As Women’s History Month gets underway, here’s a look at all of the women’s sports coverage on NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel, and Golf Channel this month: Monday, March 1: World Snowboarding Championships – Parallel Giant Slalom (LIVE: Olympic Channel 8am ET) Tuesday, March 2: World Cross-Country Skiing Championships – Women’s 10km (LIVE: Olympic Channel 7:15am ET, NBCSN 1pm ET) World Snowboarding Championships – Parallel Slalom (LIVE: Olympic Channel 8:45am ET) Wednesday, March 3: World Ski Jumping Championships – Women’s Individual Large Hill (Olympic Channel 8pm ET) Thursday, March 4: World Cross-Country Skiing Championships – Women’s Relay (LIVE: Olympic Channel 7:15am ET) LPGA – Drive On Championship at Golden Ocala – Round 1 (LIVE: Golf Channel 10am) TYR Pro Swim Series – San Antonio – Day 1 (LIVE: Olympic Channel 7pm ET, NBCSN 12am) Friday, March 5: LPGA – Drive On Championship at Golden Ocala – Round 2 (LIVE: Golf … [Read more...] about Women’s Sports on NBC in March 2021
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Three things to know: It’s been a year and Leon Rose has Knicks thriving
The NBA season is in full swing, and we will be here each weekday with the NBC Sports daily roundup Three Things to Know — everything you might have missed in the Association, every key moment from the night before in one place. 1) One one-year anniversary of taking over, Leon Rose has Knicks thriving If the playoffs started today, the four-seed New York Knicks would host a series at Madison Square Garden. If you had made that statement one year ago today — the day Leon Rose took over as Knicks president of basketball operations — you would have been quickly reminded that New York has not legalized that stuff yet. Maybe Rose would work out in a position where so many others had failed (or been cut off at the knees by James Dolan when they succeeded), but turning around this ship was expected to take several years. No, it didn’t. The Knicks are over .500 on March 1 for the first time since 2013 (the last time they made the playoffs). The Knicks just finished a 9-5 February … [Read more...] about Three things to know: It’s been a year and Leon Rose has Knicks thriving
The beach volleyball player who turned down Kerri Walsh Jennings
VIENNA — A fan holding a large beer gestured to Sara Hughes with his free hand as he watched the world beach volleyball championships. “That’s her,” the fan was overheard saying. “She’s the one who turned down Kerri Walsh Jennings .” Word has gotten out that Hughes had the opportunity to partner with Walsh Jennings, a three-time Olympic champion, but instead chose to continue with collegiate partner Kelly Claes . Claes and Hughes met as teenagers at a beach volleyball camp. Hughes, who had played since age 8, approached Claes, who was new to the sand, about a partnership. “The chemistry was there just like that,” Claes said, snapping her fingers. When it came time to pick a college, Claes initially committed to Long Beach State for indoor volleyball. But Hughes convinced her to instead play beach volleyball at USC. They won two national championships as a pair at USC, where Claes, a redhead, and Hughes, a blonde, were nicknamed “Cardinal and Gold” after the school’s … [Read more...] about The beach volleyball player who turned down Kerri Walsh Jennings
Playing for Knicks “means the world” to Joakim Noah, according to his father
For those that don’t know, Joakim Noah ‘s father was a tennis stud. Yannick Noah is a former No. 3 player in the world, he racked up 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles in his career, and he remains the last Frenchman to win the French Open. Not shockingly, he’s been hanging out in Queens the last week at the U.S. Open. That’s where George Willis of the New York Post caught up with Yannick to talk about his son, who grew up in New York and this season will play for the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. “It means the world to him,” the elder Noah said of Joakim joining the Knicks. “We used to go to the Garden when he was a kid, watching games, watching Patrick [Ewing] play. To know that he’s going to play in the Garden, we feel so blessed. He’s preparing hard. He has a lot of hope and he can’t wait. And I’ll be there.” Knicks fans will love him and treat him as one of their own. At least at first. If things go sideways in the Garden, all bets are off. Some guys can get … [Read more...] about Playing for Knicks “means the world” to Joakim Noah, according to his father