I can’t wait to get started. Thank you to David Roberts, Burke Magnus and everyone at ESPN who have been supportive as I take on this new challenge. I’m also very appreciative to my colleagues at The Athletic who have been incredibly kind and welcoming.

Love seeing one of our 2024 @UIOWA_SJMC grads shooting The Masters less than a year after graduation. And crushing it! Great work Grace!

More excellent reporting from @nrarmour. Something worth reiterating: the athletes are the only ones who are facing consequences in this and they did nothing wrong. Not a single @gymnastics representative or committee member has been held accountable or provided an apology.

Congrats to our eight SJI alums heading to Paris!!!! @SJI_Update

Coco Gauff is terrific choice to be female US flag bearer. Worth noting that 4-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, the greatest woman swimmer in history, said she “never planned on going to opening ceremonies” because she competes the next morning. That took her out of the running. 1/2

Simone Biles' husband, Jonathan Owens, will get to watch Olympics team, all-around final

Hard Rock Stadium cleared its crowded gates with fans by letting everyone in, without scanning tickets. Now it’s a mad rush up escalators and stadium ramps into the stadium. I’ve never seen anything like this happen here and I’ve been covering events here for nearly 15 yrs.

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come ask alllll your #Olympics2024 Qs in our @Reddit AMA for @USATODAY! i’ll be joined by the wonderful @nrarmour and @sydbergan, let’s gooooo this thursday, 4 pm ET. get to droppin in your questions now 👇 https://t.co/y6t1dbzPt5

Ahead of a press conference announcing his new four-year deal with the Indiana Pacers, Pascal Siakam uses his Contax T3 to snap a photo of the crowd gathered. Siakam has never had a press conference in his honor, so he documented it himself. This is my kind of NBA player.

From Houston, Texas, I spent the last four years in Missouri, where I discovered my passion for sports writing. Those years of work prepped me for my role with the Commercial Appeal as its new high school sports writer. A little bit more about me:

Come join my Vikings team at @stribsports! We are expanding the team with a fourth reporter on the beat:

Here's a look at Ralph Lauren's opening, closing ceremony team uniforms for USA

are you happy to be in Paris? oui. 🇫🇷 ✨ i’ll be at the @Olympics this summer with @USATODAY + am joining the wonderful @RachelGBowers during a reddit AMA in r/Olympics on July 11 @ 4pm! let us answer all of your questions + enjoy my proof of life 🤠 https://t.co/6ZfwA4JVoO

This will be a focus of my reporting on this story. I can’t tell you how knowledgeable these sources are. Impeccable.

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The NBA players whom millennials watched growing up are now passing the torch to their children & it’s not just their sons. After record-setting careers at Sierra Canyon, Izela Arenas & Mackenly Randolph will carry their fathers’ legacies at Louisville.