U.S. Olympic Softball Team set to debut in fifth Olympic appearance at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

TOKYO, Japan –– A 13-year hiatus from the Olympic stage will officially come to an end tomorrow, July 21, 2021 as the sport of softball is set to kick off the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Fukushima Azuma Stadium. After a long-awaited 4,717 days since the last Olympic Softball competition, the world-ranked No. 1 U.S. Olympic Softball Team will make its fifth Olympic appearance alongside No. 2 Japan, No. 3

Renee Tomlin wins, Tamara Gorman and Matt McElroy podium at Americas Triathlon Cup Long Beach

Renée Tomlin won Sunday's Americas Triathlon Cup Long Beach. (Corey Sandler)

The elite-level race was held at Alamitos Beach in Long Beach, the proposed site of the triathlon competitions for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Elite triathletes, including Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualifiers and future Olympic hopefuls raced Sunday at the Americas Triathlon Cup Long Beach, capping three days of triathlon racing as part of the Toyota Legacy Triathlon. The elite race was held

Champions crowned at Paratriathlon National Championships

Held as part of the Toyota Legacy Triathlon, Paratriathlon National Championships included a professional prize purse provided in equal parts by USA Triathlon, Toyota and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF).

LONG BEACH, Calif. —  Ten U.S. elite paratriathletes earned national titles on Sunday at the 2021 Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships, concluding the third day of triathlon racing action at the Toyota Legacy Triathlon in Long Beach. The race was held at Alamitos Beach, the proposed site of the triathlon competitions for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028.

Also held Sunday was the Americas Triathlon

AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon EBS io2 Block Express Volumes

io2 volumes running on next-generation Block Express architecture deliver the first storage area network (SAN) built for the cloud to meet the performance requirements of customers' most I/O-intensive, business-critical applications

Epic Systems, Amway, and Okta among customers using Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 19, 2021-- Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc., (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes, delivering SAN capabilities in the cloud for the first time. EBS Block Express is a next-generation storage server architecture that provides the highest block storage performance without the cost or hassle of having to procure, scale, and maintain expensive on-premises SANs. With io2 volumes running on Block Express, customers can achieve sub-millisecond latency and provision a single io2 volume with up to 256,000

In Final Exhibition Game, USA Women Find Rhythm in Win Over Nigeria

USA can head to Tokyo feeling good about its final tune-up

LAS VEGAS (July 18, 2021) -- Showing a crisper offense and stellar defense, the U.S. used an early 14-0 run to take control against Nigeria en route to a 93-62 victory at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay, which gave the Americans a 1-2 record during its six-day stay in Las Vegas. The victory will help make for a happy flight to Tokyo as the USA departs for the Olympic Games on Monday. A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) had 16 points and

Women's U20 Team Just Keeps Coming Back to Beat Poland for 5th Women's U20 National Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 18, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s U21 National Team capped off the FIVB U20 World Championship with a comeback 3-2 (14-25, 18-25, 25-16, 29-27, 15-13) win in the fifth-place match on Sunday.

The U20 Team (6-2) finished as the top non-

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Olympian Delacruz Lands in Tokyo to Begin USA's Run for Glory at Olympic Games

Team USA Weightlifting Olympian Jourdan Delacruz (49kg) trains at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan July 19, 2021. (Credit: USA Weightlifting) Jourdan Delacruz Lands in Tokyo to Begin USA Weightlifting’s Run for Glory at Olympic Games TOKYO, Japan (July 19, 2021) -- “It’s super surreal. I keep catching myself saying, ‘Wow, this is the Olympics, this is what you’ve been working towards.’ I am trying to soak it in and be present,” Jourdan Delacruz said after

USA Cycling Announces Madison Track Nationals at Lexus Velodrome

The two-day event will see Elite and Juniors compete on the 166-meter track in Detroit.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Monday, USA Cycling announced that the 2021 USA Cycling Madison Track National Championships would be held November 12-14, 2021, at the Lexus Velodrome in Detroit, Mich. The partnership will be a five-year deal, securing the Madison Track Championships at the venue through 2025.

 

“The Detroit Fitness Foundation is very excited

More than 800 Triathletes Compete at Toyota Legacy Triathlon in Long Beach, California

Olympic triathletes Andy Potts, Michellie Jones and Barb Lindquist start the swim of the Olympian Pro-Am Relay at Saturday's Toyota Legacy Triathlon.(Corey Sandler)

Olympians including Andy Potts, Barb Lindquist and Joe Maloy compete with age-group athletes in the Olympian Pro-Am Relay

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The second Toyota Legacy Triathlon was held on Saturday in Long Beach, California, as more than 800 triathletes raced at Alamitos Beach, the proposed site of the triathlon competitions for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028. The Toyota

Aquathlon National Champions Crowned at first day of Toyota Legacy Triathlon Weekend

More than 230 of the nation’s best swim-run athletes competed for aquathlon national titles in Long Beach, California.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The 2021 USA Triathlon Aquathlon National Championships Friday evening kicked off an action-packed weekend of racing at the Toyota Legacy Triathlon, as more than 230 of the nation’s best swim-run athletes competed for aquathlon national titles. Trevor Halsted (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Caitlin Switaj (Tucson, Ariz.) were crowned overall champions, while 30 athletes earned titles in their respective age groups.

The Aquathlon National Championships were

USA Basketball and Kaiser Permanente Youth Clinics Set for July 19

Las Vegas (July 17, 2021) – USA Basketball will conduct youth clinics on July 19 in Las Vegas in partnership with Kaiser Permanente. The clinics will feature two sessions at the Doolittle Community Center, and USA Basketball and NBA Legends Spencer Haywood and Mitch Richmond will be a part of the event.

The clinics will feature two sessions on July 19,

Roster Additions Announced for 2020 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team

-- USA Select Team Guard Keldon Johnson and NBA Veteran Center JaVale McGee Named to U.S. Olympic Team --

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USA Women Can’t Overcome Shooting Woes in Narrow Exhibition Loss to Australia

USA shot 37.3% from the field in second loss in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS (July 16, 2021) -- There is no panic, just determination to improve. That is the mindset of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team following a second-straight exhibition loss, a 70-67 setback to Australia on Friday at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Coming off a 93-85 loss to the WNBA All-Stars on

Living the American Dream: Team USA Archery’s Jennifer Mucino Fernandez

LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM: TEAM USA ARCHERY'S JENNIFER MUCINO-FERNANDEZ COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – By the time Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez turned 7 years old, she’d been telling her parents that she wanted to be an Olympian for months. They finally asked her what that meant to her, and when she explained she wanted to be the best in the world at a sport, they took her seriously. Now, at 18 years old, that dream is becoming a reality as Jennifer will represent Team USA in archery at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.  Jennifer was born in Boston,

Peacock Original For Ball And Country To Premiere On July 19

The Docuseries Following USA Basketball Men’s National Team will Stream for Free Exclusively on Peacock Ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo

LAS VEGAS (July 15, 2021) — For Ball and Country will premiere exclusively on Peacock starting July 19. The docuseries will follow some of the greatest men’s basketball players in America as they set aside their on-court rivalries and form a star-studded team to represent their country. In addition to an all-access look at the 2021 team’s training camp in Las Vegas, the series looks back into the USA Basketball video vault with never-before-seen footage of this storied program.  Narrated by Oscar, Grammy and Emmy award winning artist, actor,

USA Basketball Statement

USA Basketball Men’s National Team point guard Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards), who was placed under USA Basketball's health and safety protocols Wednesday, will remain in health and safety protocols and will be unable to participate in the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Olympic Games. A roster replacement will be named at a later time.

Beal was named to the U.S. Olympic Men’ Basketball Team on June 28 and participated in the USA Basketball National Team’s training camp and exhibition games in Las Vegas. Starting in the USA’s first three USA exhibition games, Beal averaged 10.3 points and 4.3 rebounds while playing 29.0 minutes a game.

Out of an abundance of caution, USA Basketball Men’s National Team member Jerami Grant  has been placed under USA Basketball's health and safety protocols, USA Basketball announced Thursday afternoon.

It’s Not Your Typical All-Star Game as WNBA Stars Hand Defeat to USA National Team

LAS VEGAS  (July 14, 2021) – While several members of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team have played together previously in this Olympic cycle, Wednesday marked the first time the group of 12 headed for the Tokyo Olympics was in uniform together.

With just one practice under their belt and the

AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon HealthLake

Amazon HealthLake enables healthcare organizations to store, transform, and query health data in the cloud using machine learning for a complete picture of patient and population health

The new service is part of AWS for Health, an initiative that provides healthcare, biopharma, and genomics customers with a set of cloud-based services and solutions to personalize patient care, quickly innovate, and bring ground-breaking therapies to market

Cortica, InterSystems, Redox, and Rush University Medical Center among customers and partners using Amazon HealthLake

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 15, 2021-- Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced the general availability of Amazon HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible service for healthcare and life sciences organizations to ingest, store, query, and analyze their health data at scale. Amazon HealthLake uses machine learning to understand and extract meaningful medical information from unstructured data, and then organizes, indexes, and stores that information in chronological order. The result

USA Men Bounce Back With 108-80 Win Over Argentina

Bam Adebayo had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists in the USA's win over Argentina. (Ned Dishman/NBAE/Getty Images)
 
LAS VEGAS (July 13, 2021) — From the beginning against Argentina, the USA Basketball Men’s National Team players made sure they wouldn’t be losing three games in row.

Just seconds after controlling the opening tip, Bradley Beal found forward Bam Adebayo for an emphatic alley-oop.

The U.S. was off and running … and shooting …

Tokyo Strong Training Camp Opens in Honolulu

Tokyo Strong training hall set up in the Alohilani Resort in Honolulu Hawaii at the USA Weightlifting Tokyo Strong Camp

Tokyo Strong Training Camp Opens in Honolulu

HONOLULU, Hawaii (July 14, 2021) -- USA Weightlifting opened its Tokyo Strong training camp in Honolulu this week, which will serve as the last stop on the Road to Tokyo for Team USA weightlifting athletes.

All eight Team USA Weightlifting Olympians and

Perspective Fitwear Becomes Official Training Apparel of USA Triathlon Through 2023

Woman- and veteran-owned company features inclusive sizing, sustainable designs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced that San Diego-based Perspective Fitwear has been named the organization’s Official Training Apparel through 2023. The company, owned by Founder & CEO Stephanie Perez and U.S. Naval Officer LCDR Kory Perez, was launched in 2017 as a women’s performance apparel brand and now features size- and fit-inclusive, sustainable designs for both men and women.

The company currently offers an additional line

Softball Television Schedule set for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

TOKYO, Japan – The official television schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Softball competition has been announced by NBCUniversal, the official broadcast television network for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Set to be held July 21-August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, the U.S. Olympic Softball Team will kick off the Games on July 21 on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) at 11 p.m. ET as the 17-game competition spans from July 21-27 at Fukushima Azuma Stadium and Yokohama Stadium.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 will mark 4,717 days

Toyota Legacy Triathlon Returns to Long Beach this Weekend

Race weekend includes age-group Legacy Triathlon, Aquathlon and Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships, elite Americas Triathlon Cup, youth community giveback event, Olympian Pro-Am Relay and more

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The second Toyota Legacy Triathlon hosted by USA Triathlon returns to Long Beach this Friday-Saturday with an action-packed schedule of amateur, elite, paratriathlon and youth multisport events. The course for all races is set at Alamitos Beach, the proposed site of the triathlon competitions for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028. The event was held for the first time in 2019, as USA Triathlon became the first National

2022 RISE SELECTION CAMP ATHLETES ANNOUNCED

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Over the last several weeks, top field hockey players from around the country have been training at Virginia Beach Regional Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va., under the watchful eyes and guidance of USA Field Hockey coaches and selectors. Their mission: to compete against peers, improve and take their game to the next level, and ultimately be selected to represent the red, white and blue as a member of Team USA. USA Field Hockey’s Mission: to develop players and identify top talent in each age group, inviting the best athletes to the final stage of the Junior U.S. Women’s National Team tryout process, the U-16, Rise and U-21 Selection Camps.

 

Nexus, for players ages 11 to 19, and Young

Team USA closes out Iwakuni Training Camp with 3-1 win over Toyota and 4-1 win over Hitachi

IWAKUNI, Japan –– Closing out the end of their eight-day training in Iwakuni, the USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) posted two wins today over Toyota Red Terriers and Hitachi Sundiva to give them the overall sweep of their opponents with an 8-0 record through four doubleheaders.
 
The Red, White and Blue tallied 29 runs in their

Amazon Launches Kindle Vella, Serialized Stories in a Mobile-First, Interactive Reading Experience

Thousands of serialized stories by authors including Audrey Carlan, Hugh Howey, and C. G. Cooper are now available, with the first few episodes of each story free to readers via the Kindle iOS app and on Amazon.com

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 13, 2021-- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Today, Amazon announced the launch of Kindle Vella, a new mobile-first, interactive reading experience for serialized stories. Available in the U.S. via the Kindle iOS app and on Amazon.com, Kindle Vella stories are published one short episode at a time, each ranging from 600 to 5,000 words—and the first three episodes of every story are free. Subsequent episodes can be unlocked using Tokens, which are available for purchase in bundles in the Kindle iOS app or on Amazon.com. Thousands of stories containing tens of thousands of episodes are available today, with new episodes being published regularly.

Kindle Vella is a mobile-first, interactive

Despite 22 Points From Damian Lillard, USA Men Fall to Australia

Kevin Durant scored 17 points against Australia on July 12. (Ned Dishman/NBAE/Getty Images)
 
LAS VEGAS (July 12, 2021) — After the first two exhibition games for the USA Men’s National Team on the road to the Tokyo Olympics, one thing is extremely clear: winning the gold medal will not be easy.

Two nights after a 90-87 loss to Nigeria, the U.S.

USA Swimming Names 43 Junior Athletes to International Roster

Swimmers to compete in third and fourth legs of 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup this fall

 

• 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup U.S. Roster
• 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup U.S. Selection Criteria

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – After some of the nation’s fastest teenagers put on a display at June’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, USA Swimming today announced the names of 43 athletes who will represent the U.S. at the third and fourth legs of the 2021 FINA Swimming

Amazon Pledges to Hire 100,000 U.S. Veterans and Military Spouses by 2024

Amazon currently employs more than 40,000 veterans and military spouses, surpassing the company’s 2016 Joining Forces pledge to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2021   

Amazon offers veterans access to free upskilling opportunities so they can move into in-demand, high-paying tech jobs such as robotics or cloud computing

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 13, 2021-- Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to hire over 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses by 2024. Amazon currently employs over 40,000 veterans and military spouses across multiple businesses—from Operations to Alexa to Sustainability to Amazon Web Services (AWS)—and they all receive a starting wage of at least $15 per hour and have access to comprehensive benefits.

“Amazon is focused on recruiting and developing

USA Triathlon, Toyota and CAF to Again Offer Professional Prize Purse at Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships

Podium finishers in each paratriathlon sport class to receive a share of $36,750

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon, in partnership with Toyota and the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), today announced that for the second year a professional prize purse will be offered for athletes who medal at the Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships. The $36,750 total purse, to be provided in equal amounts by USA Triathlon, Toyota and CAF, will be presented to the podium finishers in each sport class.

The National Championships will be held

Women's U20 Team Beats Russia to Open World Championship

From left, Emily Londot, Reagan Hope and Ally Batenhorst

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 9, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s Under-20 National Team beat Russia 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-14, 25-17) on Friday to open the FIVB U20 World Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The U20 Team returns to the court on Saturday

Beach U21 National Team Named after U21 World Championship Trials

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 9, 2021) – Six beach pairs earned spots on the U.S. Beach U21 National Team Friday at the 2021 FIVB U21 Beach Volleyball World Championship Trials in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

On the men’s side, Caleb Kwekel/Dylan Zacca

Columbus and Raleigh Stars Shine In Season-Opening Red Bull 3X Local Qualifiers

- Defending Champions of Red Bull 3X Nationals Continue to Roll -

Colorado Springs, Colorado (July 10, 2021) — A new season of Red Bull 3X tipped off this weekend with a doubleheader in Columbus and Raleigh, as men’s and women’s players battled for FIBA points on the path to 3x3 greatness. While the sport of 3x3 basketball makes its debut on the grandest stage of all later this summer, these qualifiers in the U.S. offer players a chance to be evaluated for further global competition. For Columbus, Ohio, native and former WNBA player Alexis

U.S. Men Struggle to Click in Exhibition Loss to Nigeria

 Nigeria 90, USA Men's National Team 87

A lack of familiarity and practice contributed to the loss in the exhibition opener.

LAS VEGAS (July 10, 2021) — The USA Men’s National Team (0-1) stumbled in its first exhibition game as it prepares for the Tokyo Olympic Games, losing 90-87 to Nigeria on Saturday before a crowd of 4,313 spectators at Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The difference between the and Nigeria on Saturday? While the statistics will bear out a few facts, it might come

The Fastest MTB Riders in the Country Squared Off in Winter Park on Day 6

The Fastest MTB Riders in the Country Squared Off in Winter Park on Day 6
Endurance Racing Awarded Five Champions While the Entire Enduro Field Competed for Gold

Winter Park, Colo. – Olympian Erin Huck (Boulder, Colo.; Scott-Shimano-Stans-Arnicare) added the domestic stars and stripes to her resume today. Keegan Swenson (Heber City, Utah; Santa Cruz Bicycles) repeated as the Pro Men’s Cross-country Champ, along with the U23 categories, Junior Women’s Short Track. In addition, the gravity riders crowned 14 new National Champions in the Enduro race, including Pro Men’s winner, Cody Kelley (Riverton, Utah) and Pro Women’s winner, Amy Morrison (Carson City, Nev.).

Short Track

To kick off the endurance events for the day, the

USA Volleyball Announces U.S. Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Roster

Nine Paralympic Gold Medalists Return for Sitting Volleyball in Tokyo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 12, 2021) – USA Volleyball today announced the 12 women who will compete for the U.S. Sitting Volleyball Team at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Nine players return from the 2016 Paralympic

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U.S. Women's National Team tops Toyota 5-0 and Hitachi 5-1 in Day Three of exhibition doubleheaders in Iwakuni

IWAKUNI, Japan –– The bats were hot for the USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) as the Red, White and Blue picked up another pair of wins at Kizuna Stadium today. The U.S. kicked off their third exhibition doubleheader in Iwakuni, Japan with a 5-0 shutout win over Toyota Red Terriers before closing the day with a 5-1 (five-innings) victory over Hitachi Sundiva, which was called after five-innings due to inclement weather in Iwakuni.
 
The U.S. pitching staff took control in today’s

Norton, Skelton, Swenson, and Blunk win Elite National Titles

Norton, Skelton, Swenson, and Blunk win Elite National Titles

Downhill and Short Track races went down on Day 7 of Mountain Bike Nationals

Winter Park, Colo. – On the seventh day of the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, we wrapped up our Elite races in Downhill and Short Track and crowned dozens of age-group National Champions. In the downhill events, brand new, never before crowned champions Kailey Skelton (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; KHS Factory Racing/Monster Energy) and Dakotah Norton (Oliver Springs, Tenn.; The YT Mob) earned their first stars-and-stripes. On the short track side, cross-country champions Savilia Blunk (Durango, Colo.; Orange Seal) and Keegan Swenson (Heber City, Utah; Santa Cruz Bicycles) claimed victory again.

Downhill

After seeding on Saturday, racers came back to

Ramirez Completes USA Boxing’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, JULY 10 - USA Boxing announced today Yarisel Ramirez (Las Vegas, Nev.) will be the tenth and final member of Team USA’s Olympic Games Toyko 2020 boxing team that will compete in Tokyo, Japan later this month.

Ramirez joins previous announced Keyshawn

Pro Dual Slalom Titles Awarded Along with 23 Age Group Titles

Day 5 of #MTBNats Determined by The Stall Wall and Switchbacks for All 

Winter Park, Colo. – On Friday at the 2021 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Trestle Bike Park saw junior XC racers take on huge fields, age groupers shred the downhill course, and the best Dual Slalom riders in the country go head-to-head on the first day of professional competition.

On the Downhill course today, Juniors and

Seven USA Men’s Select Team Members Added to 2021 USA National Team Roster for Upcoming Exhibition Games

-- Roster Additions Announced for USA National Team's Five Exhibition Games in Las Vegas -- 

USA Select Team members Josh Magette (left), Darius Garland (middle) and John Jenkins (right), along with Saddiq Bey, Keldon Johnson, Dakota Mathias and Cam Reynolds, have been added to the USA National Team roster for the USA's five exhibition games. (Photo by Ned Dishman/MNBAE).


Colorado Springs, Colorado (July 9, 2021) – With three U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team members involved in the NBA Finals and unavailable, USA Basketball today announced that seven members of the 2021 USA Select Team would remain with the national team for five exhibition games from July 10-18 in Las Vegas.

Added to the USA National Team roster for the

Women’s National Team posts two shutout wins over Iyo Bank Vertz in exhibition doubleheader

IWAKUNI, Japan – After a seven-hour rain delay in Iwakuni, the USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) kicked off their series of exhibition doubleheaders ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with two shutout victories over Iyo Bank Vertz. Team USA edged past the Vertz with a narrow 1-0 win in game one before coming alive in game two to outlast Iyo Bank, 8-0.

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Game One

USA 1, Iyo Bank 0

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The U.S. offense remained quiet through the first

HARRIS APPOINTED USMNT ASSISTANT COACH & U-21 HEAD COACH

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce that Pat Harris has been named the U.S. Men’s National Team Assistant Coach and U-21 USMNT Head Coach. A current athlete on the squad, he will serve in a dual role on the senior team while playing and coaching.

 

"I believe the appointment of Pat Harris as an

TEEN SINGER DICI WILL DONATE ROYALTIES FROM THE SONG “FIVE RINGS” TO USA BOXING CLUBS NATIONWIDE

Principles of Amateur Boxing Fuel Artists Musical Ambitions

COLORADO SPRINGS, JULY 8 - USA Boxing, a non-profit organization, has announced it has a musical artist in its corner this year. Recording artist DICI will donate 100% of the net proceeds from every download of his new song, “Five Rings,” to USA Boxing to benefit their 1,700 member clubs.  Beginning today, boxing and sports fans

Vittoria Tires Announced as Official Tire Provider of USA Cycling

Vittoria Tires will provide world-class performance bicycle tires for the USA Cycling National Team, Olympic Development Academy, and USA Cycling Members through 2025.

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Cycling announced a new partnership today with Vittoria Tires, making them the official tire of USA Cycling. Vittoria Tires will be supporting the USA Cycling National Team, the USA Cycling Olympic Development Academy, USA Cycling Development Camps, and USA Cycling’s National Championships.

 

This broad-reaching partnership includes

Beach Olympic Pools Announced

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2021) – The FIVB announced the pools for the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Monday. All 24 men’s teams and 24 women’s teams learned their pool play opponents, including the four U.S. pairs.

The pools involving American duos are as follows:

Women

Pool B

Athletes (Country; World Ranking; Olympic Ranking)

• Alix Klineman/April Ross (USA; 3rd; 2nd)
• Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink (NED; 14th; 13th)
• Liliana Fernandez Steiner/Elsa Baquerizo McMillan (ESP; 18th; 20th)
• Xue Chen/Wang Xinxin (CHN; 26th; 31st)

Pool D

• Ana Patricia Ramos/Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva (BRA; 8th; 4th)
• Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil (USA; 4th; 6th)
• Anastasija Kravcenoka/Tina Graudina (LAT; 19th; 21st)
• Gaudencia Makokha/Brackcides Khadambi (KEN; 99th; NR)

Men

Pool C

• Cherif Younousse Samba/Ahmed Tijan Janko (QAT; 3rd; 3rd)
• Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb (USA; 5th; 11th)
• Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich/Enrico Rossi (ITA; 18th; 18th)
• Adrian Heidrich/Mirco Gerson (SUI; 19th; 23rd)

Pool D

• Alison Conte Cerutti/Alvaro Magliano de Morais Filho (BRA; 2nd; 4th)
• Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen (NED; 6th; 6th)
• Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena (USA; 8th; 12th)
• Julian Amado Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso (ARG; 37th; 53rd)

The Olympic beach volleyball schedule has not yet been finalized, but pool play will run from July 24-July 21, and knockout matches begin August 1. The women’s medal matches will be played Friday, August 6, and the men’s on Saturday, August 7.

View all the Olympic beach volleyball pools.

Beach National Team Hits Gstaad 4-star

Country Quota Results

Allie Wheeler/Corinne Quiggle have advanced through the U.S. country quota and will compete in Tuesday’s qualification round. In the first round of Country Quota matches, Wheeler/Quiggle rallied from a first-set defeat to beat Terese Cannon/Kelly Reeves, 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 15-11). They then swept Delaney Knudsen/Brooke Sweat, 2-0 (21-19, 21-13) for the qualification berth.

Having already won medals at two one-star events this year, this is the duo’s first experience advancing through a four-star event’s country quota. Wheeler/Quiggle will face Canadian pair Amanda Harnett/Alina Dormann in the first round of qualification on Tuesday, July 6.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2021) – After a few weeks off, members of the U.S. Beach National Team will take to the sand once more for a four-star event in Gstaad, Switzerland on July 6-11.

The event will be a final Olympic tune-up

Women's Sitting Team is 24K at Golden Nations League

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 4, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team celebrated July 4 by winning the Golden Nations League tournament in Assen, Netherlands.

The U.S. Women (6-0) beat world champion

Top Junior Athletes Will Sharpen Skills at NTDP Summer Training Series

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 6, 2021) – Just days before the U.S. Olympic volleyball teams will play in Tokyo, some of USA Volleyball’s best and brightest young indoor players will be improving their skills at the inaugural National Team Development Program (NTDP) Summer Training Series. 

The 2021 NTDP Summer Training Series will run

Itkin, Harley and Comes Win Division I Championship Titles

Itkin, Harley and Comes Win Division I Championship Titles

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – When Nick Itkin (Los Angeles, Calif. / Los Angeles International Fencing Center / Notre Dame) won his first Division I National Championship in 2017, the then-17-year-old had established himself as a top junior and had just begun competing on the senior international circuit.

2021 Summer Nationals Results

Four years later, Itkin has qualified for the

Carol Callan to Step Down as USA Basketball Women’s National Team Director

Callan to Step Down as USA Basketball Women’s National Team Director

Colorado Springs, Colorado (July 5, 2021) – Carol Callan, USA Basketball’s Women’s National Team Director since February 1995, will step down after the Tokyo Olympic Games. She will focus on her role as president of FIBA Americas, a position she was elected to by the International Basketball Federation’s Zone Board in June 2019 for a four-year term becoming the first female to hold this position.  In addition, Callan, who will be enshrined into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in August, will consult for USA Basketball’s newly formed Foundation working on initiatives surrounding championing women and youth & sport development. USA Basketball Women’s National Team will be going for its seventh consecutive gold medal in Olympic competition in Tokyo. Callan has been the director for each of the previous six Olympic gold medals, and during her tenure, the USA women have also captured five FIBA World Cup gold medals.

BREAKING: Firefighters Battling 200+ Tumbleweed Brush Fire

Update at 6:40pm from SCV Sheriff's Office, The #TumbleweedFire is now estimated at approximately 800-1,000 acres with 0% containment.

Update at 3:55pm: According to SCV Sheriff's Office, The #TumbleweedFire is currently at 800 acres with fire crews working hard to maintain the fire.

Update at 3:13pm: Fire is currently 600 acres.

SCE is requested due to high tension power wires.

BREAKING: Gorman, California - Firefighters this afternoon from multiple departments are battling 200+ acre brush fire by I5 in Gorman, California.

Evacuations south of Gorman OHV park.

High winds causing rapid spread.

USA Cycling Partners with Zespri™ SunGold™ Kiwifruit to Help Fuel Your Rides

Fuel your rides all summer long with the help of these vitamin-C licious golden kiwis

 

Colorado Springs, CO - USA Cycling is proud to announce Zespri™ SunGold™ Kiwifruit as an official sponsor for the summer cycling season. With a combination of more than 20 vitamins and minerals¹ and three times the vitamin C in a medium orange^2,* per serving (2 kiwifruit), Zespri SunGold Kiwis are the perfect pre and post ride snack that has the nutrients to help cyclists of all levels fuel up and recover while training and racing this summer. 

Zespri is thrilled to champion members and

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