Chloe Kim falls short of gold
Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women’s halfpipe...
USA gold medalist gets new bling
Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t add to her Olympic medal haul during the women’s super-G on Thursday. The American star left Tofane with something precious anyw...
Ukrainian athlete disqualified for tribute helmet
Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back. That c...
NHL has more Olympic content access in Milan
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Not getting to show iconic moments such as Sidney Crosby’s golden goal for Canada in Vancouver in 2010 or T.J. Oshie’s shootout heroics for the U.S. against Russia in Sochi in 2014 has be...
‘Headband guy’ gets nod from ‘Pommel Horse Guy’
Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Move over, “ Pommel Horse Guy.” The Americans just might have another bespectacled breakout star at the Olympics. Indeed, throw in his mop of dark hair and American cur...
After fall, Canada’s McMorris says he’s ready for slopestyle
Olympics, Sports
February 13, 2026
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris said he’s “coming around and starting to feel like myself again” after suffering a concussion and pelvic injuries during a nasty fall in traini...
U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz wins 1,000m
Olympics, Sports
February 12, 2026
It’s the first in his bid to win four gold medals at this year’s event. MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 and learning to skate on a frozen pond in h...
Vonn posts she had ‘successful’ third surgery on leg
Olympics, Sports
February 12, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn had a “successful” third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics, the American skier said Wednesday Vonn posted an upda...
Tkachuks and Hughes brothers make USA a family affair
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 12, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Charlie McAvoy doesn’t have any brothers. In his family, there were only sisters, so he can’t truly understand what it would be like to play on a global stage with a brother as a teammate...
Ukrainian skeleton athlete trains in banned helmet
Olympics, Sports
February 12, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained again in his banned helmet Wednesday, one day before the start of his race at the Milan Cortina Games and with ...
Gold-medal favorite U.S. dominates Canada
Olympics, Sports
February 11, 2026
MILAN (AP) — The U.S. women’s hockey team so thoroughly overwhelmed rival Canada that coach John Wroblewski issued a reminder that the 5-0 victory still left the Americans a long way from Olympic gold...
Olympics, Sports
February 11, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new tea...
Olympics are here for many NHL stars left waiting
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 11, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon knew he wouldn’t make Canada’s 2014 Olympic team as an 18-year-old NHL rookie, while Germany’s Leon Draisaitl and Czechia’s David Pastrnak were still a year away from bei...
Inside the secret text group of U.S. figure skating
Olympics, Sports
February 11, 2026
MILAN (AP) — The text message that popped up on Nathan Chen’s phone underscored the enormity of the moment, its arrival shortly after the American figure skater had won his long-awaited gold medal wit...
Sullivan tight-lipped about Team USA’s plans
NHL, Olympics, Sports
February 10, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Mike Sullivan wanted his players to get their blood moving, break out a sweat and adjust to a new time zone with most of them fresh off flying across the Atlantic Ocean. He did not want a...
Malinin made history, but does glory go to Black skater?
Olympics, Sports
February 10, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it ...
Lindsey Vonn’s fall explained: An unfortunate bump
Olympics, Sports
February 10, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone. She’s won a record 12 World Cup races on the Olympia delle Tofane track — split evenly between six do...
Vonn’s legend was built on pushing the limits
Olympics, Sports
February 10, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn was over the limit. Beyond it, really. Because of course she was. There is only one speed for maybe the fiercest competitor to ever snap into a pair of ski...
Before Vonn’s crash, many hoped for a pin from the ski star
Olympics, Sports
February 9, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Before U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn’s devastating crash on Sunday while racing on a badly injured left knee, Iran’s Alpine women’s skiing coach shared words of admiration fo...
Olympics feature married couples competing in curling
Olympics, Sports
February 9, 2026
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — When Kristin Skaslien brushed off her husband’s playful prod, it was hardly grounds for a divorce. Yet it sure revealed some tension in Norway’s curling team at the Win...