DENVER – Zeev Buium is aiming for another medal with the United States.
 
The former University of Denver hockey defenseman was named on Monday to Team USA’s roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark.
 
This is Buium’s first time representing the country at the senior level, but he is no stranger to wearing the red, white and blue. A former member of the U.S. National Team Development Program (2021-2023), Buium won gold medals with Team USA at the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship, 2022 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament in Michigan and the 2021 Under-17 Four Nations Tournament in Finland. He helped the United States to a pair of silver medals at the 2021 Four Nations Tournament in Slovakia and 2023 Four Nations Tournament in Finland.
 
Most recently, Buium was a member of USA’s National Junior Team each of the previously two years that won gold medals at the 2024 and 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship on a squad that was led by Denver Richard and Kitzia Goodman Hockey Head Coach David Carle. Those marked the sixth and seventh under-20 championships by USA Hockey—all within the last 21 years—and was the first time the Americans had won back-to-back gold medals.
 
The San Diego, California, native was an alternate captain on the U.S. squad this past December and January and totaled six points on two goals and four assists in seven games, and he contributed assists on the game-tying and overtime-winning tallies in the Gold Medal Game against Finland on Jan. 5. He averaged 25:13 of ice time, the second-most among all players at the tournament.
 
This past season, Buium was named the NCHC Player of the Year, selected as a Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick finalist and was named the USCHO.com Player of the Year by tying for first among all NCAA defensemen with 48 points. His 13 goals were a career high and his 35 assists were second-highest for all skaters behind only teammate Jack Devine (44).
 
He signed a three-year, entry-level contract on April 13 with the Minnesota Wild, the team that selected him No. 12 overall in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft. Buium became the first Wild player to make his NHL debut in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when he suited up in Game 1 against Vegas on April 20. He appeared in four postseason contests for Minnesota, totaling one assist, four penalty minutes and averaging 13:36 of ice time per game.
 
He finished his collegiate career ranked 10th in scoring among Denver defensemen with 98 career points (24g/74a), the most by a Pioneer defender in their first two years with the program since Greg Woods had a pair of 52-point performances in 1975-76 as a freshman and 1976-77 as a sophomore.
 
The United States is in Group B at the World Championship with Czechia, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Kazakhstan and Hungary and will play their preliminary round games at Jyske Bank Bozen in Herning, Denmark. The event begins on May 9 and runs through May 25, with the semifinals and medal contests being held at Avicii Arena in Stockholm. All USA games will be televised on NHL Network.
 
Team USA has won 20 medals in its history at the World Championship, with two golds, nine silvers and nine bronzes. The Americans’ last medal was a bronze in 2021. Their two golds came in 1933 and 1960, with the latter being held in conjunction with that year’s Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The team’s last silver was in 1956, also during the Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
 
 
United States 2025 World Championship Schedule
May 9 vs. Denmark, 12:20 p.m. MT
May 11 vs. Hungary, 4:20 a.m. MT
May 12 vs. Switzerland, 8:20 a.m. MT
May 14 vs. Norway, 8:20 a.m. MT
May 17 vs. Germany, 4:20 a.m. MT
May 18 vs. Kazakhstan, 8:20 a.m. MT
May 20 vs. Czechia, 8:20 a.m. MT
May 22 Quarterfinals, Time TBD
May 24 Semifinals (Stockholm), 6:20 a.m. or 10:20 a.m. MT

May 25 Gold & Bronze Medal Games, 7:20 a.m. or 12:20 p.m. MT

 

 

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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Liberty League released its yearly awards for the women’s lacrosse season on May 6 and five members from Ithaca College for a spot on one of the three teams.

Ithaca, which is now 13-6 on the season and fresh off its second straight Liberty League title, will continue its season this weekend in the NCAA Division III Championship as the Bombers take on Oswego Saturday in Middlebury, Vt.

First Team

Lily Cody earns her second career postseason honor as she was a second team performer last year. Cody leads Ithaca in goals (52), points (73), free position goals (16) and draw controls (98). She is also third in assists (21), fifth in caused turnovers (16) and sixth in ground balls (26). Within the Liberty League, Cody was third in points, fourth in draws and fifth in goals.

Elizabeth Green secured her first career postseason award from the Liberty League after a breakout senior campaign. Heading into this season, Green had 38 goals and 32 ground balls to her credit. Just this season long, Green totaled 46 goals and eight assists for 54 points with 40 ground balls, 24 draws and 16 caused turnovers.

Kaitlyn Russell picked up her third All-Liberty League selection as she was second team in 2023 and honorable mention in 2024. An anchor on the defensive unit, Russell has tallied 35 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers.

Second Team

In her second season with the program, Kelly Augeri has solidified herself as one of the top scorers in the Liberty League. Augeri is second on IC’s squad with 51, to go along with 16 assists for 67 points. She also has scooped up 26 ground balls. Augeri was also just named the Liberty League Championship Most Outstanding Performer as she scored 13 goals over three games.

Third Team

Maggie Mandel wraps up her five years on South Hill with her second career postseason selection by the Liberty League, as she was a second team honoree in 2024. Another defensive menace on the backline for the Bombers, Mandel has notched 28 ground balls with 12 caused turnovers. She has played in 85 games during her career with 79 consecutive starts.

 

All-time great gymnast Simone Biles and Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens are one of the sports world’s most-prominent power couples.

On Wednesday — just one day after the couple took the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala — Biles and Owens celebrated their second wedding anniversary.

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Biles and Owens began dating in March 2020 and got married at a Houston courthouse in April 2023. They celebrated their marriage with a bigger wedding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico a few weeks later.

Biles took to social media to announce this milestone with a special post.

“2 year anniversary. ilysfm,” Biles wrote as the caption to a pre-Met Gala photo with Owens.

Biles described Tuesday night’s Met Gala as a pre-anniversary “date night” for her and Owens.

“Oh my gosh, I am really excited,” Biles said in a recent interview. “Obviously no training goes into the Met, so I’m happy about that.

“It’s really just getting in fitting, seeing what you’re going to wear, and then going from there. … It will be tailored, it will be a custom dress, I’m going back and forth between two right now. Both custom looks for me, so I’m excited.”

“It is date night it’ll be the day before our wedding, second wedding anniversary as well,” Biles continued. “So it’ll be really exciting to celebrate at the Met with him.”

Owens is heading into his second season with the Bears after appearing in 17 games and making five starts for the team in 2024. Biles was frequently in attendance for her husband’s games last year, and that trend is expected to continue in 2025.

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Biles added to her all-time great Olympic resume this past summer, notching four new Olympic medals. The 28-year-old gymnast won gold in the all-around, vault and team events, and silver in the floor exercise.

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This past weekend gymnasts from Eagle Gymnastics traveled to Springfield, Mass. for the 2025 Region 6 Championships.

The gymnasts qualified for the Regional Championships (best gymnasts in seven northeast states) in the NY State Championships back in March.

The Level 6 NY State Team won the Team competition and Canandaigua’s Kyah Williamson was a member. Williamson went on to be crowned the regional champion in the floor routine during the individual competition.

Here are the results:

Level 6 Senior age group (NY State Team)

Kyah Williamson, Canandaigua — 1st place (Regional Champion) in Floor (9.85), 3rd place in Beam (9.25) and 3rd place All around (37.575). Williamson also took first place as a member of the NY State Team.

Level 8 Junior A age group

Emily Snieszko, Farmington — 1st place (Regional Champion) in Beam (9.475), 3rd place All Around (37.575), 3rd place in Floor (9.525), 4th place in Bars (9.35).

Senior C age group

Isabella Seeley, Bloomfield — 5th place in Beam (9.025).