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  Nick Waggoner, ESPN staff writer May 19, 2023 7:04 am

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  • He covered the Rams for stlouisrams.com for nine years
  • He previously covered University of Missouri football
  • Member of Pro Football Writers of America

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – At the NFL league meetings in March, the San Francisco 49ers were confident they would bring the Super Bowl back to Levi’s Stadium.

Barring a sudden change in direction, that confidence will be rewarded at next week’s spring owners’ meetings in Minneapolis. There, the 49ers’ bid for Super Bowl 60 in 2026 is scheduled to be approved by the NFL, a league source said, confirming a report in the Sports Business Journal.

“If the Bay Area has the opportunity, we would be honored to host Super Bowl LX,” 49ers President Al Guido said in a statement.

If the Bay Area’s bid is accepted, the Super Bowl would be held at Levi’s Stadium for the first time since the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 and it would be the third Super Bowl to be hosted in the Bay Area . The Niners defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX, a game played at Stanford Stadium in 1985.

Niners executives have been confident of bringing the Super Bowl back to Levi’s for the past few months. At the March league meetings in Phoenix, the Niners requested a $120 million loan from the NFL’s stadium fund to make improvements to Levi’s Stadium.

This money will go toward premium seating and scoreboard improvements at Levi’s in anticipation of the 2026 World Cup and strengthening their position for future Super Bowls.

Jed York, CEO of the Niners, was excited about the chances of another successful Super Bowl bid.

“My optimism is very high,” York said on March 28. “I’m very confident that we’ll be getting a Super Bowl in the near future. And it would be great to have Super Bowl 60 after we host Super Bowl 50.” … It would be amazing to be able to have that game, especially after the World Cup is brought to Levi’s Stadium and the Super Bowl followed that. These really are two of the biggest sporting events in the world, and doing them back-to-back would be awesome.

The Edmonton Oilers can count on their general manager Ken Holland for next season, who has agreed to stay in Alberta for at least a year.

The 67-year-old completed his fourth season in the role and star Connor McDavid’s team lost in the second round this year after reaching the 2002 Western Conference Finals. The veteran manager previously served as the Detroit Red Wings’ vice president of hockey operations from 1997 to 2019, winning three Stanley Cups in that seat. As Deputy GM, he contributed to another conquest.

To express his intentions, Holland introduced a tasty analogy.

“At this point in my life I’m not investing in green bananas because I don’t know if I’ll be around long enough to see them turn yellow,” he told Sportsnet. I still have a year left on my contract and I think there is still a lot to do. I intend to honor my agreement.”

Of course, the GM took the opportunity to express his dismay at the Oilers’ elimination to the Vegas Golden Knights.

“I’m very, very disappointed that we didn’t get through. However, we have respect for Vegas. You defeated us.

“I’ve been in the National Hockey League long enough. I know how hard it is to win. They did it and we didn’t. However, I know our potential and I think we have a pretty good line-up. Most of the players in this dressing room are at the peak of their careers so we’re not going to give up.”

Sporty crystal defeated Deportivo Binacional 1-0 in a match yet to come League 1 Betsson 2023. Thereafter, Joel Raffo He explained “football as a field” for the RPP program and spoke about the current situation of the light blue team. This was revealed by the chairman of the beer group Nilson Loyola j John Madrid They are currently being evaluated to determine if they will be considered for the final tournament.

“Like all the players in the squad, Loyola and Madrid have gone through an individual evaluation process. We will be strict on any action we can take in the transfer book,” he said.

Also, the leader confirmed that the Rimenses will have new “Jales” in the next tournament. “We will strengthen for the second half of the year and there will also be some departures. We’re looking for a left-back and also other offensive positions,” he said.

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Finally, he referred to the arbitration errors that had occurred in the last few days of the local championship and which had provided a topic for discussion. “We do not believe that it is right to hide behind an arbitration process or to use it as a pretext for the results. We asked Conar for explanations not only in our games but in general,” he said.

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Sporty crystal added 25 points and sits fifth in the inaugural tournament of the year League 1 Betsson 2023. The light blue field consists of 11 units from Alianza Lima, the leader of the local competition. Next up, the Rimenses will face Cusco FC at the Alberto Gallardo Stadium.

NEW YORK — The Mets want to see how strong Gary Sánchez’s bat remains.

The team have informed Sánchez that they intend to add him to their active roster in time for Friday’s series opener against the Guardians, a source told MLB.com. The team has yet to announce the move, but the eight-year veteran expects to split substitutions as a catcher with rookie Francisco Álvarez and as a designated hitter with a number of others.

For a team that has been struggling with their energy production over the past few weeks, it’s a low-risk, potentially high-reward gamble. When Sánchez became a free agent earlier this month, the Mets locked him up on a minor league deal on the condition that he could resign from his contract if the team didn’t add him to their roster by May 19. With that deadline approaching, the Mets decided to make the switch on Thursday.

In Sánchez, they’re bringing on a 30-year-old two-time All-Star who has struggled for the past three seasons with .195/.287/.394 slashes for the Yankees and Twins. Sánchez is four years away from his last All-Star season, in which he hit 34 homers with an .841 OPS for the Yankees.

Since joining Triple-A Syracuse, Sánchez has batted .318 in seven games with a 1.077 OPS, splitting time between catchers and DH.

The Mets now want to see if he can repeat that type of production at the highest level. In the short term, Sánchez should find a decent number of chances behind the team, with both Omar Narváez (pulled left calf) and Tomás Nido (dry eye syndrome) on the injury list. With Narváez and Nido returning in the next two to three weeks, the team should have a better handle on what Sánchez can do.

Sánchez is also likely to pull DH bats from Daniel Vogelbach, Tommy Pham, Mark Canha and Mark Vientos. As a right-hander, he’s been hitting reverse-platoon splits in his career.

Almost a year to the day since his release from the Vegas Golden Knights, Peter DeBoer will have his chance to exact revenge.

The 54-year-old was shown the way out by the “Golden Knights” on March 16, 2022 after spending three seasons behind the team’s bench. DeBoer became the head coach of the Dallas Stars a month after that firing.

The Texas club and the Nevada club now have a date in the Western Conference Finals.

“Of course, I’m not denying that this series has a special significance,” said DeBoer, whose comments were reported by the National League’s website.

“In this situation, it would be the same for everyone. That happens all the time in the world, doesn’t it? You quit a job and find a new position, only now you’re up against your old team in the federation finals.

“It’s important for me to focus on hockey and the players. It’s not about Pete DeBoer and his history with Vegas,” he added.

Respect

With the Golden Knights, DeBoer twice led his team to the Conference Finals (2020-2021 and 2021-2022). Many of the team’s current players have worked under him, including forward Chandler Stephenson.

“He’s so brilliant. He is a good coach and has presence, he said of his former driver. I would say he comes from the line of coaches who are close to their players, but he’s also demanding. He expects a lot from everyone, he understands his players and the different roles they play.

“I have a lot of respect for the players in this dressing room. “There are a few people that I’ve enjoyed coaching,” DeBoer said of the Golden Knights. It’s going to be a very good test for us, but I’m a member of the Dallas Stars now. I like our team and I think we’ll get better and better as the playoffs progress. It’s supposed to be a whole series.

– The first meeting between the Stars and the Golden Knights will take place this Friday at the T-Mobile Arena. The game will be broadcast on TVA Sports.

2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO

DAY 2 FINALS HEAT PAWS

It’s the first full finals night at the Mission Viejo stop of the Pro Swim Series 2023. This session will see the finals of the 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle.

Both the women’s and men’s 100 freestyle should be excellent races to start with. Five US Olympians will compete in the women’s race Abbey of Weitzeil She was the only woman to go under 54 seconds in the preliminary rounds. She is followed by ASU training partners Olivia Smoliga And Simone Manuel, who swam 54.90 and 54.91 this morning. Standing further back are Stanford teammates Claire Curzan And Torri Huskeopening both their endurance seasons and their Olympic redshirt years.

In the men, all eight “A” finalists are within half a second of each other. Ryan Held is the top qualifier with 49.31, but NCAA stars Youssef Ramadan, Jonny KulowAnd Jack Alexy Everyone also posted 49.3 this morning. Destin Lasco And Bjorn Seeliger also made it into the A-finals again, promising an exciting race where victory could come from anywhere.

In the men’s 50m backstroke, however, it will likely come down to two men: Hunter Armstrong And Justin Ress. Armstrong holds the world record in this event while Ress is the reigning world champion. This is definitely a preview of what’s to come at the US World Trials, but could also be a sneak peek at this summer’s Worlds.

After winning the 1500m freestyle on day one, Jillian Cox wants to win her second event of the meet, the 400 meter freestyle. She set the fastest time this morning but it will be another close race Kayla Hanas well as Bella Sims And Madi Mintenko.

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE FINALS

• World record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom (2017)
• American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel (2019)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 53.12 – Sarah Sjostrom (2016)
• US Open record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel (2018)

Top 8:

Abbey of Weitzeil took control of the women’s 100m freestyle from the start. She shot into the race with a time of 25.21 and extended her lead by around eight tenths Torri Huske, who finished second. Weitzeil extended her lead in the second 50 minutes and stopped the clock at 53.26.

It’s a new season best for Weitzeil, she cut the time she clocked by a tenth at the last Pro Series stop at Westmont. After the race, Weitzeil spoke about how pleased she was with the time and how her consistency during this part of the season made her excited for what’s in store for her this summer. With this time she is in the seventh fastest place in the world this season.

Huske finished just over a second behind Weitzeil with a time of 54.27. The runner-up shortened her time in the heat by 1.04 seconds. behind huske, Simone Manuel And Claire Curzan equal in third place. It’s Manuel’s fastest time of the season, beating the 54.55 she set at Ft. has swum. Lauderdale.

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• World record: 46.86 – David Popovici (2022)
• American Record: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel (2019)
• Record in Pro Swim Series: 48.00 – Nathan Adrian (2016)
• US Open Record: 47.39 – Caeleb Dressel/ Ryan Held

Top 8:

After being about half a second apart after the preliminary rounds, the eight “A” finalists were a little more spread out here in the final. Still, it was a close race: Bjorn Seeliger turned first in 22.95 minutes and was ahead on track, but Ryan Held used a powerful back half to defeat Seeliger at the Wall, passing him by six hundredths. Closed at 25.64 against Seeliger’s 25.85.

Their times, 48.74 and 48.80, were their best times of the season for both. For Held, this is the first time he has been under the age of 49 this season, which bodes well for him as we have about six weeks left of the US World Trials. Smoke outside Hunter Armstrong took third place with 49.13 and thus prevailed Jack Alexy by a hundredth.

100 WOMEN’S BREASTSWIMMING – FINALS

• World record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017)
• American Record: 1:04.13 – Lilly King (2017)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 1:05.32 – Lilly King (2021)
• US Open record: 1:04.45 – Jessica Hardy (2009)

Top 8:

Kaitlyn Dobler made things interesting in the middle of the second 50, though Lilly King won the 100m breaststroke. King clocked a time of 1:06.67, which is exactly the 1:06 seconds she clocked at the Pro Swim stops in Ft. Lauderdale and Westmont.

In her endurance debut of the season, Dobler finished in 1:07.63, just under a second behind King. Her best time is a 1:06.19 at the US World Trials in April 2022. King and Dobler had distanced themselves from the rest of the field and the 16-year-old Piper Enge finished third in 1:09.05, a tenth clear Isabelle Odgers.

100 MEN’S BREASTSWIMMING – FINALS

• World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty (2019)
• American Record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 58.58 – Adam Peaty (2017)
• US Open record: 58.14 – Michael Andrew (2021)

Top 8:

In his post-race interview Nick Fink said that one of the things he wanted to work on in this race was the back half. That’s exactly what he did, because after finishing third at half-time, the 29-year-old sprinted to the finish in 31.27 seconds to take the win with a 59.77. He won the race decisively – the only one in the field to break a minute.

It was Jake Foster who turned first at the 50 and finished the race in 28.35. After setting a new lifetime record in the preliminary rounds, Foster undercut that mark again in the finals. He finished second with a time of 1:00.81, breaking the 1:01 for the first time in his career. He shaved off his current best by more than a second; When he came to the competition, his personal best was 1:01.85 from 2019.

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSWIMMING – FINALS

• World Record: 26.98 – Xiang Liu (2018)
• American Record: 12/27 – Katharine Berkoff (2022)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 27.38 – Kylie Masse (2023)
• US Open record: 27.12 – Katharine Berkoff (2022)

Top 8:

“I’m just exploring the 50 a bit,” said the winner Isabelle Staden, the reigning US national champion in the 200-meter backstroke. Stadden hit the wall in a 27.88, just eight-hundredths below her lifetime best, which she swam at the Pro Series in Westmont.

Rhian White She finished second in 28:13, adding time from the preliminary rounds but just managing to hit the wall with her hand Claire Curzan. curzan, Olivia SmoligaAnd Torri Huske All competed in the 100 Freestyle A final at the start of the session. Smoliga, the 2019 World Champion, finished fourth while Huske finished seventh.

After setting a lifetime record in the preliminary rounds, that of New Zealand Olivia Peebles swam another personal best of 29.20.

MEN’S 50 BACKSWIMMING – FINALS

Top 8:

Justin Ress won the men’s 50m backstroke here in front of a home crowd. Both he and Hunter Armstrong (And Jack Dolan And Brett Pinfold) all ran the 100 m freestyle about half an hour ago. Ress and Armstrong battled each other in the Pro Series in this event, and this time Ress edged Armstrong by 0.12 seconds, 24.79 to 24.91.

Cal’s Hugo González finished third with 25.05 seconds, which is faster than all 50 backstrokes he’s swum at the 2022 World Championships. Lamar Taylor He finished fourth at 25.45, equaling his own Bahamian national record of 25.52, set at Westmont about a month ago.

WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• World record: 2:01.81 – Zige Liu (2009)
• American Record: 2:04.14 – Mary Descenza (2009)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 2:05.05 – Summer McIntosh (2023)
• US Open record: 2:05.05 – Summer McIntosh (2023)

Top 8:

The Texas duo of Kelly Pash And Dakota Luther separated from the field, but at the 100 meter mark Luther seemed to have the race under control; She clocked a time of 1:01.54, a second ahead of her teammate. Pash managed to overtake the second 100 seconds – by the last corner she had reduced the gap to 0.58 seconds. She made it on the 50th in 32:72 on Luther’s 33:35, giving her just enough room to hit the wall five hundredths ahead of Luther.

Pash clocked a time of 2:08.20, a new lifetime best for her and surpassing the 2:08.39 she swam at the US Nationals last summer. Luther clocked 2:08.25 while UVA committed Bailey Hartman completed the top three in 2:12.47, improving by more than two seconds on her previous round.

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINAL

• World record: 1:50.34 – Kristof Milak (2022)
• American Record: 1:51.51 – Michael Phelps (2009)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 1:53.84 – Luca Urlando (2019)
• US Open record: 1:52.20 – Michael Phelps (2008)

Top 8:

Trenton Julian In the 200-meter dash, he followed his usual tactics: finish the race quickly and try to keep going. He opened the race with a time of 25.50 and then finished the 100 in 54.28. In the final meters the field was beginning to catch up to him, but he had built up too much of a lead in the first three 50s for them could have equalized and Julian took the win in 1:56.51.

Jack Dahlgren took a huge lead in the final 50 minutes to finish second in 1:57.77. That’s a second shy of the lifetime record he swam at the US Nationals last summer. dare rose finished third in 1:58.37, three hundredths off his own lifetime best. Hector Ruvalcaba was the other swimmer in the field, finishing under 2:00 and finishing fourth in 1:58.95.

WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• World Record: 3:56.08 – Summer McIntosh (2023)
• American Record: 3:56.46 – Katie Ledecky (2016)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky (2018)
• US Open record: 3:57.94 – Katie Ledecky (2018)

Top 8:

This race was everything Bella Sims; 17-year-old Sandpiper blasted into the race at the start – she clocked 57.77 seconds in her first 100-meter dash – and never looked back. In the next three 100s, she was separated by 1:02.45, 1:03.52 and 1:02.67 and took the win with a new personal best of 4:06.41. That’s two-tenths less than her personal best, which she swam at the US World Trials last April.

Sims had secured the win early on, but there was a close battle for second place between yesterday’s 1500 Free Champion Jillian Cox and the runner-up Kayla Han. Cox edged Han by about three tenths, 4:10.22 to 4:10.56. John 4:10–56 is a new personal best for them.

Madi Mintenko Next he landed in 4:13.03, making the top four swimmers at the event all teenagers.

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• World record: 3:40.07 – Paul Biedermann (2009)
• American Record: 3:42.78 – Larsen Jensen (2008)
• Pro Swim Series Record: 3:43.55 – Sun Yang (2016)
• US Open record: 3:43.53 – Larsen Jensen (2008)

Top 8:

Marwan Aly ElKamash earned his second win here in Mission Viejo by taking first place in the men’s 400m freestyle. El Kamash, yesterday’s 1500m recreational champion, hit the touchdown in 3:49.65, about two seconds slower than Ft. However, Lauderdale still pulled away from the rest of the field by more than a second.

Texas showed its middle-distance depth, finishing second through fourth. Coby Carrozza led the Longhorns and swam a season best of 3:50.90. Representing the Tsunami Swim Team, Alec Enyeart passed his Longhorn teammate David Johnston by five hundredths from 3:51.86 to 3:51.91. Of the two, Enyeart was closer to his lifetime best (3:50.18).

Overall, the field had to accept significant declines compared to the preliminary round times. ElKamash cut his lead mark by 6.62 seconds. Yigit Aslan improved by 5.26 seconds, and both Enyeart and Johnston improved by over four seconds.

Julien Gauthier doesn’t hide it that he wants to return to the Ottawa Senators next season.

This is what the man, who is currently looking for a new contract, said in an interview with Jean-Charles Lajoie on Wednesday.

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“I’ve enjoyed my experience with the Senators and would love to sign a new contract with them. I had a lot of fun and the guys were really warm and nice. It’s a good team and I think it’s the right place for me. At the moment I am preparing for next season and negotiations will start soon.

However, the Quebecer has learned over time not to set too high expectations. However, he has certainly proven that he has his place as a regular in the Bettman Circuit.

“I had a good season last year. I think it was my best career season. I played well and had a good time. I think I did well enough to get a contract somewhere. Right now I just want to have fun and enjoy life. I don’t think about that too much. I watch hockey and have fun.”

Gauthier also reflected on his former team’s short playoff streak, the New York Rangers.

“They have chosen several big players. They were definitely a dominant team on paper, but the chemistry didn’t work as well as they would have liked. What is clear is that they are all disappointed with the result and that it is a year to forget. Ultimately, they wanted to win the Stanley Cup this year. They still have a good group of players. So it can still bring a lot in the next few years.”