Subscribe to our free newsletter. Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Jalen Rose won't have to worry about the U. The group settled on the nickname 'Fierce Five' on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Rose told Rose further explained that he was a big fan of the team, but simply had a problem with the media applying the nickname.
The U. Any usage of the "Fab Five" name by the gymnasts could have been a problem, as Rose currently owns a merchandising trademark on the phrase.
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor. He can be reached at , by email at nickbaumgardner annarbor. Why does the mention of Jalen Rose bring out the snotty in everyone? I know the story. I just don't understand the self-righteousness that it engenders.
I agree with the juried sports criticisms, though. Did you see the girl who did the perfect performance and got phantom deductions? Did you see the girl who won the bronze but didn't get it, until the coach filed a protest and they looked again and raised her score and she got the medal? Admittedly, it's not as bad as in the Soviet era, when England gave us the best possible value to counterbalance the Soviet judge giving us a ridiculously low one, etc.
I agree Jalen, we should forget the use and memory of any reference to the fraud oops, I mean fab five. No matter what you call them? They are still fab to me. Now I have to change my lingo again. This sucks. No fair peaking: Name the Michigan Fab Five. Name the five Olympic gymnasts. What was your score? Gabby was called the flying squirrel not the flying gerbil.
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Take a look back at the "The Fierce Five" and what they are up to today. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. But four years earlier, the representatives of Team USA at the Olympics in London laid the groundwork for continued success at the Olympics in London. Aly Raisman, the eldest member of the team at 18 years old, was the captain of "The Fierce Five" in London.
In addition to helping the team win gold, Raisman also won gold in the individual floor exercise. She won bronze on the balance beam and narrowly missed the podium in the individual all-around with a fourth-place finish.
After stealing Americans' hearts during the games, the Needham, Massachusetts, native competed on "Dancing with the Stars" in She made the finals but finished in fourth place. Raisman returned to the world's biggest stage to compete in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Their confidence was unshakable "Between winning world championships last year and now the Olympics, this U. Meanwhile, the Russian team fell apart on Tuesday, thanks to a "massive error" from Anastasia Grishina and what many are calling a bona fide disaster for current world floor champion Ksenia Afanasyeva, "who crumbled to a heap after her final tumbling pass.
While the U. The team is the best in the world [now], and it's not close.
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