Michael is a digital sports strategist for Bay Area News Group. The Denver-area native went to Arizona State's Cronkite School of Journalism and worked several years in Phoenix before coming to Northern California, mostly for the fish tacos.
Caitlin Clark won’t be headed to the Paris Olympics but East Bay native Sabrina Ionescu will, according to a person familiar with the decision.
in Cleveland after she was invited because she was leading Iowa to the Final Four. Clark finished her career as the NCAA’s Division I all-time scoring leader.While Clark won’t be headed to Paris, the U.S. is expected to take five-time gold medalist Diana Taurasi for a sixth Olympics. Taurasi will be joined by Phoenix Mercury teammate Brittney Griner.since she was detained in a Russian prison for 10 months in 2022. She said she’ll only play abroad with USA Basketball.
A bunch of first-time Olympians will join the team with Alyssa Thomas, Kahleah Copper and Ionescu, a star at Miramonte High in Orinda before going to college at Oregon. All three played on the American team that won the World Cup in Australia in 2022.A year after a ‘catastrophic’ leg injury, former Stanford gymnast Brody Malone is back and maybe better than ever
The U.S. team will train together for a few days in Phoenix in July. Then it’s off to London for an exhibition game against Germany before heading to France.
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