AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Red Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 5 Texas Rangers 4, Houston Astros 3 Chicago White Sox 1, Oakland Athletics 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0 San Francisco Giants 4, Washington Nationals 1 Cincinnati Reds 10, Miami Marlins 3 Philadelphia Phillies 3, L.A. Dodgers 5
(NEW YORK) — Simone Biles is standing behind Team USA teammate and fellow gymnast Jordan Chiles after the bronze medal Chiles won in the floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics was stripped from her by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, following a challenge by Romania.
Speaking to People in an interview published Monday, Biles said she has been doing everything possible to support Chiles amid the fallout from the medal controversy earlier this month.
“We’ve been FaceTiming, texting, just being girls,” Biles told the outlet. “I did talk to her on one of the days, and I was like, ‘You know what, Jordan, you have to feel all these feels. Don’t let these emotions stop you. This will be the healthiest way to get all of this out.'”
Initially, Chiles finished fifth in the individual floor exercise at the Paris Games, only to be moved up to the bronze medal spot when her coaches appealed the scoring of one of the elements in her routine. The change moved her up from fifth to third, leaping over two Romanian gymnasts — including Ana Barbosu, who had already begun celebrating her bronze medal finish.
The International Gymnastics Federation awarded Barbosu third place after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided the appeal made by Chiles’ coach at the event, with CAS saying Chiles’ score was “raised after the conclusion of the one-minute deadline.” In saying the challenge came too late, the CAS reinstated the incorrect 13.666 score.
Biles told People on Monday that “at the end of the day,” Chiles is “still that girl” and she will continue to support and seek justice for her.
“We saw what you did,” Biles said of her teammate. “And it’s an unfortunate circumstance because something like this has never happened before and it’s truly a shame, but we wish all three girls could get the medal and unfortunately in gymnastics that’s not the case.”
She continued, “Do we think they did the correct procedures to come to this ruling? No. That’s really why we want that justice for Jordan and why we’re going to keep supporting her and uplifting her.”
Meanwhile, Chiles has since broken her silence regarding the dispute, sharing her disappointment in a statement posted on Instagram on Aug. 15.
“I have no words,” she wrote in part at the time. “This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 3 San Diego Padres 3, Detroit Tigers 0 NY Mets 4, Boston Red Sox 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles 13, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland Guardians 4, Kansas City Royals 2 Minnesota Twins 5, Tampa Bay Rays 4 Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 4 NY Yankees 8, Texas Rangers 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE LA Dodgers 11, Arizona Diamondbacks 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee Brewers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Boston College 28, Florida St. 13
(MIAMI) — The NFL’s Miami Dolphins franchise spoke out Monday night about the traffic stop by police officers where wide receiver Tyreek Hill was removed from his vehicle, placed on the ground and handcuffed before Sunday’s season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In its statement, the organization said it was “saddened by the overly aggressive and violent conduct directed toward” Hill on Sunday, urging “swift and strong action against the officers” involved in the incident.
Hill was detained and handcuffed on the ground after being pulled over as he was driving up to Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday around 10:20 a.m. ET.
“It is both maddening and heartbreaking to watch the very people we trust to protect our community use such unnecessary force and hostility towards these players,” the Dolphins’ organization said.
The statement from the team follows the release of officer body camera footage of the incident by Miami-Dade Police on Monday night.
In the footage, which ABC News has reviewed, a motorcycle officer pulls over Hill and approaches the driver’s side window. Hill rolls down the window and tells the officer to stop knocking on the window.
Hill then asks for his ticket and tells the officer he’s going to be late before rolling the car window back up.
The officer then asks the wide receiver to roll the window down, and Hill cracks it open a little. The officer then tells Hill, “Get out of the car right now. We’re not playing this game.”
When Hill opens the door, the newly released footage shows the officer grabbing Hill’s hand and putting it behind Hill’s head. The officer then appears to drag Hill out of the car.
The videos then shows the officer putting Hill’s face down on the ground with two other officers assisting. One officer has his knee on Hill’s back until Hill is handcuffed, the videos show.
Approximately six minutes into the incident, body camera footage shows an assisting officer looking at Hill’s ID. He can be heard saying, “You know who that is, right?”
The first officer said he didn’t know and then was told Hill was one of the Dolphins’ star players.
In a statement from Hill’s attorney, Julius B. Collins, describing the incident, Collins said Hill “had his window rolled down and that officer then demanded Mr. Hill out of the vehicle even after Mr. Hill complied with that officer’s request to keep his window down.”
Collins said in his statement, “Hill rolled down his window each time he was requested to do so by the requesting officers.” He went on to call the officers’ actions “excessive” and said they were exploring all legal remedies.
“We believe that this matter was escalated due to overzealous officers attempting to impose their authority on Mr. Hill because they were not pleased with how fast he complied with their request and that Mr. Hill did not roll down his window far enough to their liking,” he added.
When asked about the incident after the game, Hill told reporters, “I wasn’t disrespectful… because my mom didn’t raise me that way, didn’t curse, none of that.”
South Florida Police Benevolent Association president Steadman Stahl released a statement Monday saying Hill’s refusal to cooperate with officers led to his detainment.
“He was briefly detained for officer safety, after driving in a manner in which he was putting himself and others in great risk of danger,” Stahl said. “Upon being stopped, Mr. Hill was not immediately cooperative with the officers on scene who, pursuant to policy and for their immediate safety, placed Mr. Hill in handcuffs.”
Miami-Dade Police Department director Stephanie V. Daniels said in a statement along with the body camera footage Monday that the “department is committed to conducting a thorough, objective investigation into this matter.”
“We will continue to update the public on the outcome of that process,” Daniels said.
Daniels also said one of the officers involved was placed on “administrative duty.”