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Flavor Flav’s support of Team USA water polo will go down as one of the best moments of the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Funko is teaming with the hip-hop legend to show love to the sport.

After testing the waters on Aug. 6, Funko officially announced the limited-edition Flavor Flav Team USA Pop! collectible on Friday (Aug. 9). The patriotic Pop! vinyl is decked out in red, white and blue – including a basketball jersey, white pants and sneakers, blue sunglasses and a USA Water Polo swim cap.

The Flavor Flav Funko Pop! measures four inches tall, and there’s a gift box available for an additional $3.50. It retails for $20.

Funko will make a donation to Team USA Water Polo in collaboration with the limited release.

Fans will only have a week to pre-order the Team USA USAWP Flavor Flav collectible before its gone for good. The Pop! vinyl will be available for pre-order starting on Friday, Aug. 9, at 9:30 a.m. PT until Friday, Aug. 16, at 9:30 a.m. PT. 

The Flavor Flav Funko Pop has an estimated ship date of Dec. 12, but Funko has other music-related Pop! vinyls on the way, such as the Ice Spice Funko, a Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” Funko, a BLACKPINK Born Pink World Tour Funko set and a Snoop on the Stoop holiday Pop! vinyl.

Flavor Flav has been in Paris supporting the U.S. women’s water polo team over the last two weeks. Unfortunately, the team lost to Australia on Thursday, ending its bid for a fourth straight title. Flav reacted with a post on X admitting that he wanted to cry, but was trying to hold back.  “[I’m] so proud of this team,” he tweeted. “We still in this.”

Earlier this week, the 65-year-old rapper spoke to NPR about why he chose to sponsor the U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team.

“A a young lady on the water polo team – her name is Maggie Steffens, she put a story out, and my manager read the story and turned me on to the story,” he explained. “When the women aren’t in the water playing water polo they’re home, working active jobs – one, two and three jobs. These girls are out here busting their butt to make the United States look good. So when they’re out here playing and practicing, it takes them away from their work. So I said to myself, why not step in and try to help these girls out?”

Watch the 2024 Olympics live on NBC and Peacock. The games will come to a close on Sunday.

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Track and field is nearing the final lap of the 2024 Olympics, but it’s not over yet. If you’re tired of watching highlights on social media and want to catch all the action before the Olympics end, we’ve rounded up ways to watch and stream the men’s 200 final and other track and field competitions.

On Thursday (Aug. 8), Team USA’s Noah Lyles won a bronze medal in the 200m men’s final behind fellow Team USA sprinter Kenny Bednarek and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, who took home the African country’s first gold medal. Lyles, who contracted COVID earlier this week, wore a mask during the race and received medical attention afterwards.

Also on the Thursday’s roster, Olympic medalists Sha’Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas helped Team USA win the women’s 4 x 100m relay race and Sydney McLuaghlin-Levrone defended her gold medal in the 400m hurdles becoming the first woman in history to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic track and field competitions.

The track and field schedule includes the women’s 400m hurdles final, men’s 110m hurdles final, men’s 800m repechage, women’s 1500m semi-final and women’s long jumps final.

See below for ways to watch the 2024 Olympic track and field competitions.

Where to Watch

Because the Olympics are in Paris, live coverage starts early in the U.S. If you can’t make the early bird schedule, NBC airs primetime coverage of track and field and other Olympic events from 8p.m.-11 p.m.

Peacock also offers live and on-demand coverage of the 2024 Olympics. Certain games will also broadcast on USA, E! and Telemundo.

What’s the best way to stream the Olympics? If you don’t have cable or an HD antenna to access NBC and other channels, subscribe to DIRECTV, Fubo, Sling TV, or Hulu+ Live TV to watch live channels.

Not interested in cable? Peacock is the best way to stream the 2024 Olympics live and on-demand. Streaming on Peacock gives you access to exclusive programming, interviews, recaps and more.

Peacock starts at $7.99/month for the base plan and $13.99/month for Peacock Premium Plus, an ad-free plan that comes with live access to NBC. Peacock also offers a student discount plan for $1.99/month and teacher’s discounts plan starting at $2.99/month.  

If you want to stream everything in one place, DIRECTV Stream lets you enjoy local channels such as NBC, ABC, Fox and CBS in addition to cable networks such as ESPN, USA, E!, Telemundo, HGTV, Lifetime, Bravo and MTV. Click below to launch your free trail.

What other ways can you stream live channels without blowing the bank? Sling TV is one of the most budget-friendly streamers for cable and local channels (in select regions). Plans start at $20 for the first month.  

Beyond track and field, the Olympics schedule is stacked with must-watch competitions, including men’s basketball, women’s basketball, volleyball, artistic gymnastics, water polo and swimming. Check below for a condensed version of the track and field schedule (available on NBC and Peacock).

See the full schedule here.

Thursday

Women’s 100m Hurdles Repechage Round

Men’s 110m Hurdles Semifinal

Men’s 200m Final

Women’s 4 x 100m Relay, Round 1

Men’s 4 x 100m Relay, Round 1

Women’s 1500m Semifinal

Men’s 400m Hurdles Semifinal

Women’s 400m Semifinal

Men’s 200m Semifinal

Men’s 400m Final

Men’s Triple Jump Qualifications

Friday

Women’s 4 x 400m Relay, Round 1

Men’s 4 x 400m Relay, Round 1

Men’s 800m Semifinal

Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final

Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final

Women’s 400m Final

Saturday

Men’s High Jump Final

Men’s 800m Final

Women’s Javelin Throw Final

Women’s 100m Hurdles Final

Women’s 1500m Final

Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Final

Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final