Current:Home > InvestLook: Olympic medalist Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Houston Astros MLB game -ProfitSphere Academy
Look: Olympic medalist Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Houston Astros MLB game
View
Date:2025-04-11 21:30:19
Simone Biles is very familiar with winning medals at the Olympics.
However, the 11-time Olympic medalist is also growing familiar with the MLB pitching mound. On Friday, Biles threw out the first pitch ahead of the Houston Astros' game against the Kansas City Royals. Biles, who grew up in Spring, Texas, in the Houston metropolitan area, was among the Houston-area Olympians honored Friday. However, she got another opportunity to throw out a first pitch.
Sporting a light-blue Houston hat, a navy blue Astros jersey with the number 24 on the back, and white boots, Biles fired a ball over the plate at Minute Maid Park. It was a straight-up first pitch, without any gymnastics moves, as she had previously done when throwing out a first pitch. She did, however, stick the landing.
The seven-time gold medalist had thrown out the first pitch in 2016 and 2019. Biles has also been spotted on the sideline at Chicago Bears' preseason games, rooting on husband Jonathan Owens.
REQUIRED READING:Patrick Mahomes: Taylor Swift is so interested in football that she's 'drawing up plays'
Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.
Simone Biles' prior first pitches
Ahead of a game against the Seattle Mariners, Biles performed a flip before firing off a pitch to home plate.
Ahead of Game 2 of the 2019 World Series, Biles pulled a twisting somersault and backflip in front of the mound before grabbing a ball and firing it to home plate.
veryGood! (65697)
Related
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Families say faulty vehicle caused cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefighters
- Lucinda Williams talks about writing and performing rock ‘n’ roll after her stroke
- Check Out the Most Surprising Celeb Transformations of the Week
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Narges Mohammadi, women's rights activist jailed in Iran
- Travis Kelce's hometown roots for Taylor Swift, but is more impressed by his 'good heart'
- China’s flagging economy gets a temporary boost as holiday travel returns to pre-pandemic levels
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- Russia demands an apology after Cyprus arrests a Russian journalist reportedly for security reasons
Ranking
- Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
- Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Settle Divorce 6 Months After Breakup
- Why is the stock market open on Columbus Day? We have answers about the holiday
- An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- After shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police search for 2 suspects
- Simone Biles' husband, Packers' Jonathan Owens gushes over wife's 'greatness'
- It's Fat Bear Week - but our fascination with bears is timeless
Recommendation
This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
How I learned to stop worrying and love Edgar Allan Poe
Emma Chamberlain and Musician Role Model Break Up
Make Meal Prepping a Breeze With These 17 Amazon Must-Haves
Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
Maralee Nichols and Tristan Thompson's Son Theo Showcases His Athletic Skills
Family sentenced to federal prison for selling 'dangerous,' fake COVID-19 cure: DOJ
Tourism resuming in West Maui near Lahaina as hotels and timeshare properties welcome visitors