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By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program PARIS — Tennis superstar Coco Gauff will be the USA’s female flag bearer as she leads her country on a cruise down the Seine River to officially open the Olympic Games. Beside her, 19 years her senior and standing over a foot above her, LeBron James …

By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – At the end of a record-setting night, National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver stood near midcourt at Gainbridge Fieldhouse during a moment designed as a celebration of the league’s All Stars. As Silver turned to his left toward the winning team and spoke into …

At the Final Four, the games occupy just two of five days of events. There are press conferences, locker room sessions, celebrations of the game, parties — and three basketball games. One of the many events taking place within this packed five days is the announcement of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class. …

He did it. Ray Allen will be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2018. This is obviously a much-deserved honor as Allen is, in my opinion, the greatest pure shooter in the history of basketball. However, when I hear the name Ray Allen, I am still …

Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) of SB Nation writes on absurdity and beauty of college football games played at Fenway Park in Boston. Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) of Bleacher Report profiles LeBron James and the current state of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Zack Huffman (@zhuffman) of Vice Sports tells the story of five Kennesaw State football cheerleaders who started kneeling during the …

Seth Davis looks back on his 22 years with Sports Illustrated in his final article with the magazine. Tommy Caldwell writes in Outside that he fears for his close friend, climber Alex Honnold, after he became the first person to free solo climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Luke O’Neil of Esquire writes about …