MILAN — Laila Edwards finally got out from under the spotlight and onto the ice for the U.S. women's hockey team Thursday. It was a simple act, but one that made history.

Yet for Edwards, it was just another day at the office.

"It didn't feel different at all," she said. "It's still hockey at the end of the day. Even though it's the highest ...Read more

An unlikely scandal is taking the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics by storm: “Penisgate.”

Allegations that ski jumpers injected their penises with hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive advantage are now on the radar of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which said it would look into the matter.

Such injections could increase the size ...Read more

MILAN — Amber Glenn achieved a lifelong goal, sealing her Olympic bid by winning her third consecutive U.S. championship last month. Her first celebration came with her opponents.

"We all deserve it," Glenn said with her arms wrapped around national silver medalist Alysa Liu and bronze medalist Isabeau Levito.

The spirit of collaboration has...Read more

NEW YORK — Former professional tennis player Mary Carillo will step in for Savannah Guthrie to co-host NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, amid the disappearance of Guthrie’s mother, Nancy.

Molly Solomon, the president of NBC Olympics Production, confirmed the news on Wednesday, saying Carillo will join Terry Gannon in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Casey Wasserman, the head of the LA28 Olympic committee, is facing growing calls to resign after the latest release of Jeffrey Epstein documents revealed racy emails between him and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Wasserman, in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics, has not responded to demands from several L.A. ...Read more

MILAN — Korey Dropkin started curling before he started school.

His parents, Keith and Shelley, were competitive international curlers and older brother Stephen competed in the world junior championship. As a child, Korey spent almost as much time at the Broomstones Curling Club in tiny Wayland, Mass., as he did at home.

But if his family ...Read more

MILAN — Many of the officials supporting the nearly 250 U.S. athletes competing in this month's Winter Olympics arrived in Italy last weekend to a greeting they may not have expected: Hundreds of demonstrators packed a square in central Milan to protest the reported plan to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during the ...Read more

MILAN — Days before the Milan-Cortina Olympics were set to open, a group of LA28 officials faced the International Olympic Committee to signal a new phase of their own Games process.

Two and a half years before the opening ceremony at the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, LA28 chief executive officer Reynold Hoover said LA28 is transitioning from "...Read more

This month, the world will tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy. We will see some 3,500 athletes represent 93 countries or territories — along with the Individual Neutral Athlete delegation made up of those with Belarusian or Russian passports — in favorites like alpine skiing, bobsledding, curling, figure skating, ...Read more

John Niyo of The Detroit News highlights five storylines to follow at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy:

Stars on ice

The rink may be smaller, but the spotlight is bigger and brighter, as the NHL will pause its season to participate in the Olympics for the first time since 2014. And while concerns over construction delays in Milan ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Pickwick is a comfortable, popular restaurant in Duluth that has been in operation since 1914. The Wright family has owned and run the place since 2010, and they are curling fans.

Gold medalist curler John Shuster, from nearby Chisholm, was a manager at the Pickwick from 2010 to ’13.

It was at this location where Korey ...Read more

MILAN — The United States will send its largest Winter Olympic delegation ever to the Milan Cortina Games, with 232 athletes traveling for the event. The total number of competitors could surpass the record of 228 set at Pyeongchang 2018.

With Olympic competition begins Wednesday ahead of the official start on Friday, here are 10 athletes to ...Read more

If Hilary Knight is the GOAT of women's ice hockey, then Caroline Harvey is the kid.

That isn't just a reference to her age, 23, which makes her the seventh-youngest player on the U.S. Olympic team. The term is also used for baby goats. And with Knight, the oldest player on the U.S. team, expected to retire from Olympic competition after the ...Read more

“Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will not head to Milan for NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics coverage as she deals with the ongoing police investigation into the suspected abduction of her mother.

“Savannah will not be joining us at the Olympics as she focuses on being with her family during this difficult time,” an NBC News ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Bill Guerin has a lot on his mind right now. Worst-case scenarios and things he cannot control are not among them.

Guerin could have easily pulled out a rabbit’s foot, tapped his knuckles on the table or stuck fingers in both ears and pretended he couldn’t hear when I visited his suite at Grand Casino Arena to discuss the ...Read more

MILAN — LA28 and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Games officials on Tuesday sought to reassure International Olympic Committee members amid rising concerns about the Trump administration’s foreign policy and impact on the 2028 Games, promising that the world’s athletes would be welcome into a “safe and secure environment” in Los Angeles.

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Who's ready for a Minions happy dance?

Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said Tuesday that he may be able to skate his Minions-themed program at the Olympics after all. He shared on Instagram that Universal is allowing him to use the music from its popular animated franchise for the "special occasion" and said he is working ...Read more

MILAN — LA28 announced Tuesday the six U.S. stadiums that will host Olympic soccer group stage games while revealing a plan to have preliminary games move East to West to minimize travel demands. Instead of criss-crossing the country for the group-stage games, teams will advance in the tournament and move progressively closer to the knockout ...Read more

MILAN — A partial knee replacement in her right leg wasn't enough to stop Lindsey Vonn from pursuing her Olympic comeback. Neither will a recent left torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Vonn revealed Tuesday she suffered a completely ruptured ACL in a crash last week but remains focused on racing in the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

"If my knee is ...Read more