For the first time in a generation, Team USA has a gold-medal winner in individual women’s figure skating. In doing so, she became the first U.S. figure skater to win a women’s individual gold medal in figure skating since Sarah Hughes did it in 2002. But it almost didn’t happen. Liu retired from competition in 2022 – three years after ...
MILAN — Millions of people will watch Alysa Liu when the 20-year-old U.S. figure skater competes for a medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Can that be any more unnerving than being watched by Chinese spies? In 2022, the U.S. Justice Department charged five men with acting on behalf of the Chinese government and targeting Chinese dissidents in the United ...
The NBA is set to return today from an all-star break that provided reporters an opportunity to hear Adam Silver’s thoughts on some of the egregious tanking that took place the first half of the season. Fresh off the league doling out fines to the Jazz and Pacers, it was the first topic Silver was asked about during his annual ...
Editor’s Note: The women’s hockey gold medal game between Team USA and Canada is underway. Click here for updates on the game. MILAN — It’s Thursday, Feb. 19 at the 2026 Winter Olympics and we’re underway with another day of competition at the Milano Cortina Games. Team USA women’s hockey faced a 1-0 deficit to Canada in the gold medal ...
FIFA has announced that it will invest more than $70 million in Gaza to help rebuild the war-torn region. The announcement came during the first meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, D.C., which FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended. The project is a joint venture between FIFA and the Board of Peace that will see a number of soccer-related investments ...
Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin was doing everything in her power not to curse during a Today Show appearance, but it happened anyway. On Wednesday, Shiffrin won gold in the slalom. It was her first medal since winning a silver in the combined at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. The win ended an 0-for-8 skid during the Winter Games, which included DNFs ...
Darryn Peterson’s availability has once again become a storyline this college basketball season, even as the potential No. 1 pick of the 2026 NBA Draft helped the Jayhawks to an 81-69 win over Oklahoma State. Peterson exited No. 12 Kansas’ Big 12 win over the Cowboys shortly after hitting a 3-pointer with 18 minutes left in the second half. He ...
MILAN, Italy — Jordan Stolz isn’t anywhere close to being done. Stolz said Thursday, Feb. 19, that he can see himself skating through the 2034 Olympics in Utah. He would only be 28 then, eight years younger than Kjeld Nuis, the Dutch superstar that he shared the podium with in the 1,500 meters. Stolz won the silver medal, finishing 0.77 ...
Amber Glenn left everything out there on the ice Thursday in the women’s free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In the Kiss-and-Cry section inside the arena while awaiting her scores, NBC’s broadcast caught Glenn saying, ‘I’m at the Olympics. I didn’t fall. I didn’t fall at the Olympics.’ Glenn’s performance and response had her receiving extra flowers and applause ...
MILAN — Jordan Stolz’s quest for four gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics has ended. A favorite in the men’s 1,500 meters, the American speed skater took home silver in the race Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Milano Cortina Games, finishing behind China’s Zhongyan Ning, who broke the Olympic record en route to gold. Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands got ...