August 13, 2024 • 36 mins
Can a single victory etch a boxer’s name into the annals of history? On this episode of Beat the Clock Sports Talk, I'm diving headfirst into the unparalleled triumph of Terrence "Bud" Crawford, who made history by becoming the first boxer to clinch a world championship in four distinct weight classes. We dissect Crawford's masterful strategy against the formidable Israel Madrimov, scrutinizing the fight’s electrifying dynamics and Madrimov’s relentless style that ultimately fell short. Speculations abound on what the future holds for Crawford—could there be a rematch, or perhaps a dream bout with Canelo Alvarez on the horizon?
Switching gears, we celebrate the indomitable spirit of the US Women's National Team, who, under new head coach Emma Hayes, clinched Olympic gold. Hear about the pivotal roles of stars like Lindsey Horan, Naomi Girma, and Mal Swanson as they overcame both tactical criticisms and grueling match schedules. We also confront the darker side of sports, detailing WNBA player Dearica Hamby's serious allegations against the Las Vegas Aces and NFL Jets linebacker Hassan Redick's tense trade request. This episode promises a comprehensive analysis of these game-changing moments in sports history, so tune in for an exhilarating ride through triumphs and tribulations alike.
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The 2024 Olympics are done andyou better believe that we are
going to talk about a few of thebiggest stories and outcomes.
The NFL preseason is here andthere's a big change to kickoffs
.
Is it good for the game or isit a waste of time?
I'll give my take, but first wehave got to talk about
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something I've been wanting totalk about for a few weeks.
Now it comes in the world ofcombat sports, the sweet science
, the OG, the square circle.
All right, enough with themonikers, you know what I'm
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getting to.
The world of championshipboxing Frazier Foreman and the
greatest of all time, muhammadAli.
Or staying up late as a kidwith pop to watch any
combination of Lennox, lewisHolyfield, riddick Bowe or Iron
Mike Tyson.
I've always had an affinity forthe sweet science.
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At one point in my youngeryears I even dabbled in the
sport myself, but with shortlived.
I had never been better shapein my life.
So, needless to say, I love thesport of boxing, all the
history, grit and glory thatcame along with it.
So on August 3rd and anothergreat event the current pound
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for pound world number oneTerrence Bud Crawford not only
added to his own legacy, but thelegacy of boxing as a whole, by
beating Israel Majumov in astunning fight by unanimous
decision.
With the win, and having movedup in weight to challenge, bud
Crawford became the first personto win a world championship in
four different weight classes.
At 36 years old, with a 40 and0 unbeaten record, crawford set
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his sights on Madrimov and hissuper welterweight title after
beating Earl Spence Jr in Julyof last year, making him the
undisputed welterweight champion.
Well, I say that as if it wasan immediate choice, but it was
not like most things in boxing.
Many believe that Earl SpenceJr would have activated his
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rematch clause, but he didn't.
Then it was reported thatCrawford was looking to move up
to fight Canelo Alvarez, butthat didn't materialize either.
So I guess, if you're going tomove up and wait, why not seek a
title shot?
Am I wrong?
But Majumov is no slouch by anymeans, having been 10-0-1
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coming into this fight andimpressively finishing off hold
on, I just had it here in mynotes Impressively finishing off
the undefeated Magomed Kurbanovin the fifth round to claim the
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vacant super welterweight titleand Madrimov, a younger talent
that, in my opinion, clearlyheld his own with the
pound-for-pound number one,breaking Crawford's stoppage
streak in the process andforcing a 12-round decision.
So here's how it went down.
Like most Crawford fights, itwas slow, technical, waiting out
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his opponent, trying to timeand figure Madjermov out.
But the difference wasMadjermov was not like any of
Bud's previous opponents.
He stayed jittery and inconstant motion, fainting,
keeping his head off center,successfully keeping Bud from
timing anything.
So this fight was boxing at itsfinest.
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It did not fall into the lustfor big power shots, but
certainly leaned into theprecision and skill that each
fighter possessed.
By the end of the 12-roundchampionship fight, crawford had
thrown 158 more punches thanhis opponent and only landed 11
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more Crawford based onCompuPunch.
Crawford, based on CompuPunch,landed 21 more jabs than
Madramov.
Surprisingly, madramov landed10 more power punches, but the
difference of the fight seemedto be the seven rounds that Bud
outlanded Madramov, and so thejudges scored the fight closely
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1-16, 1-12, 1-15, 1-13, 1-15,1-13.
Unanimously for the Omahanative and new super
welterweight champion of theworld.
I always wanted to do thatTerrence Bud Crawford.
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All in all, it was a greatfight, bud now 41-0 and having
set a new mark for champions inthe sport, one that might not
ever be touched in my lifetime.
But what's next?
A rematch, maybe A run atCanelo?
The fan in me wants to see Budfight and entertain for as long
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as I can watch the sport.
But come on, come on.
This is real life.
You don't play boxing.
It's a battle, it's a fight.
It's a constant grind, mentallyand physically.
So, realistically, bud Crawfordhas nothing left to prove in
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the ring.
He could walk away as one ofthe best to ever do it, although
immensely underrated.
He would face little to nocriticism if he chose to walk
away, and in a sport that isseemingly flatlined and often
needing to be revived over thespan of many years, bud Crawford
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, the Omaha native, has been abright spot for the entirety of
his prolific 16-year career.
But he'll probably fight.
Mike Tyson's doing it, royJones Jr is doing it.
That's what fighters do.
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Arguably many greats havestretched their career out
beyond their physical prime andsome moderate success.
So when, where and who?
Are probably the most likely ofthe questions to be asked, and
I will be sure to be covering itwhen the answers are revealed.
Until then, congrats to thechamp.
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And now it's time for the news.
This is Beat the Clock.
Sports Talk News NFL kickoffs.
On the surface in the NFL, itwould seem that not much has
changed.
The Chiefs are still projectedto be the best team.
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The Jets and the Giants well,their front offices will
presumably get in the way oftheir own success.
And Jerry Jones and the DallasCowboys well, they're still
doing Jerry Jones things bymaking a mess on how they handle
key free agents and theinability or willingness to make
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moves in the free agency, inthe free agency and trade
markets, especially during thisoffseason.
And the Patriots findthemselves in a deeper, much
colder rebuild after moving offBill Belichick than maybe even
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they had expected.
After moving off Bill Belichick, then maybe even they had
expected.
But yes, on the surface the NFLNot much has changed.
But in between the lines wherethe game is played, there is one
key and very recognizablechange and that is how each team
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will now execute kickoffs, nowreferred to as a dynamic kickoff
.
Teams will kick from the 35-yardline, same as before.
Safeties will be kicked fromthe 20-yard line, which also
stays the same, but thealignment is where the changes
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will be most noticeable.
If you've watched thempreseason, I'm sure everybody
has noticed and I hope that thishas been a positive thing for
all you fans out there.
All of the kicking team isexcept let's try that again All
of the kicking team except thekicker, will line up with one
foot on the receiving 40-yardline.
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The kicker cannot cross the50-yard line until the ball hits
the ground or a up in the setupzone.
Five-yard area from their35-yard line to their 30-yard
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line, where at least nineplayers must line up and at
least seven players with a footon the 35-yard line in some
formation, whether it be outsidethe numbers from the numbers to
the hashes or inside of thehashes, numbers from the numbers
to the hashes or inside of thehashes the players not on the
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restricting line must, orrestraining line must, be lined
up in the setup zone outside ofthe hash marks and all players
in the setup zone cannot moveuntil the kick has hit the
ground or a player in thelanding zone or end zone Bear
with me, it's a lot to follow.
A maximum of two returners mayline up in the landing zone and
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can move at any time prior to orduring the kick.
So the returners two of themcan move anytime.
How do you feel about it?
Me personally, I love this forthe NFL, absolutely love this,
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and I love this for all NFL fans.
And why, might you ask?
Come on, think about how it'sbeen over the last several years
.
This means we get more footballwhere, over the last several
years, we may as well have hadthe ball placed at the 25 and
the referee blow a whistle tostart the game or the possession
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.
In my opinion, the more theleague can find ways to have
action and movement in the game,the better the product is for
us fans to watch.
On a side note, did you knowthat during last year, the 23
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season, the NFL reached thelowest kickoff return rate in
its history, with that combinedwith an unacceptable injury rate
, which is the reason why thekickoff rules changed.
Excuse me, everyone who enjoysthe game should be excited about
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this change.
That's the bottom line, cause Iknow I am.
And the NFL, over the past fewyears, has been a clear cut
leader of viewership over thethree major sports leagues.
So with the extra rules intendedfor player safety which should
be the highest of priorities ithas, to this point, slowed the
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game down.
That is the inherent risk.
You add more rules, you slowthe game down.
There's more whistles, orbaseball is trying to speed
their game up.
Football said whoa, whoa, waita minute.
Our athletes are way too fastand they hit each other way too
hard.
It's unsafe.
So put more rules in, slow thegame down.
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The math is simple, but it allequates to one thing more
whistles, more dead balls, lessactual football.
That's not what fans want andcertainly not how the league
will stay at the top amongst itspeers.
So, even though this changewill look and feel different,
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there's more action, the ball isin motion and all a much better
product for us to consume.
So give it a chance.
Like Colin Calhoun said, the NBAset a standard when they
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implemented the three-point line.
It took a while to catch on,but now it is the basis for NBA
offenses.
Now Everybody's shooting thethree.
The mid-range has died.
Nobody's going to the rim.
Everybody's shooting threes.
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Analytics shows that you have ahigher chance of winning if you
make three-point shots.
That's easy analytics, butthat's what it shows, so give
this a shot.
The NBA did it with thethree-point line.
I love this new kickoff rule.
I love seeing more football, Ilove seeing kick returns and I'm
excited for a whole season withthis rule implemented.
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Oh and, by the way, I think itwas just for historical
reference.
I think that this rule wastaken from the XFL and so, look,
I love it.
I love the integration of theleagues.
I love how players use that asa path to the NFL, or try to use
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it as a path to the NFL, and Ilove the fact that the NFL
recognized man.
That game is fun, that game isexciting, or at least that
aspect of it, and we should tryand implement something like
that in our league, in ourleague.
Next up, staying with the NFLVikings first round pick rookie
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QB JJ McCarthy will undergo kneesurgery to repair a torn
meniscus in his right knee.
It's still undetermined howmuch time he is likely to miss,
but the Vikings are in goodshape.
They have former Jets firstround pick, my guy from USC, sam
Darnold, and by all accountshas looked like the likely QB1
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so far in training camp in thepreseason.
So I don't expect that tochange anytime soon, especially
with no real competition at thatposition heading into the
season.
Opener In the WNBA, currentSparks and former Aces forward,
derricka Hamby, filed a federallawsuit against the WNBA and her
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former team regarding hertreatment after revealing to the
Aces that she was pregnant.
Per ESPN's Michael Volpel, hambyalleges that she was subject to
repeated acts of intimidation,discrimination and retaliation
from the aces, leading up to herbeing traded to the Sparks in
January of last year.
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Hamby also alleges that theWNBA failed to quote properly
investigate the issue.
According to the lawsuit, hambyis seeking economic losses,
compensatory and punitivedamages and attorney's fees.
And lastly, back to the NFLJets linebacker Hassan Redick
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has informed the team that hewants to be traded.
The Jets acquired Redick fromthe Eagles for a conditional
third round pick in 2026, but itseems that Redick and the Jets
could not come to terms for anew contract, and so Redick has
requested the trade.
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The Jets have reportedlyanswered back that they will not
seek a trade with Hassan, whohas been a training camp holdout
so far, all preseason, andwould be fined per the CBA for
every day of camp missed.
They stated per Ian Rapoportthat their position remains
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clear and consistent and thatthey will continue to focus on
the guys who are in camp as theyprepare for the start of the
season.
And that is the news.
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What if I told you that the lasttime the U?
S women's national team won anOlympic gold, there wasn't a
woman's professional soccerleague in the U?
S.
That's right.
The WPS folded in January of2012 and the NWSL, the current
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professional league in theStates, got its start in 2013,
12 years later.
But now now, after those 12years, the US women's national
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team is golden again, led byCaptain Lindsey Horan, naomi
Gurma, mal Swanson, trini Rodman, alyssa Nair and new head coach
Emma Hayes.
The US women national team isheaded back towards the top of
the mountain after an undefeatedrun in this tournament that saw
them play six games in sevendays, a gauntlet of a schedule
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that include travel tofar-spread cities around France
in between matches.
Much more impressive, the roadto gold included two
back-to-back matches thatrequired extra time to complete
the quarterfinal with Japan andthe semis with Germany, all on
their way back to the gold medalmatch versus a very speedy and
talented Brazilian team.
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Now, before I get into what theUS women accomplished, I have
to take the time to talk aboutthis Brazil team.
The Brazilian team, led bylegendary.
Marta was every bit of thechallenge that US women soccer
fans have come to expect.
I mean, they had some epicbattles.
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Just mentioning the name Marta,in fact, is enough in most
cases to create a sense ofconcern and stress for any
opponent on the schedule.
A sense of concern and stressfor any opponent on the schedule
.
But the sheer resilience ofthis team, a team that scraped
out of the group stage withouttheir legend because of a
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questionable red card givenBrazil's last match of the group
.
Well, let me rephrase that Aquestionable red card that was
given in Brazil's last match ofthe group stages.
If you're given a red card, itrequires a two-game ban in the
Olympics.
So Marta's out for two games.
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Or maybe perhaps just animpromptu moment of emotion and
lack of discipline by theBrazilian star.
However, you see it, this youngBrazilian team, and an
incredible resilient team, madesure to get themselves and their
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captain to the gold medal matchso that she could have a chance
to close out her career as agold medal winner.
And of all the accolades andprizes and awards in Marta's
illustrious career, an Olympicgold medal is one that has
eluded her.
Unfortunately, the story wouldnot be a fairytale ending for
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Marta as she once again findsherself and her team on the
wrong end of the scoreboard in amajor tournament match against
the US women.
Now I could do a whole episodeon all Marta has accomplished in
some of the epic battles she'sled and represented her nation
in throughout the years, andmaybe I will sometime.
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Or maybe I will sometime, ormaybe.
A social media series, but forthis episode we focus on the
champs.
The US women, after having manyquestions, coming off a
horrific World Cup showing theexpectations, while usually very
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high, were somewhat tampered,tampered, tempered, tempered,
somewhat tempered.
But let's start with head coachEmma Hayes.
Emma Hayes comes from ChelseaFC and she had only been with
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the team for four games prior tothe Olympics, though she
consulted the interim coachthroughout the she Believes Cup,
installing sets and culture,long before she herself got to
step on the sideline.
Well, oftentimes throughout thetournament, her tactics and use
of substitutions I'm speakingof the Olympic tournament, this
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recent tournament, not the sheBelieves Cup tournament Her
tactics and use of substitutionswere heavily questioned and
criticized, most notably byformer player turned commentator
, julie Fowdy.
The US women stayed the courseand together rode it all the way
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to victory.
She has said her dream was towin a gold medal, and I found
this fascinating.
Emma Hayes is not American.
Emma Hayes is from England, isfrom England and she said her
dream was to win a gold medal,but not by leading the team of
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her home country, england, butby leading the United States.
And just 10 games into apromising start, she has done it
, us women are gold.
They are golden.
But one example of Emma Hayes'lack of rotation showed in
defender Naomi Girma, who playedevery minute of every match in
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this tournament, yet proved tobe an absolute star, many
dubbing her best defender by farin the game today, and she
certainly was the best defenderin this tournament.
Defender in this tournament,gurman was an absolute force and
often the last line of defense,even though that really falls
on Golia Lissanaer another starwe'll talk about later and
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although she made some ballhandling mistakes early on in
the gold medal match, she hasbeen the glue that has held this
iteration of the US women'snational team together.
Other stars joined in the funtoo, including the three-headed
spear of forwards, mal Swanson,trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith.
This trio is so dynamic.
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I mean really.
They possess incredible speedand ball handling that is top
tier.
They possess incredible well,Top tier.
They possess incredible Well.
They are just incredible.
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A few key notes from the gold medal game.
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Brazil pressed and stressed the US defense the
entire first half.
If not for a listener in thenet making key saves early on,
this game could have been verydifferent very early when the
first half ended.
I'd be surprised if the USwomen felt anything other than
relief to survive the tidal waveof offense that Brazil
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relentlessly displayed all half.
I would have thought that setplays, especially corner kicks,
I would have thought that setplays, especially corner kicks,
would have been the biggerfactor and an advantage Brazil
might capitalize on.
But the US did a good job oflimiting first half
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opportunities, while themthemselves having a few.
The results, however, were veryunderwhelming, as the US went
0-4 and Brazil followed thatmisery, going 0-3 in the first
half.
This game was really a game oftwo halves.
Brazil, who had controlled thepace, played high pressure and
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held the US defense underpressure the entire first half
and they came out lookingcompletely different, as if
Brazil just couldn't sustainthat for another 45-plus minutes
.
Also, as an aside, the greatMarta was held out of the
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starting lineup in her returnfrom suspension and didn't see
minutes until the 60-minute mark.
Well after Mal Swanson brokefree and finally got the ball
through to the back of the net,jumping ahead a little.
But that was the story of thesecond half.
Several early balls through orindividual runs lead into
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chances that just were notfinished by the US and finally
the best goalie in the world,alyssa Nair, made one final huge
game-saving play near the endof the half.
That score, a header by one ofthe Brazilian players off of a
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ball in by Marta, would haveforced a third consecutive game
that the US would have been inextra time and for anybody who
doesn't know how extra timeworks in big tournaments like
this.
You play your 45-minute halves.
Each half usually has stoppagetime, so they make up for time
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that may have been lost orwasted during the course of the
first 45 minutes for each half.
And games can't end in a tie.
So rather than going straightto penalty kicks, they play two
15-minute halves, called extratime, and at the end of extra
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time, those two halves.
If the score is still tied,then you go to penalty kicks.
So that's how extra time thosetwo halves.
If the score is still tied,then you go to penalty kicks.
So that's how extra time works.
I don't believe the US wasequipped to handle a third game
extra.
Again, questions about rotationand substitution usages in Emma
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Hayes' strategy.
Substitution usages in EmmaHayes' strategy.
And, by the way, I shouldmention that Emma Hayes told
reporters that the reason whyshe uses the same starting 11
and doesn't have a set rotationis because she's had so little
time with the whole team thatthe starting 11 are the women
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that she trusts the most in thegame, which makes a lot of sense
.
She's new.
Leading up to this, she hadonly four matches with the US
team.
She didn't have a lot of timeto really get to know the
players on this roster and howthey fill in past the first 11.
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I thought that was prettyinteresting and it made a lot of
sense.
But, all in all, an amazingtournament, an amazing game, a
statement made to the rest ofthe world by the U?
S women, and the U?
S intends to get back to thetop of the women's international
soccer world, loud and clearNow.
I had intended to look up theFIFA rankings, which I'll do
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that right now.
Let's look it up Women's FIFAWorld Rankings, because, coming
into the tournament after theWorld Cup loss, the women seem
to have dropped to fifth.
Coming into the Olympics, let'ssee what this gold medal does
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for them.
I don't know that they total uppoints and all of that.
Update this as frequently as Um, just just one week later or so
.
But let's just see Uh, rightnow, spain, spain, france,
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England, so yeah, okay.
So French jumped.
England, germany and the USA.
Uh, as of June 14th, it saysthe next update to this will be
August 15th, so in two days.
So, on the next episode, I'llupdate that.
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But right now the rankings arethe pre-Olympic rankings, with
the USA having dropped to fifth,so okay, so that's that and uh,
congratulations to the ladieson the U S women's national team
and congratulations to um allthe medalists in in that
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tournament.
I love watching uhinternational women's soccer.
I think they play hard.
Um, I think they're gritty.
Um and and and.
It's soccer.
I mean the men.
You don't see a lot of floppingin women's.
Now I will tell you this Brazil, they are a fouling bunch.
Brazil is so physical and theyfouled so much that it just
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stopped the game.
And there's a tactic to that,especially when you're trying to
keep momentum and you're tryingto stop.
I mean, especially in the firsthalf they were pressing so much
.
But one of the reasons why theUS could not get out and run on
them and make them pay for thehigh press is because they would
foul and stop the movement ofthe ball.
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It's frustrating, frustratingto watch, but they foul so much.
But I tell you what they arefast, they are young and Brazil
is going to be a problem Brazil,I think we're going to enter a
phase where we're going to seeBrazil.
We're going to see Germany.
Spain team is always tough and Iwouldn't be surprised if the
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Swedes and if Australia getsback in the mix here Because you
know, aside from Japan, who'spretty consistent all the time,
that list of international teamsthat I just mentioned Spain,
germany, sweden and Brazil andAustralia I mean that's
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top-notch soccer right thereAlways has been, always been
tough test for the US ladiesteam.
But we need that.
We need not only parity but weneed the pedigree to also stand
out, much like college football.
But that's about it for thisepisode.
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So before I go, I just want toshout out all the Olympic
athletes, all the medalists.
Congrats to our Americanathletes who finished the games
in Paris leading the medal countand tied for the most golds.
Shout out to the women's 4x400relay team who won eight golds
in a row.
Huge congrats to the women'sbasketball team holding off the
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host French team and winningtheir eighth straight gold and
61st straight international win.
Finally, the US men's team,also beating a host French team
led by Wimby and Gobert, andthis US men's men's have won
four straight Olympic golds.
Now May have to have a goldmedal exclusive basketball
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episode as a follow-up to thisone, maybe near the end of the
week.
I don't know, but there's somuch to talk about LeBron James,
steph Curry waking up out of aslumber to save the day.
Two games in a row, the toughSerbia matchup and what that
might mean moving forward.
And what does the team looklike past this year?
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Knowing and understanding thatSteph is probably not coming
back, lebron is probablyfinished and KD also may have
seen his last days wearing thered, white and blue on this team
.
So more to come know.
Like I said, we'll follow up,maybe do a standalone basketball
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episode at the end of the week,but until then, that is all for
this episode.
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The 2024 Olympics are done andyou better believe that we are
going to talk about a few of thebiggest stories and outcomes.
The NFL preseason is here andthere's a big change to kickoffs
.
Is it good for the game or isit a waste of time?
I'll give my take, but first wehave got to talk about
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something I've been wanting totalk about for a few weeks.
Now it comes in the world ofcombat sports, the sweet science
, the OG, the square circle.
All right, enough with themonikers, you know what I'm
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getting to.
The world of championshipboxing Frazier Foreman and the
greatest of all time, muhammadAli.
Or staying up late as a kidwith pop to watch any
combination of Lennox, lewisHolyfield, riddick Bowe or Iron
Mike Tyson.
I've always had an affinity forthe sweet science.
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At one point in my youngeryears I even dabbled in the
sport myself, but with shortlived.
I had never been better shapein my life.
So, needless to say, I love thesport of boxing, all the
history, grit and glory thatcame along with it.
So on August 3rd and anothergreat event the current pound
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for pound world number oneTerrence Bud Crawford not only
added to his own legacy, but thelegacy of boxing as a whole, by
beating Israel Majumov in astunning fight by unanimous
decision.
With the win, and having movedup in weight to challenge, bud
Crawford became the first personto win a world championship in
four different weight classes.
At 36 years old, with a 40 and0 unbeaten record, crawford set
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his sights on Madrimov and hissuper welterweight title after
beating Earl Spence Jr in Julyof last year, making him the
undisputed welterweight champion.
Well, I say that as if it wasan immediate choice, but it was
not like most things in boxing.
Many believe that Earl SpenceJr would have activated his
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rematch clause, but he didn't.
Then it was reported thatCrawford was looking to move up
to fight Canelo Alvarez, butthat didn't materialize either.
So I guess, if you're going tomove up and wait, why not seek a
title shot?
Am I wrong?
But Majumov is no slouch by anymeans, having been 10-0-1
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coming into this fight andimpressively finishing off hold
on, I just had it here in mynotes Impressively finishing off
the undefeated Magomed Kurbanovin the fifth round to claim the
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vacant super welterweight titleand Madrimov, a younger talent
that, in my opinion, clearlyheld his own with the
pound-for-pound number one,breaking Crawford's stoppage
streak in the process andforcing a 12-round decision.
So here's how it went down.
Like most Crawford fights, itwas slow, technical, waiting out
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his opponent, trying to timeand figure Madjermov out.
But the difference wasMadjermov was not like any of
Bud's previous opponents.
He stayed jittery and inconstant motion, fainting,
keeping his head off center,successfully keeping Bud from
timing anything.
So this fight was boxing at itsfinest.
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It did not fall into the lustfor big power shots, but
certainly leaned into theprecision and skill that each
fighter possessed.
By the end of the 12-roundchampionship fight, crawford had
thrown 158 more punches thanhis opponent and only landed 11
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more Crawford based onCompuPunch.
Crawford, based on CompuPunch,landed 21 more jabs than
Madramov.
Surprisingly, madramov landed10 more power punches, but the
difference of the fight seemedto be the seven rounds that Bud
outlanded Madramov, and so thejudges scored the fight closely
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1-16, 1-12, 1-15, 1-13, 1-15,1-13.
Unanimously for the Omahanative and new super
welterweight champion of theworld.
I always wanted to do thatTerrence Bud Crawford.
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All in all, it was a greatfight, bud now 41-0 and having
set a new mark for champions inthe sport, one that might not
ever be touched in my lifetime.
But what's next?
A rematch, maybe A run atCanelo?
The fan in me wants to see Budfight and entertain for as long
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as I can watch the sport.
But come on, come on.
This is real life.
You don't play boxing.
It's a battle, it's a fight.
It's a constant grind, mentallyand physically.
So, realistically, bud Crawfordhas nothing left to prove in
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the ring.
He could walk away as one ofthe best to ever do it, although
immensely underrated.
He would face little to nocriticism if he chose to walk
away, and in a sport that isseemingly flatlined and often
needing to be revived over thespan of many years, bud Crawford
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, the Omaha native, has been abright spot for the entirety of
his prolific 16-year career.
But he'll probably fight.
Mike Tyson's doing it, royJones Jr is doing it.
That's what fighters do.
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Arguably many greats havestretched their career out
beyond their physical prime andsome moderate success.
So when, where and who?
Are probably the most likely ofthe questions to be asked, and
I will be sure to be covering itwhen the answers are revealed.
Until then, congrats to thechamp.
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And now it's time for the news.
This is Beat the Clock.
Sports Talk News NFL kickoffs.
On the surface in the NFL, itwould seem that not much has
changed.
The Chiefs are still projectedto be the best team.
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The Jets and the Giants well,their front offices will
presumably get in the way oftheir own success.
And Jerry Jones and the DallasCowboys well, they're still
doing Jerry Jones things bymaking a mess on how they handle
key free agents and theinability or willingness to make
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moves in the free agency, inthe free agency and trade
markets, especially during thisoffseason.
And the Patriots findthemselves in a deeper, much
colder rebuild after moving offBill Belichick than maybe even
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they had expected.
After moving off Bill Belichick, then maybe even they had
expected.
But yes, on the surface the NFLNot much has changed.
But in between the lines wherethe game is played, there is one
key and very recognizablechange and that is how each team
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will now execute kickoffs, nowreferred to as a dynamic kickoff
.
Teams will kick from the 35-yardline, same as before.
Safeties will be kicked fromthe 20-yard line, which also
stays the same, but thealignment is where the changes
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will be most noticeable.
If you've watched thempreseason, I'm sure everybody
has noticed and I hope that thishas been a positive thing for
all you fans out there.
All of the kicking team isexcept let's try that again All
of the kicking team except thekicker, will line up with one
foot on the receiving 40-yardline.
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The kicker cannot cross the50-yard line until the ball hits
the ground or a up in the setupzone.
Five-yard area from their35-yard line to their 30-yard
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line, where at least nineplayers must line up and at
least seven players with a footon the 35-yard line in some
formation, whether it be outsidethe numbers from the numbers to
the hashes or inside of thehashes, numbers from the numbers
to the hashes or inside of thehashes the players not on the
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restricting line must, orrestraining line must, be lined
up in the setup zone outside ofthe hash marks and all players
in the setup zone cannot moveuntil the kick has hit the
ground or a player in thelanding zone or end zone Bear
with me, it's a lot to follow.
A maximum of two returners mayline up in the landing zone and
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can move at any time prior to orduring the kick.
So the returners two of themcan move anytime.
How do you feel about it?
Me personally, I love this forthe NFL, absolutely love this,
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and I love this for all NFL fans.
And why, might you ask?
Come on, think about how it'sbeen over the last several years
.
This means we get more footballwhere, over the last several
years, we may as well have hadthe ball placed at the 25 and
the referee blow a whistle tostart the game or the possession
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.
In my opinion, the more theleague can find ways to have
action and movement in the game,the better the product is for
us fans to watch.
On a side note, did you knowthat during last year, the 23
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season, the NFL reached thelowest kickoff return rate in
its history, with that combinedwith an unacceptable injury rate
, which is the reason why thekickoff rules changed.
Excuse me, everyone who enjoysthe game should be excited about
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this change.
That's the bottom line, cause Iknow I am.
And the NFL, over the past fewyears, has been a clear cut
leader of viewership over thethree major sports leagues.
So with the extra rules intendedfor player safety which should
be the highest of priorities ithas, to this point, slowed the
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game down.
That is the inherent risk.
You add more rules, you slowthe game down.
There's more whistles, orbaseball is trying to speed
their game up.
Football said whoa, whoa, waita minute.
Our athletes are way too fastand they hit each other way too
hard.
It's unsafe.
So put more rules in, slow thegame down.
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The math is simple, but it allequates to one thing more
whistles, more dead balls, lessactual football.
That's not what fans want andcertainly not how the league
will stay at the top amongst itspeers.
So, even though this changewill look and feel different,
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there's more action, the ball isin motion and all a much better
product for us to consume.
So give it a chance.
Like Colin Calhoun said, the NBAset a standard when they
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implemented the three-point line.
It took a while to catch on,but now it is the basis for NBA
offenses.
Now Everybody's shooting thethree.
The mid-range has died.
Nobody's going to the rim.
Everybody's shooting threes.
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Analytics shows that you have ahigher chance of winning if you
make three-point shots.
That's easy analytics, butthat's what it shows, so give
this a shot.
The NBA did it with thethree-point line.
I love this new kickoff rule.
I love seeing more football, Ilove seeing kick returns and I'm
excited for a whole season withthis rule implemented.
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Oh and, by the way, I think itwas just for historical
reference.
I think that this rule wastaken from the XFL and so, look,
I love it.
I love the integration of theleagues.
I love how players use that asa path to the NFL, or try to use
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it as a path to the NFL, and Ilove the fact that the NFL
recognized man.
That game is fun, that game isexciting, or at least that
aspect of it, and we should tryand implement something like
that in our league, in ourleague.
Next up, staying with the NFLVikings first round pick rookie
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QB JJ McCarthy will undergo kneesurgery to repair a torn
meniscus in his right knee.
It's still undetermined howmuch time he is likely to miss,
but the Vikings are in goodshape.
They have former Jets firstround pick, my guy from USC, sam
Darnold, and by all accountshas looked like the likely QB1
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so far in training camp in thepreseason.
So I don't expect that tochange anytime soon, especially
with no real competition at thatposition heading into the
season.
Opener In the WNBA, currentSparks and former Aces forward,
derricka Hamby, filed a federallawsuit against the WNBA and her
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former team regarding hertreatment after revealing to the
Aces that she was pregnant.
Per ESPN's Michael Volpel, hambyalleges that she was subject to
repeated acts of intimidation,discrimination and retaliation
from the aces, leading up to herbeing traded to the Sparks in
January of last year.
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Hamby also alleges that theWNBA failed to quote properly
investigate the issue.
According to the lawsuit, hambyis seeking economic losses,
compensatory and punitivedamages and attorney's fees.
And lastly, back to the NFLJets linebacker Hassan Redick
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has informed the team that hewants to be traded.
The Jets acquired Redick fromthe Eagles for a conditional
third round pick in 2026, but itseems that Redick and the Jets
could not come to terms for anew contract, and so Redick has
requested the trade.
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The Jets have reportedlyanswered back that they will not
seek a trade with Hassan, whohas been a training camp holdout
so far, all preseason, andwould be fined per the CBA for
every day of camp missed.
They stated per Ian Rapoportthat their position remains
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clear and consistent and thatthey will continue to focus on
the guys who are in camp as theyprepare for the start of the
season.
And that is the news.
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What if I told you that the lasttime the U?
S women's national team won anOlympic gold, there wasn't a
woman's professional soccerleague in the U?
S.
That's right.
The WPS folded in January of2012 and the NWSL, the current
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professional league in theStates, got its start in 2013,
12 years later.
But now now, after those 12years, the US women's national
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team is golden again, led byCaptain Lindsey Horan, naomi
Gurma, mal Swanson, trini Rodman, alyssa Nair and new head coach
Emma Hayes.
The US women national team isheaded back towards the top of
the mountain after an undefeatedrun in this tournament that saw
them play six games in sevendays, a gauntlet of a schedule
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that include travel tofar-spread cities around France
in between matches.
Much more impressive, the roadto gold included two
back-to-back matches thatrequired extra time to complete
the quarterfinal with Japan andthe semis with Germany, all on
their way back to the gold medalmatch versus a very speedy and
talented Brazilian team.
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Now, before I get into what theUS women accomplished, I have
to take the time to talk aboutthis Brazil team.
The Brazilian team, led bylegendary.
Marta was every bit of thechallenge that US women soccer
fans have come to expect.
I mean, they had some epicbattles.
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Just mentioning the name Marta,in fact, is enough in most
cases to create a sense ofconcern and stress for any
opponent on the schedule.
A sense of concern and stressfor any opponent on the schedule
.
But the sheer resilience ofthis team, a team that scraped
out of the group stage withouttheir legend because of a
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questionable red card givenBrazil's last match of the group
.
Well, let me rephrase that Aquestionable red card that was
given in Brazil's last match ofthe group stages.
If you're given a red card, itrequires a two-game ban in the
Olympics.
So Marta's out for two games.
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Or maybe perhaps just animpromptu moment of emotion and
lack of discipline by theBrazilian star.
However, you see it, this youngBrazilian team, and an
incredible resilient team, madesure to get themselves and their
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captain to the gold medal matchso that she could have a chance
to close out her career as agold medal winner.
And of all the accolades andprizes and awards in Marta's
illustrious career, an Olympicgold medal is one that has
eluded her.
Unfortunately, the story wouldnot be a fairytale ending for
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Marta as she once again findsherself and her team on the
wrong end of the scoreboard in amajor tournament match against
the US women.
Now I could do a whole episodeon all Marta has accomplished in
some of the epic battles she'sled and represented her nation
in throughout the years, andmaybe I will sometime.
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Or maybe I will sometime, ormaybe.
A social media series, but forthis episode we focus on the
champs.
The US women, after having manyquestions, coming off a
horrific World Cup showing theexpectations, while usually very
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high, were somewhat tampered,tampered, tempered, tempered,
somewhat tempered.
But let's start with head coachEmma Hayes.
Emma Hayes comes from ChelseaFC and she had only been with
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the team for four games prior tothe Olympics, though she
consulted the interim coachthroughout the she Believes Cup,
installing sets and culture,long before she herself got to
step on the sideline.
Well, oftentimes throughout thetournament, her tactics and use
of substitutions I'm speakingof the Olympic tournament, this
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recent tournament, not the sheBelieves Cup tournament Her
tactics and use of substitutionswere heavily questioned and
criticized, most notably byformer player turned commentator
, julie Fowdy.
The US women stayed the courseand together rode it all the way
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to victory.
She has said her dream was towin a gold medal, and I found
this fascinating.
Emma Hayes is not American.
Emma Hayes is from England, isfrom England and she said her
dream was to win a gold medal,but not by leading the team of
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her home country, england, butby leading the United States.
And just 10 games into apromising start, she has done it
, us women are gold.
They are golden.
But one example of Emma Hayes'lack of rotation showed in
defender Naomi Girma, who playedevery minute of every match in
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this tournament, yet proved tobe an absolute star, many
dubbing her best defender by farin the game today, and she
certainly was the best defenderin this tournament.
Defender in this tournament,gurman was an absolute force and
often the last line of defense,even though that really falls
on Golia Lissanaer another starwe'll talk about later and
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although she made some ballhandling mistakes early on in
the gold medal match, she hasbeen the glue that has held this
iteration of the US women'snational team together.
Other stars joined in the funtoo, including the three-headed
spear of forwards, mal Swanson,trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith.
This trio is so dynamic.
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I mean really.
They possess incredible speedand ball handling that is top
tier.
They possess incredible well,Top tier.
They possess incredible Well.
They are just incredible.
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A few key notes from the gold medal game.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Brazil pressed and stressed the US defense the
entire first half.
If not for a listener in thenet making key saves early on,
this game could have been verydifferent very early when the
first half ended.
I'd be surprised if the USwomen felt anything other than
relief to survive the tidal waveof offense that Brazil
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relentlessly displayed all half.
I would have thought that setplays, especially corner kicks,
I would have thought that setplays, especially corner kicks,
would have been the biggerfactor and an advantage Brazil
might capitalize on.
But the US did a good job oflimiting first half
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opportunities, while themthemselves having a few.
The results, however, were veryunderwhelming, as the US went
0-4 and Brazil followed thatmisery, going 0-3 in the first
half.
This game was really a game oftwo halves.
Brazil, who had controlled thepace, played high pressure and
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held the US defense underpressure the entire first half
and they came out lookingcompletely different, as if
Brazil just couldn't sustainthat for another 45-plus minutes
.
Also, as an aside, the greatMarta was held out of the
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starting lineup in her returnfrom suspension and didn't see
minutes until the 60-minute mark.
Well after Mal Swanson brokefree and finally got the ball
through to the back of the net,jumping ahead a little.
But that was the story of thesecond half.
Several early balls through orindividual runs lead into
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chances that just were notfinished by the US and finally
the best goalie in the world,alyssa Nair, made one final huge
game-saving play near the endof the half.
That score, a header by one ofthe Brazilian players off of a
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ball in by Marta, would haveforced a third consecutive game
that the US would have been inextra time and for anybody who
doesn't know how extra timeworks in big tournaments like
this.
You play your 45-minute halves.
Each half usually has stoppagetime, so they make up for time
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that may have been lost orwasted during the course of the
first 45 minutes for each half.
And games can't end in a tie.
So rather than going straightto penalty kicks, they play two
15-minute halves, called extratime, and at the end of extra
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time, those two halves.
If the score is still tied,then you go to penalty kicks.
So that's how extra time thosetwo halves.
If the score is still tied,then you go to penalty kicks.
So that's how extra time works.
I don't believe the US wasequipped to handle a third game
extra.
Again, questions about rotationand substitution usages in Emma
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Hayes' strategy.
Substitution usages in EmmaHayes' strategy.
And, by the way, I shouldmention that Emma Hayes told
reporters that the reason whyshe uses the same starting 11
and doesn't have a set rotationis because she's had so little
time with the whole team thatthe starting 11 are the women
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that she trusts the most in thegame, which makes a lot of sense
.
She's new.
Leading up to this, she hadonly four matches with the US
team.
She didn't have a lot of timeto really get to know the
players on this roster and howthey fill in past the first 11.
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I thought that was prettyinteresting and it made a lot of
sense.
But, all in all, an amazingtournament, an amazing game, a
statement made to the rest ofthe world by the U?
S women, and the U?
S intends to get back to thetop of the women's international
soccer world, loud and clearNow.
I had intended to look up theFIFA rankings, which I'll do
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that right now.
Let's look it up Women's FIFAWorld Rankings, because, coming
into the tournament after theWorld Cup loss, the women seem
to have dropped to fifth.
Coming into the Olympics, let'ssee what this gold medal does
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for them.
I don't know that they total uppoints and all of that.
Update this as frequently as Um, just just one week later or so
.
But let's just see Uh, rightnow, spain, spain, france,
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England, so yeah, okay.
So French jumped.
England, germany and the USA.
Uh, as of June 14th, it saysthe next update to this will be
August 15th, so in two days.
So, on the next episode, I'llupdate that.
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But right now the rankings arethe pre-Olympic rankings, with
the USA having dropped to fifth,so okay, so that's that and uh,
congratulations to the ladieson the U S women's national team
and congratulations to um allthe medalists in in that
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tournament.
I love watching uhinternational women's soccer.
I think they play hard.
Um, I think they're gritty.
Um and and and.
It's soccer.
I mean the men.
You don't see a lot of floppingin women's.
Now I will tell you this Brazil, they are a fouling bunch.
Brazil is so physical and theyfouled so much that it just
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stopped the game.
And there's a tactic to that,especially when you're trying to
keep momentum and you're tryingto stop.
I mean, especially in the firsthalf they were pressing so much
.
But one of the reasons why theUS could not get out and run on
them and make them pay for thehigh press is because they would
foul and stop the movement ofthe ball.
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It's frustrating, frustratingto watch, but they foul so much.
But I tell you what they arefast, they are young and Brazil
is going to be a problem Brazil,I think we're going to enter a
phase where we're going to seeBrazil.
We're going to see Germany.
Spain team is always tough and Iwouldn't be surprised if the
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Swedes and if Australia getsback in the mix here Because you
know, aside from Japan, who'spretty consistent all the time,
that list of international teamsthat I just mentioned Spain,
germany, sweden and Brazil andAustralia I mean that's
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top-notch soccer right thereAlways has been, always been
tough test for the US ladiesteam.
But we need that.
We need not only parity but weneed the pedigree to also stand
out, much like college football.
But that's about it for thisepisode.
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So before I go, I just want toshout out all the Olympic
athletes, all the medalists.
Congrats to our Americanathletes who finished the games
in Paris leading the medal countand tied for the most golds.
Shout out to the women's 4x400relay team who won eight golds
in a row.
Huge congrats to the women'sbasketball team holding off the
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host French team and winningtheir eighth straight gold and
61st straight international win.
Finally, the US men's team,also beating a host French team
led by Wimby and Gobert, andthis US men's men's have won
four straight Olympic golds.
Now May have to have a goldmedal exclusive basketball
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episode as a follow-up to thisone, maybe near the end of the
week.
I don't know, but there's somuch to talk about LeBron James,
steph Curry waking up out of aslumber to save the day.
Two games in a row, the toughSerbia matchup and what that
might mean moving forward.
And what does the team looklike past this year?
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Knowing and understanding thatSteph is probably not coming
back, lebron is probablyfinished and KD also may have
seen his last days wearing thered, white and blue on this team
.
So more to come know.
Like I said, we'll follow up,maybe do a standalone basketball
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episode at the end of the week,but until then, that is all for
this episode.
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