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Quinn Hughes pops by 'Saturday Night Live'

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Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes didn’t score big laughs in his “Saturday Night Live” appearance on Saturday but that didn’t stop the live studio audience from going nuts.

“SNL” usually keeps cameos top secret, but astute fans were well aware ahead of time that Hughes and his brother Jack Hughes would be popping up on the late...Read more

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Adam Minter: The US women's hockey team should call Trump's bluff

Sports / Olympics /

Every team that wins a championship tends to get the same question: When are you going to the White House? For the gold medal-winning United States women’s Olympic hockey team, the better question might be: Is it worth it?

President Donald Trump certainly thinks so — for his own selfish reasons. He joked to the men’s team that he’d “...Read more

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Ira Winderman: USA hockey gold further motivates Spoelstra eye on Olympic prize

Sports / Olympics /

MIAMI — Even though he was not able to experience most of the moment live, there was ample respect from Heat coach Erik Spoelstra last Sunday when the United States men’s hockey team delivered Olympic gold.

Amid the drama of that overtime victory against Canada in Italy, Spoelstra was tethered to his day job, first running his annual ...Read more

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Dave Hyde: Why did such Olympic fun need such political fury?

Sports / Olympics /

Now that the dust has settled, and the emotions calmed, everyone can discuss the U.S. Olympians’ dramatic wins and tainted celebrations with proper perspective.

But you know what?

It still stinks, right to the end of celebrations this past week, when the official White House Tik-Tok account used artificial intelligence to transform American ...Read more

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Marcus Hayes: White House fakes comments by Trump supporter Brady Tkachuk as Team USA controversy lingers

Sports / Olympics /

After a week or so of abusing the clueless 20-somethings for serving as President Donald Trump’s latest dupes, it only seems fair to credit the few USA hockey lads for their reluctant mea culpas.

Several of the players who were involved in the debauched postgame celebration with debased FBI director Kash Patel that devolved into a ...Read more

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US Olympic hockey star 'would never say' what White House shared in AI video

Sports / Olympics /

Blame AI or the White House social media employee who put controversial, profane words in the mouth of U.S. Olympic men's hockey star Brady Tkachuk.

Either way, Tkachuk doesn't appreciate the doctored video published Sunday on the official White House TikTok account that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians in the aftermath of the ...Read more

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Flavor Flav is hosting a women's sports celebration in Las Vegas. Here's why and what we know so far.

Sports / Olympics /

Hip-hop legend Flavor Flav is hosting a four-day event celebrating “ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists” this summer in Las Vegas.

The idea appears to have taken root after President Trump made a dismissive comment about the gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team while congratulating the men’s hockey team on its gold ...Read more

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Mac Engel: Team Canada hockey player reveals what he did with his Olympic 'stuffie'

Sports / Olympics /

DALLAS — One of the most powerful images from the 2026 Winter Olympics is that of the members of the Canadian men’s hockey team wearing their silver medals while being handed a stuffed animal.

Here’s this adorable stuffed animal to go with the silver medal you don’t want.

There were some of the best hockey players in the world — All ...Read more

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Jim Souhan: Olympic men's hockey team allowed itself to be used by Donald Trump

Sports / Olympics /

MINNEAPOLIS — Most of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team has chosen not to criticize the men’s team. That’s nice of them. We should also acknowledge that women athletes shouldn’t constantly be expected to serve as social justice warriors, even though many of them handle that role exceptionally well.

When men do ...Read more

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Mike Bianchi: Orlando is the birthplace of humidity -- and an American hockey hero

Sports / Olympics /

ORLANDO, Fla. — As we all know, Orlando is the birthplace of humidity; a place where hot, sticky air doesn’t just reside here; it has filed for homestead exemption. Which is why it felt so especially refreshing to claim a cool little slice of ice hockey glory earlier this week.

The United States won its first Olympic gold medal in men’s ...Read more

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Alysa Liu inspires mural that's 'a little rough around the edges, but beautiful at the same time'

Sports / Olympics /

GARDENA, Calif. — U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu made quite an impression at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with her unique style, her compelling backstory and, of course, her gold medals in the women's singles competition — the first for an American woman since 2002 — and in the team event.

Her feats captured the attention of local artist ...Read more

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Seattle Torrent's Olympians address Trump controversy as they're welcomed home

Sports / Olympics /

SEATTLE — The four Torrent players who won Olympic gold for Team USA were welcomed back from Italy with a celebration at the Space Needle on Wednesday.

City Council members, the Seattle Sports Commission, media members and even two-time FIFA World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe gathered in the Puget Sound Room overlooking Chihuly Garden and Glass ...Read more

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Alysa Liu drops by Italian restaurant in the Bay Area, reveals cake secret

Sports / Olympics /

Going for Olympics gold takes a lot of carb-loading.

That dietary imperative might still be active in Alysa Liu, the 2026 Olympics star who just won two U.S. figure-skating gold medals in the women's singles and team event. On Tuesday evening, she dropped by Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails in Alameda, Calif., where she enjoyed some pasta ...Read more

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Marcus Hayes: The outrage over Team USA's connection with Trump is dumb -- and it's what he wants

Sports / Olympics /

I, for one, am astonished that several entitled young white millionaires were eager to capitalize on their brief moment of relevance by becoming pawns of a president for whom most of them probably voted, especially if they listened to the most popular podcasters — that is, if they even bothered to vote.

Let’s unpack that sentence.

The ...Read more

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Mac Engel: FBI director and President Trump put USA hockey players in a terrible position

Sports / Olympics /

Along with his gold-medal winning teammates, Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was unknowingly thrust into America’s last national political point of outrage, because we can’t have nice things.

Three days after celebrating with his teammates following Team USA’s 2-1 overtime win over Canada in the gold medal game of the 2026 Winter ...Read more

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Editorial: Team USA showed America at its best

Sports / Olympics /

We love the 12 gold medals — 33 in total — our athletes are bringing home, but it’s the stories that keep us hooked on the Olympic Games, and Milan did not disappoint, ending with a crescendo on the ice where our men’s hockey team secured a 2-1 victory with a bloody, broken smile.

Before scoring the winning goal in overtime, 24-year-old...Read more

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Olympic men's hockey team marches in during the State of the Union after gold medal win

Sports / Olympics /

The majority of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team marched in during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to chants of “USA! USA!” on Tuesday night.

Trump commended the team early in his speech in House chambers at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as he talked about how the country keeps ...Read more

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Trump awards Team USA's goalie the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sports / Olympics /

President Trump on Tuesday awarded Team USA’s hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

The American team won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday, the first time in 46 years, occurring on the anniversary of the team’s legendary triumph over the USSR known as the “Miracle on Ice....Read more

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After Epstein files, Wasserman's survival as LA Olympics chief may come down to money

Sports / Olympics /

LOS ANGELES — Behind the debate over whether Casey Wasserman should resign as the 2028 Olympics chief over 20-year-old correspondences unearthed in the Epstein files is a fraught question that has long haunted the L.A. Games: Will there be enough money?

A growing number of California politicians are calling on Wasserman to step down over ...Read more

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Mike Sullivan gets the glory but not the gold at Winter Olympics

Sports / Olympics /

Mike Sullivan has his name on the Stanley Cup twice as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he didn’t get a gold medal as coach of Team USA.

The U.S. men beat Canada, 2-1, Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning on Jack Hughes’ goal less than two minutes into overtime.

But, as is custom, Sullivan and the coaching staff did not receive...Read more