





Simone Biles' leadership on the mat has never been questioned. After her shocking withdrawal from Tuesday's team final, she proved just as capable a leader off of it.
What happened: During the first rotation, Biles performed an uncharacteristically bad vault, appearing to lose herself in midair.
What they're saying: "At the end of the day, I have to do what's right for me and focus on my mental health," Biles told reporters.
The backdrop: This didn't come out of nowhere. The day before her withdrawal, Biles wrote on Instagram that she feels "the weight of the world on [her] shoulders at times."
The big picture: Biles, 24, is nearing the end of a historic gymnastics career. But by becoming the latest high-profile athlete to speak openly about mental health, her next chapter could be even more meaningful.
What's next: Biles has withdrawn from Thursday's individual all-around competition, with Jade Carey set to take her place. It's unclear if she will compete in the four individual events.
Top NFL prospects would normally be gathering in Indianapolis this week for the annual Scouting Combine. But due to the pandemic, this year's event has been canceled.
What they're saying: No combine means no 40-yard dash times making headlines. Former scout and current NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah thinks that could be a glimpse of the future:
The big picture: Longtime Cowboys executive Gil Brandt popularized the 40-yard dash in the 1960s, sending staffers to schools with a stopwatch.
Yes, but: Will it ever lose relevancy with fans? Probably not.
The bottom line: The 40-yard dash is an arbitrary distance; most NFL action comes within 20 yards of the line of scrimmage and players aren't sprinting in straight lines.
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President Trump's haphazard war on Chinese tech has left the Biden administration with a raft of unfinished business involving efforts to restrict Chinese firms and products in U.S. markets.
Why it matters: The Chinese and American tech industries are joined at the hip in many ways, and that interdependence has shaped decades of prosperity. But now security concerns and economic rivalries are wrenching them apart.
Here's where things stand between the U.S. and several key Chinese tech powerhouses:
Between the lines: China is running into growing pains of its own in the push to own the future of technology.
The bottom line: The Biden administration now has to sort out which Trump initiatives to drop β because they were botched, thrown out in court or self-defeating β and which can still serve the U.S.'s long-term goals of competing with China and limiting Chinese security threats.