US women favorite to win 7th consecutive gold medal in Japan
By DOUG FEINBERGJuly 25, 2021 GMT
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) It’s been nearly 30 years since the U.S. women’s basketball team lost a game in the Olympics, yet the Americans showed they may be a little bit vulnerable in Tokyo after dropping a pair of exhibition contests last week in Las Vegas.
Despite losses to a team of WNBA All-Stars and Australia, the U.S. is still an overwhelming favorite to win a seventh consecutive gold medal. If the Americans win the gold, it would be a fifth for Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi the most ever in women’s basketball history.
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It s hard for Duncan Keith to say goodbye to yesterday. Pekka Rinne and Kevan Miller, too. Even more difficult for Zach Parise and Ryan Suter because it wasn t their call. Moving on from the past is an early theme of the NHL offseason. Chicago traded Keith after 16 seasons that included three Stanley Cup titles. After Rinne retired following a decade of goaltending in Nashville and Minnesota announced buyouts for Parise and Suter with four years left on their contracts Tuesday, Miller called in a career Wednesday following a couple of injury-plagued seasons with Boston. The summer reset comes before most of the expected action that will follow the Seattle Kraken expansion draft next week.
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