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US men rout Slovakia, will play Canada for hockey gold medal
MILAN — The U.S. and Canada faced off in the men’s and women’s hockey finals in the same Olympics twice before the Milan-Cortina Games. Both times Canada took home all the gold.
Now the Americans have a chance at a sweep of their own after the men’s team routed Slovakia, 6-2, on Friday to advance to the gold-medal game Sunday, when they...Read more
Canada gets past Finland to play for men's hockey gold
MILAN — Canada survived another close call in the Milano Cortina Olympic Games’ knockout phase Sunday, overcoming a two-goal deficit to Finland and securing a spot in Sunday’s gold-medal final in the game’s final minute with a Nathan MacKinnon power-play goal for a 3-2 victory.
The victory came two days after Canada twice trailed ...Read more
Olympic broadcaster Danika Mason apologizes for drunk appearance
Olympic broadcaster Danika Mason has issued an apology for being tipsy on air while covering the Winter Olympics in Italy.
“Look, I totally misjudged a situation. I shouldn’t have had a drink especially in these conditions. It’s cold, we’ve got altitude, and not having had dinner probably didn’t help as well,” the Australian “...Read more
Troy Renck: For courageous Mikaela Shiffrin, overcoming mental burden is worth wait in gold
Only GOATs chase ghosts. Only the best are defined by legacies, not victories.
Mikaela Shiffrin was choking.
That is what people were saying. That is what they were thinking.
When you are to skiing what Serena Williams is to tennis, there is no grace, no free passes.
As Americans, we only watch the winter sports at the Olympics. It makes ...Read more
Alysa Liu adds her name to Bay Area's Olympic skating icons
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alysa Liu joined the realm of Bay Area figure skating legends Thursday when her extraordinary free skate program earned her Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games.
The 20-year-old Liu, once the youngest skater to win the U.S. championships, had icons of Northern California skating cheering her on in Italy: Kristi Yamaguchi...Read more
Hilary Knight's heroics, Megan Keller's OT goal net US women Olympic hockey gold over Canada
MILAN — Hilary Knight was a little more than two minutes away from taking home another consolation prize as a retirement gift from her final Olympic game.
In four previous Olympics, Knight lost to Canada in the gold-medal game three times. On Thursday, in the Milan-Cortina Games, the U.S. team she captains was 124 seconds from doing it again....Read more
Team USA's Alysa Liu wins Olympic figure skating gold
MILAN — At the end of the biggest night in American figure skating in nearly a quarter-century, Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano, Olympic champions all, leaned over a wall separating the first row and the ice surface at the Milan Ice Skating Arena, waving Alysa Liu, gold medal around her neck, over to them.
They wanted to ...Read more
After shedding anxiety, American Alysa Liu rides wave of joy to Olympic gold medal
MILAN — She flipped her hair. She shrugged. She dusted her hands off.
Alysa Liu makes winning an Olympic gold medal look easy.
The 20-year-old became the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic singles title since 2002, electrifying the crowd at Milano Ice Skating Arena with her “MacArthur Park” program Thursday and overtaking Japanese ...Read more
US bobsledder Azaria Hill adding to her family's rich Olympic Games legacy
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — In some families, children are expected to attend the same college as their parents or root for mom or dad's favorite team.
In Azaria Hill's family, the children were encouraged to go to the Olympics. Not to watch, but to compete.
Hill's father, Virgil, a boxer, earned a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Games. Hill'...Read more
After shedding anxiety, American Alysa Liu rides wave of joy to Olympic gold medal
MILAN — She flipped her hair. She shrugged. She dusted her hands off.
Alysa Liu makes winning an Olympic gold medal look easy.
The 20-year-old became the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic singles title since 2002, electrifying the crowd at Milano Ice Skating Arena with her “MacArthur Park” program Thursday and overtaking Japanese ...Read more
Pressure mounts on Casey Wasserman to resign as head of LA28 Olympics
LOS ANGELES — Casey Wasserman faced more calls Wednesday to resign from his position leading the 2028 L.A. Olympics — the latest push to oust the embattled mogul in the aftermath of the recent Jeffrey Epstein files release.
During a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento, candidates were asked whether Wasserman should step down. Former ...Read more
Jordan Stolz takes silver in Olympic 1,500 meters; China's Ning Zhongyan wins gold
MILAN — Even for Jordan Stolz, making history is not as easy as one, two, three.
The 21-year-old star's quest for a speedskating triple crown came up short in the 1,500-meter race Thursday as Stolz settled for silver behind China's Zhongyan Ning at the Milan-Cortina Games.
Ning set an Olympic record, blazing the oval at Milano Speed Skating ...Read more
US women need overtime to beat Canada for Olympic hockey gold
MILAN — A gold medal that seemed firmly in the grasp of the U.S. women’s hockey team nearly slipped through its fingers in the final of the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday, but the Americans rallied to win, 2-1, on Megan Keller’s goal just over four minutes into overtime.
Kristin O’Neill’s short-handed goal less than a minute into the...Read more
US women's hockey star Hilary Knight engaged to speedskater Brittany Bowe
U.S. hockey star Hilary Knight got engaged to her girlfriend, American speedskater Brittany Bowe, and shared the news a day before the U.S. women’s hockey team is set to compete in the gold medal game.
Knight, 36, proposed to Bowe, 37, during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. She shared an Instagram video of herself dropping to one knee with...Read more
Canada survives close call with Czechia in men's hockey quarterfinal
MILAN — With less than eight minutes remaining in regulation, a line of Team Canada players stood on the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena next to their bench like their 41 million countryman frozen in shock.
Canada, the pre-tournament favorite, had just fallen behind Czechia a second time in the teams’ Milano Cortina Olympic Games ...Read more
US men defeat Sweden in overtime, advance to Olympic hockey semifinals
MILAN — The U.S. men haven’t stood on the podium at the end of an Olympic hockey tournament in 16 years and haven’t played for a medal in 12.
In fact, it’s been so long since an American hockey team took home a prize from the Winter Games none of the players on this year’s team, the second youngest in the Milan-Cortina competition, ...Read more
La Velle E. Neal III: Team USA's young stars can seize control of women's hockey rivalry with Canada
So far, the American women’s hockey team has pulverized the field at the Olympics like a wrecking ball blasting through a house of cards. Team USA has been clinical, unrelenting and overwhelming.
“I think they just come at you in waves,” three-time Olympian and Eagan, Minn., native Natalie Darwitz said.
When the Frost’s Kendall Coyne ...Read more
US men defeat Sweden in overtime, advance to Olympic hockey semifinals
MILAN — The U.S. men haven't stood on the podium at the end of an Olympic hockey tournament in 16 years and haven't played for a medal in 12.
In fact, it's been so long since an American hockey team took home a prize from the Winter Games none of the players on this year's team, the second youngest in the Milan-Cortina competition, had ...Read more
Lindsey Vonn reveals that her beloved dog Leo died the day after her downhill crash at Olympics
Lindsey Vonn has been through a lot over the last few weeks, even more than we previously knew.
The legendary U.S. ski racer revealed Wednesday that on the day after she crashed violently while competing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, Vonn lost someone very close to her.
Her dog, Leo.
Vonn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post that Leo has joined...Read more
Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympic slalom triumph turns into a moment of remembrance
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — It was a day of grief and gratitude for Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated skier in history.
The world saw her win the women's slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games, wrap herself in an American flag, hold it high above her head and twirl in triumph.
And for good reason. Shiffrin won her first Olympic gold medal in ...Read more
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- Hilary Knight's heroics, Megan Keller's OT goal net US women Olympic hockey gold over Canada
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