers) is always an interesting athlete to talk to. I first met her in 2017 at the London World Championships and again the following year at the Commonwealth Games in her native Australia when she took bronze […]

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]]> 31538 Sam Kendricks and the Olympics- what happened? https://sandjack.tv/sam-kendricks-and-the-olympics-what-happened/ Sat, 04 Jan 2025 17:29:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/sam-kendricks-and-the-olympics-what-happened/ Sam Kendricks is one of the most articulate and talented athletes I have enjoyed observing in my 45 years in the sport. In Tokyo, I watched from afar as Sam was quarantined. In the 2024 Olympic Trials, I feared Sam might not compete in Paris, but his father/coach convinced one of our most resilient athletes […]

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]]> 28134 Context and Competition Matters in the NBA, WNBA, and Olympics – The Sport Journal https://sandjack.tv/context-and-competition-matters-in-the-nba-wnba-and-olympics-the-sport-journal/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 21:52:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/context-and-competition-matters-in-the-nba-wnba-and-olympics-the-sport-journal/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Authors: Howard Bartee, Jr., Ed.D.1 1School of Public and Allied Health, Division of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX, USA Corresponding Author: Corresponding Author:Howard Bartee, Jr., Ed.D.Prairie View A & M University700 University DrivePrairie View, TX 77446hobartee@pvamu.edu770-314-4415 Howard Bartee, Jr., Ed.D. […]

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]]> 26242 Olympics star Gabby Thomas weighs in on Caitlin Clark controversy as she brutally hits back at Riley Gaines https://sandjack.tv/olympics-star-gabby-thomas-weighs-in-on-caitlin-clark-controversy-as-she-brutally-hits-back-at-riley-gaines/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:13:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/olympics-star-gabby-thomas-weighs-in-on-caitlin-clark-controversy-as-she-brutally-hits-back-at-riley-gaines/ By ISABEL BALDWIN Published: 18:13 EST, 14 December 2024 | Updated: 19:16 EST, 14 December 2024 Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas leapt to Caitlin Clark’s defense this week after the WNBA star was attacked by conservative activist Riley Gaines.  As part of winning TIME Magazine’s Athlete of the Year, Clark gave a wide-ranging interview discussing […]

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