MILAN — It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: USA women’s hockey vs. Canada in the gold-medal game of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Americans and Canadians have clashed in six of the seven Olympic gold-medal matches since women’s hockey made its Olympic debut in 1998. Canada has walked away with the gold five times, compared to only two ...
MILAN — Dylan Larkin’s hard work at the 2026 Winter Olympics was rewarded with as big a goal as he’s scored in his career, one that delighted his USA teammates. The Americans play Slovakia in the semifinals of men’s hockey Friday, Feb. 19 at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, with Canada facing Finland in the other match. The winners ...
Canada holds the historical edge in gold medal game meetings with the U.S. Olympics women’s hockey team, going 4-2. Will recent history change that? The USA won the team’s preliminary round game, 5-0. Before that, the USA swept the four-game Rivalry Series. It also won the 2025 world championships. Canada is the reigning Olympic champion after winning in 2022 in ...
MILAN — When American Alysa Liu takes the Olympic ice at 10:32 p.m. local time Thursday, she will be just four minutes away from ending one of the most bizarre and embarrassing U.S. Olympic droughts not just in figure skating, but in any sport. If the 20-year-old Liu simply does what she has been doing for the past year, if ...
MILAN — In the immediate aftermath of Sidney Crosby leaving a game because of injury, Jon Cooper said he didn’t know Crosby’s status and noted, ‘I don’t even have my poker face on.’ It was back on the next day, as Cooper declined to give a definitive answer on the status of Canada’s men’s hockey team captain, who did not ...
MILAN — Sweden and Switzerland both suffered semifinal losses during the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but medals are still up for grabs. The teams will face off in the bronze medal match on Thursday, Feb. 19 at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, offering both Sweden and Switzerland a chance to end their Olympic campaigns on ...
BORMIO, Italy — Nikita Filippov of Russia won the first medal for Individual And Neutral athletes (represented by the acronym ‘AIN’) Thursday, Feb. 29, at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Filippov placed second and earned silver in the men’s ski mountaineering sprint competition, the first new Olympic sport since 1998. Russia and Belarus were banned by the International Olympic Committee for ...
The 2026 NBA All-Star break offered the chance for the entire league to catch its breath, reset and look ahead to the playoffs, which – seemingly suddenly – start in two months. The break is also giving us the chance to revisit the USA TODAY Sports Top 25 NBA player rankings for the 2025-26 season, which we published in early ...
Athletes from more than 90 countries will compete for Winter Olympic medals in 116 events over 16 days, and USA TODAY is keeping a tally of every nation finishing on the podium. Here’s a look at the latest medal standings on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 19, as well as when each medal event will take place. USA TODAY Sports ...
Ski mountaineering, or ‘skimo,’ made its official Olympic debut with men’s and women’s sprint races. Americans Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith were among the first athletes to compete in the new Olympic sport. The sport involves athletes ascending a mountain on skis before skiing down. BORMIO, Italy — If you woke up in the United States sometime Thursday morning and ...