What do you think will be the most exciting event to watch?
I have become a huge fan of 3-on-3 basketball. I still can’t believe that 3-on-3 basketball is in the Olympics, and I’m still coming to terms with why 3-on-3 basketball is in the Olympics, but the version of the sport they’ve built absolutely rules. It’s fun and fast-paced and it’s pretty easy for any team to lose a game if the other team hits a few shots. I think Team USA’s women are going to win—the men didn’t qualify—but this sport has never been played at this level before so I really have no idea!

Who has the best story that we might not know about?
Ju’Vaughn Harrison, who will be the first man to represent Team USA in the high jump and the long jump since Jim Thorpe in 1912. Jim freakin’ Thorpe. It’s actually really hard to do both the high jump and the long jump, but he’s a candidate to win (or at least medal) in both, which hasn’t been done since 1896. Now we just need to get him in the dunk contest.

What sport do you wish were a part of the Olympics?
My personal theory here is that everything should be a part of the Olympics. If we have contests to see who can throw a javelin the farthest and who can throw a discus the farthest AND who can throw a shot put the farthest, why not just have contests to throw every conceivable object? Long story short: Punting a football should be in the Olympics.

What sport SHOULD people be paying attention to this Olympics?
I’m going with softball. Softball rules, right? But it hasn’t been a part of the Olympics since 2008, and it isn’t a permanent part of the Games—just a temporary inclusion for Tokyo. So we have no idea when we’ll see Team USA’s best again. Team USA and Japan are really neck-and-neck—they went to extra innings in the title game of the last world championships. So they’ll have one chance to face off against each other for potentially permanent Olympic glory.