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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Sue Bird and the U.S. womens basketball team received some good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that the team captain and point guard has a knee capsule sprain.Bird had initially feared the injury would be much worse.Obviously I felt a huge relief, Bird said in a statement provided by USA Basketball. The hardest part is waiting and not knowing. So, to finally get the thumbs-up from the doc that everything was okay was incredibly relieving and exciting, and obviously Im very happy.Bird wasnt at practice on Wednesday and is listed as day-to-day. She has little time to recover before the U.S. faces France in the semifinals on Thursday night. With a win, the U.S. would advance to the gold medal game on Saturday.Bird has started every game for the U.S. in the past three Olympics and has 30 assists and just three turnovers in Rio. The Americans were preparing at practice as if she couldnt go against France.You dont replace Sue. We all know that, guard Diana Taurasi said. Been on too many teams with her and I know how valuable she is to a team. Our success is because shes been the quarterback. Shes the director of it all. To say were not going to miss her ... would be silly.Its going to take a little bit of everyone to fill her shoes. Ill probably slide to the one a little bit more. Lindsay [Whalen] will play a little bit more. We have confidence in everyone on this team.Bird, 35, was hurt with 6:33 left in the second quarter of Tuesday nights 110-64 win over Japan in the quarterfinals. She sat out the second half of the game.The four-time Olympian told The Associated Press in a postgame interview that she heard a pop in the knee. She has had issues with her left knee, but this is the first injury to her right knee.We have depth at certain positions, thats probably not one of them, U.S. coach Geno Auriemma said of point guard. Were there with Lindsay and Dee [Taurasi]. Its more than enough. But now we have to do a great job managing that and making sure, they have to be really smart.With Bird on the bench, the U.S. started Seimone Augustus in the third quarter against Japan on Tuesday night. The Americans outscored Japan 54-18 in the second half without Bird.France has also has had to deal point guard problems. Celine Dumerc, who guided France to the silver medal in the 2012 Olympics, injured her ankle right before the Rio Games.Theyve got their own issues at point guard spot with Celine being out, but managed pretty well, Auriemma said. They run their stuff as well as anyone here. One of the better defensive teams in the world.In Thursdays other semifinal matchup, Serbia plays Spain. NFL Jerseys Wholesale . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. NFL Jerseys Cheap . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. http://www.cheapnfljerseysonline.net/ . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Cheap NFL Jerseys . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale . The Lightning are 2-0 so far on a four-game road trip, giving the club five straight wins as the guest and improving Tampas away record this season to 11-8-2. A man who bet $5 on a 15-leg parlay card at a William Hill sports book in Nevada needed the New England Patriots to win by more than seven points to win $100,000 on Monday.Because the Patriots beat the?Baltimore Ravens?by exactly seven,?30-23, the result of the 15th game of the parlay, after the previous 14 had come through, was a push.WWilliam Hill spokesman Michael Grodsky confirmed to ESPN that it was an all-or-nothing parlay card.dddddddddddd As such, the push didnt reduce it to winning a 14-leg parlay; it made the entire card worthless. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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