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Max Cunningham, 11, from left, Saffir Muhammad, 10, and Flynn Huston, 11, all from Evanston, talk to each other as they wear their Justin Fields jerseys at the Bears Family Fest training camp practice at Soldier Field on Aug. 3, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
“It’s not easy to deal with an idiot,” Williams said at the time. “And this man, over the course of the years, has tried my patience and tried it and tried it. And if you go out there and ask any one of my players or staff members, we don’t miss him. We don’t miss the attitude; we don’t miss the whining. We don’t miss it. Good riddance. See you later. He’d better stay out of our business.”
“Listen, when it comes to the guys on or team and what we did — Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers, MVPs, Rookie of the Years, good people — those things cost money. I know it comes down to a business, and when you want your cake and you want to eat it too, that’s kind of how it seemed.”
Simone Biles, de los Estados Unidos, sonríe mientras Tang Xijing, de China, a la izquierda, abraza a su compañero Guan Chenchen después de que esta última ganara la medalla de oro en la viga de equilibrio durante la final de aparatos femeninos de gimnasia artística en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 2020, el 3 de agosto. 2021, en Tokio, Japón. Biles ganó la medalla de bronce. (Natacha Pisarenko / AP)
Simone Biles, of the United States, smiles as Tang Xijing, of China, left, embraces teammate Guan Chenchen after the latter won the gold medal on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Biles won the bronze medal. (Natacha Pisarenko / AP)
“She still had the gold medal around her neck,” Quinn said with a wide smile after Monday’s training camp practice. “I’m still in disbelief like, ‘Naw, that’s not real.’ That’s my baby sister and she’s an Olympian. I don’t know, man. I can brag about that.”
Venus Jewett, back left, mother of Olympic runner Isaiah Jewett, watches her son compete in the 800-meter race and reacts as as Isaiah failed to make the finals as she joins other family and friends of Olympic athletes watching the televised action live at the Olympic Family & Friends Experience at the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando in Orlando, Fla., on July 30, 2021. (Stephen M. Dowell/AP)
In his third year, Smith totaled 139 tackles, 18 tackles for a loss, four sacks, six quarterback hits, seven passes defended, two interceptions and a forced fumble. His production earned him a place on the Associated Press All-Pro second team, though he was snubbed for his first Pro Bowl nod.
“We were certainly on the buy side of this transaction and everyone was calling about that,” he said. “Now obviously people are calling to see which people are available, so it’s a very different scenario than we expected. Life comes at you fast. Eleven days ago, this is not where we were at mentally.”
Spain had won three consecutive Olympic medals, taking silvers after losing to the U.S. in the gold-medal games in 2008 and 2012, followed by a bronze in 2016 after falling to the U.S. in the semifinals. And this may be the last time that the Spanish roster has some of its longtime mainstays; Pau Gasol is 41, other top players like Marc Gasol and Rudy Fernandez are much closer to the end than the beginning, and this might have been Spain’s best chance to beat the U.S. at the Olympics.