Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid decided last week the gesture would be stronger if he admitted his mistake to everyone on television as an Olympic medalist at the 2026 Winter Games. So there he was at the finish line, in front of a camera from Norway’s NRK Television on Tuesday, Feb. 10 in Anterselva, Italy, after winning a bronze medal ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Ashley Farquharson became the second American woman and first in 12 years to win an Olympic medal in luge Tuesday, Feb. 10. She finished third in the women’s single event at the Cortina Sliding Center with a time of 3:31.582. This bronze performance tied the best finish in program history, as the United States’ only other medal ...
For NFL playoff teams, the start of a new calendar year represents a continuation of a marathon push for a Super Bowl title. For those that didn’t qualify for the postseason, January and February often signify a mad scramble to reconfigure coaching staffs. This winter’s NFL coaching carousel defied all expectations, as what many thought would be a relatively muted ...
SANTA CLARA, CA − For the second time in franchise history, the Seattle Seahawks are Super Bowl champions − and, no surprise, parked atop the final power rankings for the just-finished NFL campaign. A cohesive, talented team left no doubt Sunday, throttling the New England Patriots 29-13 to claim the Lombardi Trophy. “It’s unbelievable. To be in this place, it’s ...
MILAN — The Canadian women’s hockey team is gearing up for its toughest matchup of the 2026 Winter Olympics and the reigning champions will be without their trusted leader. Captain Marie-Philip Poulin has been ruled out of Canada’s preliminary matchup against the United States on Tuesday due to a lower body injury suffered in the team’s 5-1 win over Czechia ...
Hockey fans have had Feb. 10 circled on their calendars since the 2026 Winter Olympics women’s hockey schedule was released. The USA women’s national hockey team will face off against Canada in a preliminary matchup on Tuesday, marking the latest edition of the nations’ rivalry and a possible preview of the gold-medal match. ‘It’s going to be a dog fight,’ ...
MILAN — Officially, Russia is banned from the Olympics because Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina, there will be no Russian flags, no Russian anthems and no Russian national colors incoporated in the competition. (The same holds true for Belarus, which has supported Russia in the war.) ...
CORTINA, D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Well, that’s an upset. Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin finished fourth in the Alpine team combined, missing the podium by 0.06 seconds. Johnson gifted Shiffrin a slight lead, winning the downhill portion of the event by 0.06 seconds for a time of 1:36.59. Shiffrin led at the first timing interval of the slalom, but then looked ...
Justin Verlander is a Detroit Tiger again, hoping to lead his original team to a third trip to the World Series. Verlander, the 266-game winner who will celebrate his 43rd birthday this month, agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract with the Tigers, the club announced Feb. 10. That presumably wraps up a Tigers off-season that finished with plenty of ...
New England Patriots left tackle Will Campbell broke his media silence with a significant revelation on Feb. 10. After leaving the Patriots’ locker room after the Super Bowl without talking to members of the media, Campbell spoke to reporters a couple of days later. According to Mark Daniels of MassLive, the first-year offensive lineman said he tore a ligament in ...