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The USA men’s hockey team’s next game will determine who heads to the gold medal game and who will battle for bronze. MILAN, Italy — The puck drops Friday for the Olympic men’s hockey semifinals game between the United States and Slovakia. The game will determine who heads to the gold and silver game versus … Read more

Alysa Liu stunned the skating world when she retired at age 16. Here’s what she said about walking away. WASHINGTON — Alysa Liu ended Team USA’s 24-year gold medal drought in women’s figure skating Thursday, delivering a career-best performance in the free skate to capture Olympic gold. The 20-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area … Read more

The victims in the deadliest avalanche in more than 40 years had close ties to Lake Tahoe’s alpine community. TRUCKEE, Calif. — The backcountry skiers and professional guides caught in the deadliest U.S. avalanche in decades understood the dangers of trekking through the remote wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada. They had close ties to Lake … Read more

It’s the first gold medal for an American woman since 2002, when Sarah Hughes stood atop the podium in Salt Lake City. MILAN, Italy — Team USA’s 24-year gold medal drought in women’s figure skating is over, thanks to Alysa Liu and her phenomenal performance Thursday in the women’s free skate. Liu was in third place … Read more

Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and company are on pace to win 24 more games than last year. Where would that turnaround rank in franchise history? SAN ANTONIO — It’s no secret the Spurs are soaring this year. Some might even say they’re overachieving. Just look at their ever-growing national TV slate and the five – count … Read more

It was the two teams’ seventh time facing off in the Olympic gold medal game since women’s hockey debuted at the Winter Games. MILAN, Italy — The United States is golden once again in women’s hockey, as Team USA beat Canada on Thursday in the gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games. The final … Read more