(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 ...

WNBA star Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez — who earned silver ... James is the first-ever male basketball player to serve as a flag bearer for Team USA. He is the third basketball player to earn ...

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

(JTA) — In their fifth Olympic appearance, Sue Bird and teammate Diana Taurasi ... Bird, who served as the Team USA flag bearer in the opening ceremony and also holds Israeli citizenship in ...

2002: Sue Bird enters the league with the Seattle Storm ... Bird increases her presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by becoming the Team USA flag bearer. As COVID-19 regulations increase, Bird ...

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 fifth gold at those Games, and baseball player ...