“U-S-A! U-S-A!” chants from the very red, white and blue crowd filled the arena at the opening puck drop and after all the goals. MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — Jack Eichel scored off his own faceoff win a minute after setting up Brady Tkachuk’s first of two goals the same way, and the U.S. … Read more
Olympic snowboarder Nick Baumgartner, 44, is planning to defend his mixed team snowboard cross title against some competitors who are half his age. MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — American Olympic snowboarding champion Nick Baumgartner is preparing to defend his gold medal in mixed team snowboard cross Sunday. The 44-year-old is defending his title against people … Read more
It was a win about two decades in the making. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — This time, Janine Flock finished the job. And a gold medal finally sways from her neck. Flock — the Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the … Read more
Malinin’s performance in the free skate bore an eerie resemblance to Chen in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. WASHINGTON — Nathan Chen weighed in on Ilia Malinin’s performance in the free skate, a moment that bore an eerie resemblance to the 2018 Pyeongchang Games for the figure skater. Chen, who is not competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics, … Read more
San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant sees how the Slam Dunk Contest catapulted legendary participants in their NBA careers. SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant will look to make franchise history by becoming the first Spur to ever win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. And he is relishing the opportunity to do … Read more
“Ukraine will always have champions and Olympians,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media. CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych took his case to sport’s highest court on Friday, detailing the reasons why he wanted to race at the Milan Cortina Olympics in a helmet that paid tribute to … Read more
The sprint race is the shortest biathlon discipline at the Winter Olympics. TESERO, Autonomous Province of Trento — In her Olympic debut, Maren Kirkeeide of Norway bested two Frenchwomen to take gold in a snowy women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint biathlon race at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday. Kirkeeide cleared all 10 of her shots … Read more