Talking Noah Lyles running with COVID-19, Team USA basketball

Andscape at the Olympics is an ongoing series exploring the Black athletes and culture around the 2024 Paris Games.

PARIS – Welcome to Andscape at the Olympics, a video series in which Andscape columnist William C. Rhoden, senior NBA writer Marc J. Spears and Andscape/ESPN commentator Arielle Chambers discuss the key topics about Black athletes and culture at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In Episode 5, Chambers, Rhoden and Spears sit down at Topo restaurant in Paris to discuss the epic USA-Serbia men’s basketball semifinal game (1:00); France pulling it together to make the men’s gold medal game and the homecourt advantage it will have against Team USA (5:55). Then they turn their attention to the U.S. women’s basketball team in the gold medal game, the challenge of playing France and if they will be pushed (7:15); the debut of breaking, the surprise of it evolving into an Olympic competition and the feeling among the community about it becoming mainstream (9:45). Lastly the group turns their attention to sprinter Noah Lyles running the 200 meters with COVID-19 (13:20); and the great performances of Team USA track and field gold medalists Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Tara Davis-Woodhall and Quincy Hall (15:59).

Missed an episode? Catch up below.

— Episode 4: Talking sprinters Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson and the 100 meters spectacle
— Episode 3: U.S. gymnastics, Team USA Basketball’s odds of losing, sports the Games need
— Episode 2: Talking U.S. women’s sports from Simone Biles to Sha’Carri Richardson
— Episode 1: Talking USA Basketball, opening ceremony
— Special episode: Recognizing author and essayist James Baldwin’s 100th birthday
— Special episode: Talking Team USA women’s basketball with Jackie Young
— Special episode: Talking with men’s 400-meter gold medalist Quincy Hall
— Special episode: Kevin Durant’s mom, Wanda Durant, goes deep on relationship with her son

Arielle Chambers is a commentator for Andscape & ESPN. She’s a Raleigh-born (& won’t let you forget it) 6 ft tall former pro cheerleader who ironically made women’s basketball her identity.

Marc J. Spears is the senior NBA writer for Andscape. He used to be able to dunk on you, but he hasn’t been able to in years and his knees still hurt.

William C. Rhoden is a columnist for Andscape and the author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete. He directs the Rhoden Fellows, a training program for aspiring journalists from HBCUs.

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