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Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Miami Dolphins (past and present) we'd love to see in Summer Olympics flag football
NFL owners are about to huddle to make an important decision: whether to allow active players to participate in flag football in the 2028 Summer Olympics. We know flag football is becoming an Olympic sport. We know the NFL is solidly behind the drive, thinking it will do nothing but expand interest in football globally, across a wider variety of demographics. Advertisement We also know some players — including the very vocal Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill — say they'd love to participate. All that's left to sort out is whether owners are willing to risk players getting injured in the process. It's not so much a contact risk as it is a risk in changing direction or suffering soft-tissue ailments. Owners will hold their spring meeting in Minneapolis on May 20-21 to vote on whether to allow no more than one player from each team to participate on a particular national team, in addition to each team's designated international player. The 2028 Games will run July 14-30, so the overlap with training camp would be minimal. Advertisement The resolution before owners: "The membership believes that participation by NFL players in flag football during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California will support such growth and advance several league interests, including increasing fan and public interest in flag football, expanding the global reach of the NFL.' Did somebody say this could lead to even more revenue for the NFL? Is that supposed to motivate owners to vote yes (wink, wink)? With all this in mind, let's take a look at some Dolphins, past and present, we'd like to see in flag football. See if it matches your wish list: Tyreek Hill thought Indianapolis Colts' NFL schedule video poking fun at him was funny Active Miami Dolphins we'd like to see in flag football at the Summer Olympics WR Tyreek Hill Maybe after he races Noah Lyles, he can set his sights set on the Olympics. He'd be a natural. Advertisement RB De'Von Achane Another obvious pick. Combination of quickness and agility. Flip it to him and watch him go. CB Ethan Bonner There's some thought he might actually be the fastest guy on the team. Let's see it. OT Patrick Paul He's listed at 6-feet-7, 332, but if you stand next to him you'd swear he's bigger than that. What does that have to do with flag football? Picture him barreling toward guys half his size, and whether they'd really care to take a swipe at his flags. RB Jaylen Wright We only got a taste of his shiftiness in his rookie year of 2024. This might be the perfect setting for him. WR Anthony Schwartz Practice squad receiver also has a claim to being fastest at the facility. Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert (31) spikes the ball after scoring a touchdown past New York Jets safety Tony Adams (22) during the first half of an NFL game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Dec. 17, 2023. Former Miami Dolphins who likely would have been ringers WR Wes Welker We all know how good he was at getting open in tight spaces. Advertisement RB Mercury Morris Images of him running around end still warm hearts of longtime Dolphins fans. RB Reggie Bush One of the best at running, catching. Definitely worth a look. WR Mark Duper Well, duh. RB Raheem Mostert See Duper. (Career rushing average: 5.0.) WR Jakeem Grant Just ask him. QB David Woodley They say QBs who can escape pressure are at a premium in this sport. That was Woodley's game. Miami Dolphins' 2025 schedule revolves around November games vs. Ravens, Bills, Commanders NFL targeted Chiefs-Jaguars to showcase Travis Hunter Jr. in prime time Zach Thomas narrates dramatic 2025 Miami Dolphins NFL schedule release video This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Suit up these Miami Dolphins for Olympic flag football, win gold medal
NBC Sports
24-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Boldon previews 2025 track and field season
Ato Boldon talks storylines ahead of the World Athletics Championships, where all eyes will be on Noah Lyles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Masai Russell, and a swan song for Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Olympic champion Noah Lyles to race 100m at London Diamond League
Olympic champion Noah Lyles will race the 100m at the London Diamond League in July. Lyles has not raced over that distance since the Olympic final last August, a title he won by one five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson. It was the closest men's 100m Olympic final ever and Lyles' 9.78sec winning time was the fastest since Usain Bolt's Olympic record (9.63) in London in 2012. It made him the first US man to win 100m Olympic gold for 20 years, since Justin Gatlin in 2004. Advertisement 'My road to defending my world titles in Tokyo in September goes through London,' Lyles said. 'Ive had great experiences there the last two years, running some of my fastest times, and I look forward to another in July.' Last summer he won the 100m in London in what was his only appearance at a Diamond League meeting all year — it is the biggest of the meets on the circuit — and final race before the Paris Olympics. Lyles' 9.81 was not only a PB but meant his winning margin was five-tenths of a second too, clear daylight by sprinting standards. In 2023, he beat Botswana's Letsile Tebogo in London to win the 200m in a then world-leading time of 19.47. It extended his run of consecutive 200m wins to 17 (he jokingly calls this distance his 'wife' and the 100m his 'mistress') and he won his third 200m world title that September (19.52) by over two-tenths from American youngster Erriyon Knighton. In fact, Lyles' 200m streak ended up lasting 26 races across three years between the delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Games — he took bronze in the final in both. It has been a quiet start to the year for Lyles on the circuit, with him one of the big-hitters missing from Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track League. He competed at only two indoor meets, both times only running the 60m. The 27-year-old did not go to the US indoor Championships to defend his 60m title, nor the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, having won 60m silver in Glasgow the year prior. Instead, Lyles opted to race longer, and in April ran his first 400m as a professional athlete. A 'tight ankle' forced him to withdraw from the Atlanta City Games last week, with Lyles content to 'play it safe' because he has wildcards (automatic entries) into the 100m and 200m at the Tokyo World Championships in September after winning both titles in Budapest, Hungary, two summers ago. He is trying to become the first man since Usain Bolt in 2013 and 2015 to win the 100/200 double at consecutive World Championships — Gatlin in 2005 and Tyson Gay in 2007 were the last Americans to manage that. ()
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Adidas Atlanta City Games 2025: How to watch, schedule, preview
Olympic 100m gold medalist Noah Lyles headlines the Adidas Atlanta City Games, live on NBC and Peacock this Saturday from 3-4 p.m. ET. The meet at Piedmont Park features Lyles running the 150m against a field that is expected to include 100m standout Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya and 200m standout Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic. Advertisement Since the Paris Games, Lyles returned to competition running the 60m in the winter indoor season, then opened his outdoor campaign in April with a personal-best 45.87 seconds in the 400m, an event he doesn't race at major championships. Others expected to compete in Atlanta include Erriyon Knighton (fourth at the last two Olympics in the 200m) in the 100m and Rio Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa in the 200m. The women's 100m hurdles features the last two world record holders: Tobi Amusan of Nigeria and American Keni Harrison. Full fields, subject to change, are here. World Athletics Relays 2025: Five different nations win titles across 4x100m, 4x400m The 2025 World Athletics Relays featured the debut of the mixed-gender 4x100m.
NBC Sports
14-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Adidas Atlanta City Games 2025: How to watch, schedule, preview
Olympic 100m gold medalist Noah Lyles headlines the Adidas Atlanta City Games, live on NBC and Peacock this Saturday from 3-4 p.m. ET. The meet at Piedmont Park features Lyles running the 150m against a field that is expected to include 100m standout Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya and 200m standout Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic. Since the Paris Games, Lyles returned to competition running the 60m in the winter indoor season, then opened his outdoor campaign in April with a personal-best 45.87 seconds in the 400m, an event he doesn't race at major championships. Others expected to compete in Atlanta include Erriyon Knighton (fourth at the last two Olympics in the 200m) in the 100m and Rio Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa in the 200m. The women's 100m hurdles features the last two world record holders: Tobi Amusan of Nigeria and American Keni Harrison. Full fields, subject to change, are here. Nick Zaccardi,
