(JTA) — Jewish basketball star Sue Bird will be one of Team USA’s two flag bearers at the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony on Friday. Bird, one of many Jewish athletes going for gold this ...

following in the footsteps of Dawn Staley at the 2004 Athens Games and Sue Bird at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Standing next to James will be the Olympic rookie. Gauff is the first tennis player to be a U.S ...

Sue Bird is a part of those ... Bird won her fifth Olympic gold medal in the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo games, during which she served as a flag bearer for Team USA. 2022: Bird was an All-Star for ...

Being chosen to participate in the Olympics is one ... player to serve as a flag bearer for Team USA. He is the third basketball player to earn the honor overall, as Bird (2021) and Dawn Staley ...

Sue Bird and Dawn Stanley were flag bearers in the past while representing the women's team. James made his Olympic debut ...

James, a two-time Olympic gold medalist ... Previously, nations traditionally had one flag bearer. The U.S. flag bearers at the Tokyo Opening Ceremony were basketball player Sue Bird, who won her ...

For the first time in Olympic history, there were two flag bearers per country at the ... Legendary basketball player Sue Bird, with four Olympic gold medals, and baseball player Eddy Alvarez ...