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Jenna Fryer May 26, 2021 - 2:55 PM INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penske's open-wheel racing series. IndyCar's current deal with NBC Sports is in its final season and contract negotiations are unclear. There have been reports Penske will take a higher rights fee from a new partner and that NBC has fallen out of the running on a renewal. Sam Flood, executive producer and president of production of NBC Sports, said Wednesday the network wants to keep the ra...

05/26/2021 NBC announced a somewhat significant change to their Olympics broadcaster lineup. On Wednesday, the network announced that Leigh Diffey would take over as the play by play broadcaster for track and field events in Tokyo. Diffey replaces Tom Hammond, who called track events for NBC since the 1992 Olympics. The good news is that Diffey is no stranger to track, the Olympics, or NBC. He’s been with the network since 2013, and has called events at the Olympics in 2014, 2016, and 2018 (bobsled, skeleton, and luge in the Winter Games, rowing in the Summer). Additionally, Diffey is NBC�...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped as the speed guy at NBC Sports....

Man of Speed: Diffey to call Olympic track and field for NBC Poll Yes This photo provided by IndyCar shows Leigh Diffey at an IndyCar Series race in Monterey, Calif., in a Sept. 18, 2019, photo. Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped, if you will, as the speed guy at NBC Sports. He's the lead announcer for this weekend's Indianapolis 500 and most of his network involves sports that go fast. His next assignment has Diffey covering the fastest athletes in the world. The 50-year-old Australian has been named play-by-play announcer of NBC Olympics’ track & field coverage for the upcoming Tokyo ...

Jenna Fryer This photo provided by IndyCar shows Leigh Diffey at an IndyCar Series race in Monterey, Calif., in a Sept. 18, 2019, photo. Leigh Diffey has been stereotyped, if you will, as the speed guy at NBC Sports. He's the lead announcer for this weekend's Indianapolis 500 and most of his network involves sports that go fast. His next assignment has Diffey covering the fastest athletes in the world. The 50-year-old Australian has been named play-by-play announcer of NBC Olympics’ track & field coverage for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (Joe Skibinski/IndyCar via AP) ...