MILAN — Alysa Liu’s father sifted through conflicting thoughts and emotions. It was less than 24 hours after his daughter won the gold medal for the women’s individual figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19. Arthur Liu wore a smile and the look of happiness during an exclusive interview with USA TODAY Sports. He also ...
MILAN — Mia Manganello had been envisioning this moment for a year. Once she wrapped her head around what her coach had in mind, that is. Manganello ended her speedskating career with a bronze in the women’s mass start Saturday, Feb. 21, the first individual medal in three Olympics for the 36-year-old. She had dedicated herself to the event this ...
Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin poked fun at several blunders she had this week, following a ‘Today’ show f-bomb and revealing she tried a new alcoholic drink. After winning gold in the slalom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Shriffin appeared on the ‘Today’ show to reflect on her journey. She was speaking with Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin when an unintentional ...
The U.S. mixed aerials team won gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. This victory marked Team USA’s 11th gold medal, a new record for a single Winter Olympics. The team consisted of Chris Lillis, Connor Curran, and Kaila Kuhn. LIVIGNO, Italy – The record-setting 11th gold medal for Team USA at these 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics came ...
Most U.S. data breach disclosures explain what information was leaked and any protective steps available to consumers. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission advises that after a breach involving sensitive personal information, consumers may consider placing a credit freeze to help prevent new credit accounts from being opened in their name. Many people place that credit freeze and ...
Los Angeles County filed a civil lawsuit against Roblox, alleging that the platform markets itself as a gaming experience for children but has created a ‘largely unsupervised online world’ that allows adults to mingle with minors with very little oversight. The lawsuit says that Roblox’s architecture makes it easy for adults to masquerade as children in order to target them. ...
MILAN – Eric Heiden’s record for most gold medals won at single Winter Olympics has fallen. It’s a record that stood for 46 years, with the American speed skater having won five golds at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, the men’s cross country skier from Norway, won his sixth medal of the 2026 ...
Crosby has been dealing with an injury to his right leg, leaving his status for the men’s hockey tournament’s gold medal game in limbo. ‘I watched him skate today,’ Canada coach Jon Cooper said Feb. 21. ‘We’re going to meet tonight and have a determination of what’s going to happen tomorrow. He won’t. … He won’t put himself in harm’s way, and ...
MILAN — No more medals for Jordan Stolz. Stolz was fourth in the mass start Saturday, Feb. 21, the first time in four races at 2026 Milano Cortina he has finished off the podium. The 21-year-old leaves these Games with three medals, two of them gold. It’s the best performance by a U.S Winter Olympian in 20 years, since fellow ...
Bill Mazeroski, the Gold Glove former second baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates who danced around the bases after his bottom-of-the-ninth, solo home run beat the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, died at the age of 89. “The author of one of the game’s most indelible moments, Bill Mazeroski will be remembered as one of baseball’s most ...