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NBC Sports
3 hours ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE, NOAH LYLES, AND SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON HEADLINE NBC SPORTS' LIVE COVERAGE OF TOYOTA USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEK ACROSS NBC AND PEACOCK
Live Coverage from University of Oregon's Hayward Field Begins This Saturday, Aug. 2 at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock This Weekend's Event Determines Which Athletes Will Represent Team USA at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from Sept. 13-21 Olympic Medalists Gabby Thomas, Cole Hocker, Kenny Bednarek, Grant Fisher, and Rai Benjamin Expected to Compete STAMFORD, Conn. – July 30, 2025 – Two-time reigning Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and reigning 100m world champions Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson headline NBC Sports' live coverage of the 2025 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships beginning this Saturday, Aug. 2, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock from Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. Team USA dominated the 2024 Paris Olympics with 34 medals (14 of them gold), the most of any country. This event serves as the primary selection process to determine who will represent Team USA at this summer's 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from Sept. 13-21. The defending world champions from 2023 in each event have earned a bye to this year's World Championships. NBC Sports will provide extensive coverage of the 2025 World Championships across NBCUniversal platforms, with programming details to be announced at a later date. McLaughlin-Levrone, coming off a Paris Olympic campaign that saw her win her second consecutive 400m hurdles gold medal and re-set her own world record in the event, will solely contest the 400m this weekend. Her personal best of 48.74, the second-fastest time in U.S. history, was set in Eugene in 2023. McLaughlin-Levrone trails only NBC Sports track & field analyst Sanya Richards-Ross' national record of 48.70, which was set in 2006. Paris Olympic 100m gold medalist Noah Lyles looks to defend his 100m and 200m national titles this weekend; at the 2023 World Championships, he became the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay at a single world championship meet. Lyles recently won the 200m at the Monaco Diamond League meet, taking down reigning Olympic 200m gold medalist Letsile Tebogo. Richardson, the Paris Olympic 100m silver medalist, aims to defend her 100m and 4x100m national title. Other notable athletes expected to compete this weekend include five-time Olympic medalist Gabby Thomas, Paris Olympic 1500m gold medalist Cole Hocker, two-time reigning Olympic discus gold medalist Valarie Allman, Paris Olympic long jump gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall, Paris Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist Rai Benjamin, three-time Olympic shot put silver medalist Joe Kovacs, two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek, Paris Olympic 5000m/10,000m bronze medalist Grant Fisher, and Tokyo Olympic 800m gold medalist Athing Mu-Nikolayev. NBC Sports' Paul Swangard will call the event alongside four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, two-time Olympian Kara Goucher, 2012 London Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee, and seven-time Paralympic medalist Amanda McGrory. Lewis Johnson will serve as reporter. How To Watch – Saturday, Aug. 2-Sunday, Aug. 3 (all times ET) TV – NBC Streaming – Peacock, NBC Sports app --NBC SPORTS--
CBC
5 hours ago
- Business
- CBC
Winnipeg Jets, defenceman Dylan Samberg reach deal on 3-year extension
Dylan Samberg scored a pay boost with a new three-year deal with the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, avoiding arbitration at the 11th hour. The two sides were set to head to an arbitration hearing on Wednesday but settled that with a handshake and an agreement that carries an average annual value of $5.75 million US. The Jets announced the new contract on Wednesday morning. Samberg, 26, has played all 216 games of his NHL career with the Jets, who drafted him 43rd overall in the 2017 NHL draft. He set new single-season career highs for goals (six) and points (20) last season, despite being limited to just 60 games. Samberg added three assists in 13 playoff games before the Jets fell to Dallas in Game 6 of the second round of the Western Conference post-season matchup. The Minnesota native led the Jets — and tied for sixth in the NHL — in plus/minus with a +34 rating. He's a +63 over his Jets career. Internationally, he has represented the United States several times, including at the 2023 World Championships, when he recorded four points (one goal, three assists) and four penalty minutes in 10 games. He also played in a pair of World Junior Championships, winning bronze in 2018 and silver in 2019 with Team USA.
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
World Aquatics Championships 2025: Luca Urlando wins gold in butterfly, Jack Alexy sets American record
The 200m butterfly has proved an elusive event for Team USA on the men's side following Michael Phelps' retirement. No American man had medaled in the event since 2011, Phelps' last time winning the 200m butterfly at the World Championships. But that changed Wednesday, as Luca Urlando came away with the gold. Urlando posted a 1:51:87 time, beating out Poland's Krzysztof Chmielewski and Australia's Harrison Turner for the top spot. Chmielewski finished second with a time of 1:52:64. Turner came in third, posting a 1:54:17 time. The win is a long time coming for Urlando, who was on the rise before a shoulder injury derailed him in 2022. With the win, Urlando becomes the first American man to pick up a gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. The team struggled early at the event due to an illness that caused a number of swimming to pull out of events or post slower times than usual. The team has recovered since then, with the women leading the way. Gretchen Walsh and Katie Ledecky are among the Team USA women to pick up gold medals at the World Championships so far. Jack Alexy sets new American record in 100m freestyle American Jack Alexy looked strong during 100m freestyle prelims Wednesday. Alexy turned in an incredible time of 46.81, setting a new American record. Alexy's time narrowly beat Caeleb Dressel's 46.96 from the 2019 World Championships. It was an impressive performance by Alexy, but it didn't result in a medal ... yet. Alexy still needs to compete in the final. If he can recapture his semifinal performance, Alexy could walk away from the 100m freestyle with a medal. His job did get somewhat easier Wednesday after 100m freestyle favorite Pan Zhanle was surprisingly eliminated after a poor performance in the semis.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadiens: LJ Mooney Is Living The Dream
Games got underway on Sunday at the Summer Showcase, and Montreal Canadiens prospect LJ Mooney turned heads in Team USA's game against Sweden. The Habs prospect got a goal and an assist in USA Blue's 5-2 loss against Sweden.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadiens: LJ Mooney Is Living The Dream
Games got underway on Sunday at the Summer Showcase, and Montreal Canadiens prospect LJ Mooney turned heads in Team USA's game against Sweden. The Habs prospect got a goal and an assist in USA Blue's 5-2 loss against Sweden.
