Men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s track and field highlight Thursday’s action at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Of particular interest is the men’s basketball semifinal game between the United States and Serbia. If anyone can give the powerful American squad fits it could be Serbia, led by Nikola Jokic. At +16.5, Serbia has the talent to cover the spread, but only if Jokic remains on the floor. If he tires or gets into foul trouble, the United States will likely roll. In the other men’s basketball semifinal, Germany battles France (+5.5).
All eyes will also be on the men’s 200m at 2:30 p.m. ET as American Noah Lyles (-400) will try to double up after winning the 100m earlier this week. Letsile Tebogo (+425) of Botswana and Americans Kenneth Bednarek (+550) and Erriyon Knighton (+2800) are also expected to contend. Before locking in any 2024 Summer Olympics picks on those events or others, you need to see what SportsLine Olympic insider Mike Tierney has to say.
A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered nine Olympic Games in person. At Rio in 2016, Tierney profited big-time. He told readers to bet over on Team USA’s gold…
