Red, White & Trending: Feb. 26-March 3

What are Team USA athletes — Olympians, Paralympians, hopefuls and more — up to when they're not competing? They're training. They're practicing. They're traveling to competitions and meets and games and tournaments. They're relaxing. They're getting engaged and married. They're taking hard-earned vacations. They're coping with the raw emotions that come from losing and winning. And they're sharing. Through the reach of social media, we're able to follow along on their often extraordinary journeys. We'll catch you up each week on what's "Red, White & Trending."

Cross-Training

To kick off the month of March, multi-medal gymnastics favorite Simone Biles worked out on a new apparatus. And it was impressive.

Get Well Soon

Just how tough is Lindsey Vonn? Incredibly. If you follow her on social media, you've seen the severe bruising of her injured ankle, which didn't keep her from working out with a boot 27 weeks ago, or the stitches in her thumb 16 weeks ago along with the grueling workout shots, of course. This past week, she added a new feat of strength.

While she had her knee drained (and posted a video not for the squeamish of the process) after a crash left her with a fracture in her knee, she raced. The next day.

Unfortunately, the MRI showed more damage than had been discovered with X-rays, and the skiing legend made the difficult decision to end her season, an announcement she made via social media.

Runners World

So many of Team USA's athletes aim to harness the power of their fame for good, and Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy has helped Beau with a priceless gift. Purdy first introduced us to Beau this past summer, and passed along an updated to show off the new blades this past fall. In turn, Beau, in a video Purdy posted this past week, gives us the priceless gift of his joy at a dream come true.

Swift And Fast

Team USA bobsled athlete Sam Michener is a man of range. He dropped out of medical school to chase an Olympic dream to PyeongChang in the often tough-guy sport of bobsled, and the 5-foot-9, 205-pounder occasionally, as we learn thanks to two-time Olympic bobsledder Nick Cunningham, channels Taylor Swift to get himself fired up.

Ready For Rio?

You know who really has an appreciation for the best in the world? The best in the world. There's no way of knowing what might happen with the men's basketball competition in Rio, but, should it come down to long-range shooting, Team USA will likely have someone who has put himself in the conversation as one of the best distance shooters in basketball history: Stephen Curry. Curry was at it again this past weekend, on a balky left ankle, no less, draining an overtime game-winner from an absurd 38 or so feet away. It looked and sounded like this for the defending NBA MVP, who would be appearing on his first Olympic team if he makes it to Rio:

The above video, which also captures Curry's setting of the NBA record for most 3-pointers in a season, earned more than 190,000 likes, and drove a number of Team USA athletes to their timelines in immediate appreciation. To wit, a sampling of posts within two minutes of the above game-winner.

Olympic medalist and Chicago Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler:

Olympic gold medalist basketball player Rebecca Lobo:

Pan American Games gold medalist swimmer Giles Smith:

Olympic medalist fencer Tim Morehouse:

Olympic water polo gold medalist Maggie Steffens:

Olympic short track speedskating medalist Travis Jayner:

Broken Record

Evelyn Stevens did it. Later calling it a "ton of suffering," the Olympic road cyclist set out to set the "Hour Record," and she wound up traveling on a velodrome in Colorado Springs 47.980 kilometers in 60 minutes. And if you don't know Stevens' backstory, it's as interesting as this little-known record. Still only 32, Stevens is a California-born, Massachusetts-raised, Dartmouth-educated sister to four siblings who was once working on the analyst floor at a New York investment firm. A bike clinic at Central Park in 2008 turned her career away from New York banking and toward cycling … and the record books.

So, what does one do after putting herself through an hour of physically draining exercise? Why, dance, of course.

For maximum cuteness, there was also this outstanding interview with her coach's 9-year-old daughter.

#OneNationOneTeam

Kudos to U.S. Soccer for an epic unveiling of its new brand. Rave reviews followed, as did the payoff on a genius idea to let the country's greatest advocates in the sport — its famous players and fans — join in on the fun.

U.S. Soccer also debuted a video that tells the story of its new typeface that's worth watching for designers and the font geeks among us:

Speaking Of Soccer

The U.S. Women's National Team was back in action Thursday night, this time in Tampa, Florida, where Team USA topped England, 1-0, in front of more than 13,000 fans. For a glimpse into what sacrifices are made by the dedicated athletes who are almost travelers first and athletes second, have a look at star forward Alex Morgan squeezing out a few last-minute moments with her dog before heading to Florida.

Oscar Worthy

The 88th Academy Awards may not have done a blockbuster rating, but Team USA was watching, and at least two athletes deserved recognition.

For The Most Informed Team USA Academy Awards Broadcast Watcher, the Oscar goes to … Rio hopeful triathlete (and recent deja vu victim) Erin Jones …

For Achievement In Live Tweeting The Academy Awards, the Oscar goes to … Olympic bronze medalist figure skater Ashley Wagner, who managed to overcome technical difficulties in lobbing out more than 40 tweets over the course of the broadcast. There were funny tweets, there were poignant tweets, there were complimentary tweets, there were more funny tweets, and there was this pithy observation:

Family That Swims Together…

Last week, Olympic swimmer Allison Schmitt thanked longtime friend and Olympic legend Michael Phelps and his fiancee for letting her play the role of third wheel. This week the family of three — soon to be four — said hello from Arizona.

Artistic Expression

One of the very fastest men in the world, Justin Gatlin, recently sat down long enough to explain the meaning of his tattoos. So, when you see him blazing through 100-meter races, you'll know he wears some of what drives him in ink.