The Sports Moment: The U.S. women’s basketball team didn’t need Caitlin Clark
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🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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The U.S. women’s basketball team is a dynasty – and it didn’t need Caitlin Clark. Host Ava Wallace talks with columnists Candace Buckner and Jerry Brewer about that and drama on the track. Plus: How NBC brings the sounds of the Games to your living room.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Martin. So big news dropped this morning. Vice President Kamla Harris |
| 0:08.0 | announced her pick for her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. |
| 0:12.0 | And as I am recording this right now, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. |
| 0:13.0 | And as I am recording this right now, we are pulling together an episode on that news that |
| 0:17.4 | will be dropping later today, with all the latest on who Walz is and what this choice means. So keep an eye on this feed for that episode. |
| 0:27.0 | But in the meantime, we're coming to you early in the day to bring you our latest episode of The Sports Moment. |
| 0:33.3 | You've probably heard us talk about it. |
| 0:35.0 | This is our new podcast covering all things Olympics, |
| 0:38.4 | and it's hosted by my brilliant colleague |
| 0:40.7 | Ava Wallace, who is in Paris right now. In this episode, she. and U.S. Women's Basketball Team, a memorable medal ceremony for women's gymnastics, and the power of sound |
| 0:57.6 | in the Olympics. The sports moment is everywhere you can listen to podcasts, so go subscribe or follow it right now. |
| 1:04.3 | All right here's Ava. Welcome to the Sports Moment from the Washington Post, your ticket to the Summer Olympics. |
| 1:24.6 | It is Tuesday, August 6th, and I'm Ava Wallace, a sports reporter here in Paris. |
| 1:30.0 | Today I'm joined by two post-sports columnist Jerry Brewer and Candice Buckner. |
| 1:34.8 | We are talking about US women's basketball as they enter the knockout rounds, a surprise American |
| 1:39.6 | gold medalist in cycling, and at the end of the show we've also got a behind the scenes segment about |
| 1:44.0 | how sound design happens at the Olympics. |
| 1:47.1 | That's right, they're putting microphones underwater. Good morning Jerry. Welcome back. Good morning. |
| 1:55.0 | Good morning. Thanks for having me again. |
| 1:58.0 | Bringing that 8 a.m. energy. I love it. |
| 2:00.0 | Hi Candace, thank you for joining us. |
| 2:02.0 | Cool. Wow. Hey, thank you for joining us. Cool. |
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