The Simone Biles Speaks Up and Sits Out Edition

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the latest in the saga of Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics. They also assess the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s semifinals loss to Canada and other stories from the Summer Games. Finally, Jeff Passan of ESPN joins to talk about Major League Baseball’s trade deadline.

Biles (2:31): What are the bigger picture lessons of the gymnastics legend’s Tokyo opt-out?

Olympics (23:45): A surprise in the men’s 100 meters and a smile in the men’s high jump.

Baseball (42:34): MLB’s trade deadline was the craziest in history.

Afterball (1:04:55): Stefan on the return of Olympic Channel News, the state-run broadcasting service of the Summer Games.

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