Blackwell Claims First Gold for Team USA on Day 2 NEW DELHI, INDIA – With no athletes competing in the morning session, Team USA was primed for a big evening session at Jamaharl

Adding an Olympic gold to their trophy case would be the best next step possible for Team USA, and they hope this new role for John Tortorella can help lead them there.

Kara Lawson will be the next head coach of the USA Basketball women’s national team, the program announced on Monday. Lawson, a former decorated Team USA player and current head coach at Duke, will helm the national team through 2028 — a cycle that includes the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Europe has retained the Ryder Cup following a Shane Lowry putt in singles play Sunday. The Americans staged an epic rally that fell short, giving Europe its second straight win after taking the Ryder Cup in Rome in 2023. Team USA weren’t the only ones to embarrass themselves at the Ryder Cup this weekend.

Viktor Hovland’s injury could have some unintended consequences for one Team USA star at the Ryder Cup. The Norwegian pulled out of the Saturday afternoon fourballs due to a neck injury

• Another brutal morning: Team USA only took one point in the first match as the Europeans took the other three. Captain Keegan Bradley has a lot of work on his hands to shift the tide in the afternoon, but he’s putting some of his best players together in Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau.

Phil Mickelson ain’t walking through that door. If anyone thought Mickelson might play savior and captain Team USA at Adare Manor two years from now in the Ryder Cup, think again. Mickelson shot down that notion before it even rose to the status of a rumor on Sunday.