MILAN, Italy – In some circles, Jutta Leerdam is best known as Jake Paul’s fiancée. But here at the 2026 Winter Olympics, she is a speed skating star. Leerdam, a 27-year-old from the Netherlands, will compete in the women’s 1,000 meters at 11:30 a.m. ET Monday, Feb. 9. Peacock will provide coverage. In a field of 30 speed skaters that ...
For two Americans Abroad, it had been way too long since the last time they started a soccer game. Kevin Paredes and Daryl Dike both made their first starts of the season over the weekend. The pair has seen injuries in recent years derail promising careers in Europe and with the U.S. men’s national team. At 22 and 25, both ...
MILANO ― The three ski jumpers on the United States men’s Olympic team had something on their minds other than their the 2026 Winter Games competition that starts Monday at 11:30 a.m. ET. They also were thinking about so-called ‘PenisGate,’ rumors that ski jumpers have gotten penis-enlarging injections of hyaluronic acid to increase the distance of their jumps. U.S. Ski ...
U.S. snowboarders responded to a question about Donald Trump’s criticism of fellow athlete Hunter Hess. The athletes expressed pride in representing the U.S. while also acknowledging the nation’s current divisions. Several team members, including Chloe Kim and Bea Kim, highlighted their immigrant backgrounds and the opportunities America provided. The snowboarders emphasized that representing the U.S. does not mean they agree ...
MILAN — It wasn’t all great for Team USA figure skating to win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics. U.S. skaters had their skates messed up after the medal ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 8, and needed to get them fixed, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity due ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — A pair of heavyweights, at the top of their game, going haymaker for haymaker, trick for trick, epic run for epic run. The women’s free ski slopestyle duel between Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu of China lived up to the hype until Gu fell immediately off the first rail on her third run — an element ...
Eagle-eyed Olympics-watchers might notice something a little different with American skier Mikaela Shiffrin at these Milano Cortina Winter Games. Nothing with her skiing, mind you. But if the TV cameras try to get a little up close and personal while she’s competing on the slopes of Cortina, you might see something missing. As Shiffrin explains in an Instagram reel she ...
SANTA CLARA, CA − In the event you didn’t believe the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 walkover against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 was a captivating football game, then you must have missed Rashid Shaheed’s record-setting performance. That’s right, Seattle’s No. 3 wideout and return man extraordinaire did something never seen on Super Sunday – etching his name into ...
You can’t tell the baseball players without a program … and you can’t find spring training camps without a map. Of course, you probably could do both just fine on your own, but why make things difficult? The 30 Major League Baseball teams’ spring headquarters are split evenly between Florida and Arizona. The 15 clubs in the Grapefruit League are ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — There will be one supporter of Team USA – and more specifically two-time Olympic women’s snowboard halfpipe champion Chloe Kim – in the Italian Alps that NFL fans will surely recognize. Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, fresh off unanimously winning the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year campaign in which he set the single-season record for ...