US legend Michael Johnson ‘disappointed’ in Team USA’s flag bearer selection
U.S. Olympic legend Michael Johnson was disappointed with the athlete selected by Team USA to be the flag bearer at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, saying other “traditional” athletes were not chosen. Tennis phenom Coco Gauff, along with basketball superstar LeBron James, battled wind and rain to carry the Stars and Stripes down […]
LeBron James majestically carries American flag at 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
When LeBron James raised the American flag over the Seine River during the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, a meme was born. James, who serves as the flag-bearer for the United States alongside tennis star Coco Gauff, has been compared on social media to the iconic image of George Washington crossing the Delaware […]
Fans Blast LeBron James as U.S. Flag Bearer for 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
The United States Olympic Committee selected LeBron James, an anti-national anthem activist and chronic critic of the United States, to bear the American flag at the opening ceremony, making him the first U.S. men’s basketball player to be given the honor. The players themselves nominate their own flag bearers, and this year Stephen Curry nominated […]
VP Harris finally reacts to DC violence, hours after flag burning by anti-Israel agitators
Vice President Harris issued a statement condemning the violent anti-Israel riots that disrupted Washington DC’s busiest train station. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee made the statement on Thursday, hours after violent protests against a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Yesterday at Union Station in Washington, D.C., we witnessed the despicable actions and hateful […]
Tennis phenom chosen as female flag bearer for US Olympic team
Earlier this week, it was announced that NBA superstar LeBron James would be the male flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team in Paris during Friday’s opening ceremony. On Wednesday, the team found their woman. Coco Gauff has been selected as the female flag bearer and will join James in carrying the U.S. flag. Cori […]
Patriot rescues fragment of Old Glory as pro-Hamas agitators burn American flag
An unnamed patriot reached into a smoldering pile of fire on Wednesday to rescue an American flag that had been set ablaze by pro-Hamas agitators. The man, who asked not to be named, managed to salvage the fragment of the American flag and told local reporters who documented the incident that he is a lawyer […]
Protesters burn American flag at Union Station and raise Palestinian one in its place
Protesters tore down American flags Wednesday at Union Station in Washington, raising Palestinian ones in their places. Three American flags fly at Union Station. Video on social media shows that all of them were torn down, with at least one rescued by police and one burned. Palestinian flags were raised in their places. The aftermath […]
The emotional moment Coco Gauff found out she’d be US Olympic flag bearer
Coco Gauff was shocked. When fellow Olympic tennis player and longtime friend Chris Eubanks informed her that she would be the U.S. flag bearer alongside LeBron James in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on Friday, she put her hand over her mouth in disbelief. “I didn’t expect that,” an emotional Gauff said in […]
Anthem-Kneeler LeBron James Chosen to Carry U.S. Flag for Paris Olympics
The United States Olympic Committee has selected NBA star, US pundit and China advocate LeBron James as a flag bearer for the Paris Olympics, making him the first U.S. men’s basketball player to receive the honor. The players nominate their flag bearers and follow them. CBS SportsStephen Curry recommended James as this year’s flag bearer. […]
Every USA Olympics flag bearer since 1908, now starring LeBron James
LeBron James will make history by becoming the first U.S. men’s basketball player to serve as the flag bearer at the Paris Olympics. This will be the third time in history that a basketball player has served as the flag bearer at the Olympics, following Sue Bird at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo […]