The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 13: Simone Biles Discussion, MLB Trade Deadline, and NBA Free Agency

Mind-Design Sports

In this week's podcast, the boys will explore the Olympics and analyze Tokyo's basketball, swimming, and gymnastics so far. As the Olympics goes on, free agency in the NBA is heating up, and baseball has a blockbuster trade deadline.

Intro= 0:27-2:09

USA Olympic Basketball Talk= 2:09-9:51

USA Baseball Gets Ripped By Piers Morgan= 9:51-17:38

Olympic Swimming Talk: 17:38-20:55

Simone Biles Finishes Strong/Mental Health= 20:55-47:22

MLB Trade Deadline Goes Bonkers: 47:22-58:25

NBA Free Agency Gets Going: 58:25-1:05:36

The Olympics has been fun to watch in the last week and a half. After losing their first game to France, the US men's basketball team looks to come back stronger than ever as they took down Spain in the quarterfinals on Monday night. In the pool, both Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel dominated their events in the swimming pool; they could walk away with a combined nine medals. In gymnastics, Simone Biles dropped out of the team competition in withdrew from most of the events in the last week. However, Biles decided to compete for the last minute on the balance beam and won a bronze medal in Tokyo on Monday night. The made talk on today's episode is Biles mental health, where she was open about her mental health and talked about how it is okay not to be okay. The boys will chip in whether the media has given too much focus on Biles and the criticism from certain people.

Outside the Olympic world, the MLB is now halfway through the season, and many teams looked to make acquisitions to get better for October. That being team like the Dodgers, Giants, Mets, and Yankees. Fans of both the Cubs and Nationals watched many beloved faces get shipped off like Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Trea Turner, and Max Scherzer. And lastly, the boys talk about the ongoing NBA free agency, which has seen teams like the Lakers and Heat reload for the 2021-22 season. Could there be an NBA Finals Bubbble rematch? Stay tuned!!

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