(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — U.S. WOMEN AHEAD… KOBE IS TEXTING (4:20 ET): NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver are at the USA-France women’s gold medal game. USA men’s hoopsters Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul and France’s Boris Diaw are also here. Bryant and Paul just participated in the wave, too. Bryant multitasked – did the wave while checking his smart phone. The U.S. leads France 20-15 after the first quarter. The refs are letting both teams get away with physical play.

WOW, JAMAICA (4:09 ET):Usain Bolt did it again. Taking the stick just behind American anchorman Ryan Bailey, Bolt blitzed down the home stretch to win the 4×100 relay in a world record 36.84. The USA did everything it could, with speed and swift passes, finishing in 37.04, which tied the previous world record. The one thing the USA didn’t have: Usain Bolt. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Joe Fleming)

DON’T SEE THIS EVERYDAY (3:56 ET): Crowd favorite Tom Daley of Great Britain gets a redive after judges determine that camera flashes affected his dive. While issue was being discussed, U.S.’s David Boudia paced, waiting to take his 10-meter dive. Jumping from a platform as high as two London double-decker buses stacked end to end is daunting enough. Doing it with camera’s flashing makes it tougher. All of this didn’t affect Boudia, who was in first after round one. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Kelly Whiteside)

QUOTE OF THE AFTERNOON: “Look, mate, this is my country.” —Mo Farah, after winning the men’s 5,000-meter Saturday. He already won the 10K. (via Vancouver Sun’s Cam Cole)

MORE GOLD FOR USA WOMEN’S RELAY (3:38 ET): U.S. women win 4×400 in 3:16.68. Third gold for Felix, who had the fastest split, 48.85. USA’s time was No. 4 in history. Richards-Ross anchored in 49.07. A bit windy out there, or the world record might have been in range. (via The Indianapolis Star’s David Woods)

DREAM SPIKED (3:27 p.m. ET): The U.S. women’s volleyball team’s dreams of winning its first Olympic gold medal were spiked again Saturday night when rival Brazil stunned the No. 1 team in the world 3-1 in the championship match. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Jonny Saraceno)

It was a harsh setback for the American women, who entered the gold-medal match 30-1 in 2012, including 7-0 in London.

The U.S. dominated the first set 25-11 but Brazil seized momentum in the second, winning 25-17 and followed it up with victories in the next two sets (25-20 and 25-17). (via USA TODAY Sports’ Jonny Saraceno)

ANOTHER OLYMPIC FIRST (3:25 p.m. ET): Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago hero. He’s the first man from his country to win an Olympic medal in a field event. He won the javelin throw. (via USA TODAY Sports David Leon Moore)

USA MEDAL TRACKER (3:20 p.m. ET): Chaunte Lowe, five-time U.S. champ, former world championships medalist, is out in the high jump. A medal from her would have been helpful in getting to 30, the USATF goal. Now it’s looking more like 28. Stay tuned. Relays to come. Men’s marathon tomorrow. (via USA TODAY Sports’ David Leon Moore)

MO’ FARAH (3 p.m. ET): Mo Farah, you, sir, are a sporting legend in Great Britain. Farah, the Somalia-born British citizen, won his second gold medal of the Games – again outkicking the fastest distance runners in the world. Farah’s gold medal in the 5,000 meters comes after he won the 10,000 meters earlier in the Games. His training partner, Galen Rupp of the USA, who was second in the 10K, this time was seventh. Top USA finish was venerable Bernard Lagat, a two-time Olympic medalist for Kenya earlier in his career, in fourth. (via USA TODAY Sports’ David Leon Moore)

OLYMPICS MEMES (IN REAL LIFE) (2:58 p.m. ET): USA Gymnastics’ Aly Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) just tweeted: “The pools closed… We’re NOT impressed. http://instagram.com/p/OMsAn6PuYN/” Click that link right now. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Michael Katz)

INESCAPABLE THOUGHTS (2:45 p.m. ET): Watching track, wondering how far tim tebow could throw the javelin. And how awkwardly. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Gerry Ahern)

HE’S JUST SAYING (2:02 p.m. ET) Interesting choice of songs on the loudspeaker at Olympic Stadium. Elvis Presley’s Suspicious Minds. That’s not a statement about the performances we’re seeing on the track is it? (via USA TODAY Sports’ Joe Fleming)

KEEP AN EYE ON WOMEN’s VOLLEYBALL (1:57 p.m. ET): USA wins first set against Brazil in women’s volleyball gold-medal match, 25-11. Two more sets needed to win first Olympic gold medal ever. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Christine Brennan – follow her tweets)

CHECKING IN ON TRACK (1:45 p.m. ET): Olympic Stadium is beginning to fill for the closing of the track and field program at the London Games (the marathon, not at Olympic Stadium, is Sunday). It’s cool, and the wind is swirling, which might not be a good thing for a world record. Medal hopes for the USA tonight:

Chaunte Lowe in the high jump – she’s the American recordholder at 6-8 ¾. 2 p.m. ET

Bernard Lagat and Galen Rupp in the 5,000 meters. Rupp already has a silver in the 10,000, and the field is stacked. 2:30

Sanya Richards-Ross (gold in the 400), DeeDee Trotter (bronze in the 400) and Allyson Felix (gold in the 200 and 4×100 relay) and France McCorory in the 4×400 relay. The USA will be favored. 3:25

And then there’s the 4×100 relay. It used to be that the 4×400 was the closing event of the Games. But with Usain Bolt around, the 4×100 will be the climax. In the preliminary round Friday, Jamaica ran 37.39, and the USA ran 37.38, setting a national record. Justin Gatlin is expected to be the anchor for the USA, and Tyson Gay will be chasing his first Olympic medal. High noon – actually 4 p.m. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Joe Fleming)

NO OLYMPIC AGE LIMIT FOR BASKETBALL … YET (1:20 ET): “The feeling is that we will not be proposing an under-23 for 2016/ It would probably be premature right now … to make any changes in the Olympic program,” FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann said Saturday. “Large parts of the world benefit from this tournament for our sport, and I think we should keep this (format) certainly for a while.” (via USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt – full story)

MISSY MANIA! (IT’S BACK!) (1:00 ET): Missy Franklin will be at the Olympics closing ceremony with many members of USA Swimming. “I am walking also. I am so excited. We didn’t get the opportunity to do opening because I swam the very next day …. We’re all going to get ready together tomorrow. I think it is the perfect way to end the entire journey.” (via Associted Press’ Danica Kirka)

TEAM USA REACTS TO DWIGHT TRADE (12:40 ET): Given the chance, the Thunder did not express any worry about the Dwight Howard trade. “It doesn’t change much,” James Harden said. “Was I surprised? No. Big market. Lakers always do a great job of getting great players. Doesn’t take away from us at all.” (via USA TODAY Sports’ Robert Klemko – more reactions)

SEEKING GOLD(12:15 p.m. ET): Kevin Durant says the Olympic experience has been a blessing. “The best time I’ve had in my life,” he says. Fresh off an NBA Finals loss to the Miami Heat, the Oklahoma City Thunder forward leads Team USA with 18 points a game in seven victories ahead of its gold medal game vs. Spain on Sunday. Says Durant, “Going out and seeing different events and supporting other USA teams is something that I really wanted to do. It’s something I’m going to remember for the rest of my life.” Durant has attended several swimming events and the women’s soccer gold medal game, in which the USA topped Japan 2-1. He was jazzed by goalkeeper Hope Solo’s performance in net and met the team at its after party in London’s Mayfair neighborhood. “Everything has just been perfect, and hopefully we top it off by winning tomorrow,” he says. (via USA TODAY Sports’ Robert Klemko)

FEMALE HURDLER DISMISSED: According to the AP, Ghfran Almouhamad of Syria was kicked out of the Olympics after failing a drug test. Hers is the seventh positive test reported by the IOC since testing began on July 16.