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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 5275640, member: 197"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6337635/2025/05/06/usa-womens-basketball-sue-bird-director/[/URL] [INDENT][I]The 44-year-old Bird, who won five Olympic gold medals and four World Cup titles playing for Team USA, will take on what is now known as the “Grant Hill” role on the women’s side — A person with unquestioned credentials as a player at every level who is largely responsible for selecting both the player rosters and coaching staff for both the Olympic team and the World Cup team. Her hiring is a departure from a longstanding structure of using a committee to select players and coaches for national team rosters and comes on the heels of a very close call for the USA women in Paris.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]