Sports Scene: May 10-16 (United States Olympic Committee)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
(Source. United States Olympic Committee). Print. By United States Olympic Committee . May 17, 2016, 11.45 a.m. (ET) Ben Kanute competes at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 14, 2016 in Yokohama, Japan ... athletes and teams from the previous week. Stay up-to-date with news from around the U.S ... Archery. ... The U.S ... Nathan Adrian, Elizabeth Beisel, Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel each won multiple races at the 2016 Atlanta Classic in Georgia....

Katie Ledecky Reaches For Remarkable Olympic Performance (United States Olympic Committee)

Edit Public Technologies 16 May 2016
(ET) Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 400-meter IM final at the Atlanta Classic Swim Meet at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center on May 13, 2016 in Atlanta. ATLANTA -- As three young girls and a boy crowded into a selfie with Katie Ledecky on the pool deck at the Atlanta Classic Swim Meet, the accommodating swimmer quickly sized up the situation ... Not that long ago, Ledecky, 19, was in their shoes ... But who's counting? Certainly not Ledecky....

Ledecky settles for 3rd in 100 free at Atlanta Classic

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 16 May 2016
Atlanta • After a pair of dominating wins, Katie Ledecky finally met her match at the Atlanta Classic. It wasn’t exactly a fair fight. Ledecky finished third in the 100-meter freestyle Sunday, failing to catch Simone Manuel or Lia Neal after a sluggish start ... The runner-up touched in 54.31, followed by Ledecky at 54.55. Ledecky was sixth at the turn and couldn’t make up the gap, even though she posted the second-fastest time (27.89... ....

Ledecky turns in another dominating performance in 400 free

Edit Atlanta Journal 15 May 2016
Basically swimming against herself, Katie Ledecky turned in another strong performance to win the 400-meter freestyle at the Atlanta Classic on Saturday night. Ledecky was out front as soon as she dove into the water, and she stretched the lead on every lap to finish in 4 minutes, 0.31 seconds — less than 2 seconds off her world record of 3.58.37....

Ledecky dominates to win 400 freestyle

Edit The Japan News 15 May 2016
The Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — Basically swimming against herself, Katie Ledecky turned in another strong performance to win the 400-meter freestyle at the Atlanta Classic on Saturday night....

Ledecky cruises to 200 free win in final tuneup for trials

Edit Atlanta Journal 14 May 2016
Olympic trials, Katie Ledecky cruised to victory Friday night in the 200-meter freestyle at the Atlanta Classic ... Ledecky is ... Katie Ledecky competes in the 200 meter freestyle finals at the Atlanta Classic Swim Meet at Georgia Tech Friday, May 13, 2016, in Atlanta....

GM Garth Snow focused on helping Islanders 'take next step'

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 12 May 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — General Manager Garth Snow said the New York Islanders "just weren't good enough" in their second-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and he is focused on helping the team improve in the offseason ... "For us it's not good enough," Snow said ... The change will start at the top when minority owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin take over the majority stake in the team on July 1 under a deal agreed to in 2014 ... ___....

Islanders head into offseason of uncertainty

Edit Detroit news 11 May 2016
The change will start at the top when minority owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin take over the majority stake in the team on July 1 under a deal agreed to in 2014 ... Whether or not Ledecky and Malkin decide to make changes in the front office with General Manager Garth Snow and behind the bench with coach Jack Capuano, they have decisions to make ......

Islanders head into summer with possible changes looming

Edit The Oklahoman 11 May 2016
The change will start at the top when minority owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin take over the majority stake in the team on July 1 under a deal agreed to in 2014 ... Whether or not Ledecky and Malkin decide to make changes in the front office with General Manager Garth Snow and behind the bench with coach Jack Capuano, they have decisions to make ......

One Slovakian town's new lessons in fighting age-old racism

Edit Topix 09 May 2016
A "neo-Nazi" party leader calls Slovakia's Roma minority "gypsy parasites," and the tough talk resonates. The party, promising to solve the Roma "problem," makes it into the national parliament for the first time in March general elections. But Mayor Vladimir Ledecky, in this tiny town at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, offers a different solution ... ....

This Isles era is over, and no one knows what’s next

Edit New York Post 09 May 2016
TAMPA, Fla ... And the critical point to remember is that no one has any idea what’s coming next, when the ownership group of Jonathan Ledecky and Scott Malkin takes charge in July — a transfer of power that apparently will allow the current administration to run the entry draft and oversee the opening of the free-agent market ... Will Garth Snow remain in place as general manager? Will Jack Capuano and his staff return behind the bench? ... ....

Fabbri's playoff beard; Pavelski the 'nail eater' (Puck Headlines)

Edit Yahoo Daily News 09 May 2016
• St ... [St ... • St ... • This era of the New York Islanders is over and “no one has any idea what’s coming next, when the ownership group of Jonathan Ledecky and Scott Malkin takes charge in July — a transfer of power that apparently will allow the current administration to run the entry draft and oversee the opening of the free-agent market.” Will the Islanders become a cap team or will they continue to be a budget group? [New York Post]....

NHL Playoffs Takeaways: Lightning bounce Isles, get back to Eastern final

Edit CBS Sports 09 May 2016
For the second straight season and third time in six years, the Tampa Bay Lightning have advanced to the Eastern Conference Final in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Lightning earned a 4-0 victory over the New York Islanders in Game 5 on home ice Sunday afternoon to become the first team through to the conference finals in 2016 ... For good measure ... Scary ... Boyle ... Charles Wang is set to give up majority control to Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin ... ....
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