things in the country, many people see that as them protesting the united states so they may not want to root for them. i don t think that that represents a large percentage of people but certainly some. but then of course the people on the women s soccer team responded or certain pundits defending them, say it s because it s the women s soccer team and conservatives hate women and is like two screaming ships passing in the night, could could be a e where more nuance would be i think beneficial to us all. howie: this debate has been going on for several years, protests and takin knee in several sports. is the olympics different, though, because if you win, you stand up there with the american flag. well, i m personally for every american athlete to do well but that s the freedom of choice that we have in this country. if some people don t want to root for them, they re free to do that, like the athletes are free to make their demonstrations and free to say what it is they re protesti
3-0. [cheers and applause] and americans were happy about it. howie: news max host grant cinchfield said he s happy the men s basketball team suffered a loss. i found myself t rooting against, not just may began rapi megan rapino but the collection of overpaid warriors are very hard to root for. howie: was the conduct of these soccer and basketball players in tokyo so egregious that media people and a certain president should openly root against the american players. i m not surprised that it happened this way. i think it s a symptom of a larger issue, right. the women s soccer team and others have done certain things to protest, they re protesting police brutality or certain
did something brave and mature in putting her mental health and her team first, knowing that she might be a drag on the team and decided to step aside and let someone else take over. that is real leadership in my opinion. you started highlighting mental health in sports after you suffered a very serious concussion in 2010. when you look at the overwhelming support biles seems to be getting, are we now finally taking mental health seriously? i think we are. i mean, i feel like the stigma is coming off of mental health, people are realizing that athletes aren t just about the physical part. the mental part is just as important in high performance. and simone biles doing this right now and taking this really brave decision in the midst of all eyes all over the world on her, she put her team and her mental health first and she followed the footsteps of naomi
a surprising and disappointing tie with australia. are these ladies going to be able to pull it out and win the gold? steph, i sure hope so, you know. it s been a bit of a roller coaster these few days with the women s national soccer team, a huge loss to sweden and a big win to new zealand and now with this stumble into the quarterfinals against australia. the good news is they did make it in and i think they will be able to make some adjustments, but i ll tell you what, it s going to be a real tall order against the netherlands. netherlands are playing incredibly well. so i think we re going to need a little bit of luck and a lot of skill to beat that team. they re playing very well and they have a little bit of a payback against the u.s., because they played them in 2019 world cup and beat the netherlands. so we ll see. it s going to be a very exciting game. you are giving me the chills just talking about it. i do know one thing, we will all
she is the grandma, i think she calls herself, of her team, and the fact that she realized, after that vault, that something wasn t quite right, not only mentally in the air, but also physically in her landing. so she didn t want to be taking away points, deductions from her team, knowing that she couldn t quite be the performance do the performance that she s used to doing. so by stepping aside, and allowing another teammate who was more ready and more able to do the task in her stead, that really shows leadership and that shows, to me, that she put her team in front of her own self. and i m telling you, stephanie, that was a very, very difficult decision for her to make with all eyes and the pressure that she s been feeling and having. and i really commend her for that. and, for me, that is putting team first. i ve got to ask you about a different team quickly, the women s soccer team.