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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Buried beneath the confidence and the charisma, sprinkled between the jokes at the start of the news conference and the almost-naked dancers at the end, were a few hints that Usain Bolt is not in top shape for the Rio Olympics.The Jamaican Olympic team held what was billed as an introductory news conference Monday. It was more like a show. Instead of gathering at the Olympic Park media venue, which was good enough for Serena Williams, the USA mens basketball team and the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jamaica rented out a gleaming museum. Drinks and snacks were in abundance, as were executives and logos from Puma, which sponsors Bolt and the national team, in that order. The production began with a short film about Jamaican sports history.The spectacle was appropriate for Bolt, who considers himself both sprinter and entertainer. Hes the overwhelming favorite to win an unprecedented three sprint golds in a third consecutive Games -- the triple triple. His world records in the 100 and 200 are unassailable. A loss in Rio would be a monumental upset.But perhaps not inconceivable.The worlds fastest man pulled out of the Jamaican Olympic trials July 1 with a slight hamstring injury, then qualified for Rio on July 22 by winning a 200 in London in 19.89 seconds. After that race, Bolt said his coach, Glen Mills, told him, thats one of the worst races youve ever run.I was like what? Bolt said at the news conference. (Mills said) yeah, the corner was awful, he just went on until I got depressed. It was one of those things.Maybe that was just Mills motivating the notoriously lazy Bolt. In past years, Bolt has coasted into championships out of shape, but he has still found ways to win every time. The 2015 world championships in Beijing was Bolts closest call yet. In the 100, American sprinter Justin Gatlin was even with Bolt going into the final 20 meters, but Gatlin lost his composure and stumbled to the finish line. Bolt won by one hundredth of a second, 9.79 to Gatlins 9.80.On Monday, Bolt said his race with Gatlin in Rio wont be as close. It hasnt been a perfect season, Bolt said. But Im in much better shape, got a lot more races in.Enough races to achieve his long-stated goal of lowering his 200-meter world record to under 19 seconds?I think its going to be a little bit hard, Bolt said. I missed out on trials, and on training the last few weeks of the season. But you never know.We will find out this Sunday, in the 100-meter finals, just what kind of shape the legend is in. Yogi Ferrell Jersey . The Masters champion and winner of last weeks Australian PGA has a three-round total of 14-under 199 at Royal Melbourne. "Im in a really good position for tomorrow," Scott said. DeMarcus Cousins Jersey . 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Steve Kerr fully expects NBA players to take up their own version of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernicks stand against racial oppression.Whether his own Golden State players show some kind of support or opt to protest during the national anthem once the season begins, he isnt sure. That will be a topic of discussion as a team this training camp for the Warriors, and the reigning NBA Coach of the Year already has had discussions with a few of his players individually about the issue and shared his personal thoughts.No matter what side of the spectrum youre on, I would hope every American is disgusted with what is going on around the country, what just happened in Tulsa ... with Terence Crutcher, said Kerr, who also has been outspoken on the issue of gun control given that his father, Malcolm, was murdered while he was the American University president in Beirut when Kerr was 18 and a freshman at the University of Arizona.It doesnt matter what side youre on the Kaepernick stuff, youd better be disgusted about the things that are happening.Kerr, whose Warriors won an NBA championship in his first season as coach then finished runner-up to LeBron James and Cleveland in June, will be challenged to blend his new team right away with Kevin Durant joining two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and fellow All-Stars and Durants U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic teammates, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.And Kerr encourages his players to talk about social issues far beyond the basketball court -- and speak up for what they believe in when done carefully.Our guys have already been asked a lot about it. Its a tricky topic, not the Kaepernick situation but just social activism in general, Kerr said Wednesday. It has to come from the heart. Theres a lot of fans ouut there that say, `Stick to sports, were trying to get away from all this by watching your team play, and I understand that.ddddddddddddOn the other hand, these guys do have a voice. As long as the message is clear, Im all for people speaking out against injustice. Whatever form that takes, if its non-violent and it leads to conversation, then I think thats a good thing.Kerr has paid close attention to Kaepernick, who said Tuesday he has received death threats for his decision to kneel through the anthem. But Kaepernick also has made a point that he supports military members and is speaking out against police brutality and shootings of African-Americans.I would think that something similar will happen in the NBA, Kerr said. Nobody has to be right, nobody has to be wrong. I would hope that everybody sort of respects each others point of view. There are valid points of view on both sides. ... I understand people who are offended by his stance, maybe they have a military family member who is offended or maybe they lost somebody in a war and that flag or the anthem means a lot more to them than someone else. Then you flip it around and what about non-violent protests? Its America, this is what our countrys about, its non-violent protesting. Thats what it should be about.Like many others who have supported Kaepernick even if they might disagree with his methods, Kerr appreciates how the quarterback has opened up an important conversation in this country.We like to talk about stuff, basketball or not, and I think its probably one of the best things thats come out of the Kaepernick issue is that people are talking, Kerr said. Its a good thing. ' ' '