IN THE NEWS
- BREAKING TUESDAY UPDATE: Mary Bono has resigned. We perform a dramatic reading of her resignation letter. Now, to the show.
- USAG appoints Mary Bono as its interim CEO, and Jessica and Spencer have no opinions about that. Oh wait, the opposite.
- The Nike tweet and why that (and her fake apology) is so, so bad
- She worked for the damn USAG law firm
- Meanwhile, Simone is being a CHAMPION
- Has USAG learned NOTHING? (Spoiler: yes)
- On what planet was a politician the right person right now?
ACTUAL GYMNASTICS
- The US women's worlds team has been named! And it makes sense!
- SIMONE DEBUTED A NEW VAULT YOU GUYS
- But seriously. This vault.
- I mean...come on.
- Just...
- Streaming the selection competition — good for everyone!
- Kara Eaker's beam score - how realistic is this?
- BUT WHO IS THE ALTERNATE? WHAT SHOULD THE TEAM FINAL LINEUPS BE? WHO DOES BEAM IN QUALIFICATION? We discuss.
- A taste of next week's worlds preview as we discuss medal prospects for the US women's team
GYMTERNET NEWS
- Tom Forster did a Twitter Q&A that exceeded expectations and provided some actual information!
- What is the Ted Stevens Act, how is it influencing US Olympic qualification decisions, and does that even make sense?
- USAG released the Jade Carey Rules about individual Olympic qualification. We break them down, with comments.
MEET ROUNDUP
- Youth Olympic Games — Italy has an all-around champion, Simone Biles wins meets she doesn't even enter now, and we dork out about the future for Ireland and Finland
- Romanian nationals — Denisa Golgota withdrew, sending the gymnastics world into a state of panic, but things look good for the 2020 seniors
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