RIO DE JANEIRO -- The U.S. rugby teams medal hopes in the mens sevens are over after it was knocked out of the competition by Fiji at the pool stage in the Rio Olympics.After losing to Argentina and then beating Brazil on Day 1, the U.S. knew that a win, a tie or a loss by three or fewer points against Fiji would put the team in the quarterfinals at the expense of New Zealand. But after a roller-coaster match against Ben Ryans Fiji squad, the U.S. team eventually slumped to a 24-19 defeat.The loss was a huge disappointment to coach Mike Friday and his team, who headed into the Games targeting gold with Nate Ebner of the Super Bowl champion?New England Patriots?and speedsters Carlin Isles and Perry Baker on the squad.?Danny Barrett scored first for the U.S. against Fiji, but the Americans went into the break trailing 12-7. Perry Baker then struck early in the second half, only to have the Islanders cross twice to take a 24-14 lead.A late try from Ebner gave the U.S. hope, and if Madison Hughes had slotted the conversion, the U.S. would have booked a spot in the knockouts at the expense of the Kiwis, but Hughes kick missed.The U.S. beat Brazil 24-12 on Wednesday afternoon and will finish the competition either ninth or 10th, depending on the result of their match against Spain on Thursday.?Weve come from being given less than a 10 percent chance of even making the Olympics to being here and being contenders, Friday said, according to USARugby.org. Im disappointed for the lads and Im disappointed for the USA people because weve got a great game here, and the USAs embracing it. We have a good team here, three years ahead of schedule, but we were hoping -- and we set our standards -- to be in the main competition come the end of today.?Ebner said the exposure the Olympics provided rugby in the United States was huge for the sport.We got here and tried to give this everything that we have, he said, according to USARugby.org. Hopefully the American people see how great of a sport this really is. Its going to be up to America and the people in the United States, how they respond to what theyve seen.Nike Shoes Black Friday Discount .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Cheap Nike Shoes Black Friday . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. http://www.nikeshoesblackfriday.com/ .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. Nike Shoes Black Friday 2019 . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. Wholesale Nike Shoes Black Friday . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month.(STATS) -- North Dakota State coach Chris Klieman said All-America middle linebacker Nick DeLuca will not practice this week after he suffered a separated left shoulder in the top-ranked Bisons season-opening game.The Bison, who have won the last five FCS national titles, are in a bye week before returning to action Sept. 10 when they host Eastern Washington.Speaking at his weekly Monday news conference, Klieman said DeLucas status will be re-evaluated next week.The 6-foot-3, 245-pound DeLuca, a senior captain nominated for STATS FCS Defensive Plaayer of the Year, was injured early in the third quarter of North Dakota States 24-17 overtime win over Charleston Southern in the FCS Kickoff Saturday night.dddddddddddd He was replaced by junior linebacker Matt Plank, who finished the game with six tackles.DeLuca, the only FCS player up for the Butkus Award, which honors the nations best linebackers, started all 15 games last season and led the team with 135 tackles. ' ' '