Good morning! Christmas came early for Bulldog Soccer as the team gets ready for the season opener.

What else did we throw into today’s Bulldog Brew?

🎾 Borges' run at the Olympics comes to a close
🎙️ Joel and Logan kick off the academic year with the latest Dear Ol’ State
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 ALL-ACCESS

All-Access: First Responders Home Run Derby. Following an exciting Bulldog softball win, the Starkville Police and Fire departments went up against each other in their annual home-run derby.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 What A Journey. Former Bulldog Nuno Borges’ Olympic journey is complete after falling in doubles alongside his Portuguese counterpart. The duo won four games in the second round as well as their first-ever Olympic win. Borges will leave Paris riding high from competing on the world’s biggest stage and his first ATP 250 Championship a couple of weeks ago.

🔼 How He Got There. Bulldog track and field alum Navasky Anderson is competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it’s been a long road to get there. Watch his story, which includes interviews with head coach Chris Woods, as he prepares to represent his home country of Jamaica in a few days.

🎥 Watch Navasky Anderson’s Olympic Journey

🔼 Dear Ol’ State. Joel Coleman and Logan Lowery kick off a new athletic year at Dear Ol' State. But before the focus turns to football, the guys wrap up summer basketball action by visiting with three newcomers to the men's team – Claudell Harris Jr., Kanye Clary and Riley Kugel.

🎧️ Listen to Dear Ol’ State: Getting To Know Harris Jr., Clary and Kugel

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

A John Hancock. Today’s trivia question…which recently drafted Diamond Dawg officially signed his contract with the San Francisco Giants?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of the Bulldog Brew to see if you know your stuff!

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🥇 BULLDOGS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS

Wednesday, July 31

🎾 Men’s Tennis Doubles — Third Round (Nuno Borges)

⚽️ Women’s Soccer: Columbia vs. Canada ( Ilana Izquierdo & Catalina Perez)

Saturday, August 3

⚽️ Women’s Soccer: Quarterfinals ( Ilana Izquierdo & Catalina Perez)

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, August 15

⚽️ Soccer vs. Baylor @ 6:30pm in Starkville, MS

Sunday, August 18

⚽️ Soccer vs. Northwestern State @ 1:00pm in Starkville, MS

Thursday, August 22

⚽️ Soccer vs. Charlotte @ 6:00pm in Charlotte, NC

Saturday, August 24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Memphis @ 4:00pm in Memphis, TN

Saturday, August 31

🏈 Football vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 5:00pm in Starkville, MS

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Dakota Jordan!

After being selected with the 116th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Dakota Jordan signed his contract to make his addition to the team official.

🐶 Have a great Wednesday, y'all!