Why More Americans Aren’t Happy for Gregg Popovich
The basketball coach who in recent years has questioned the soul of America brought home the gold for Team USA.
by Jack McCallum
Aug 07, 2021
4 minutes
From time to time, Gregg Popovich, the coach of the United States men’s national basketball team—which won a gold medal last night at the Tokyo Olympics with an 87–82, as-close-as-it-sounds victory over France—suggests a mad poet howling from a windy hillside.
Gray-bearded all of the time and splenetic much of it, “Pop,” as he’s known throughout the basketball world, is rarely happy about his team’s performances, questions from the media, or, since the coming of Trump, the soul of America in general. His off-the-cuff comments about the former president (see “,” “, “,” among others) and his continuing criticism of conservative causes such as have earned
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