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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
MILAN – Vera Wang is best known as an iconic fashion designer. But she’s at the 2026 Winter Olympics because of her love of something else. Almost 60 years ago, Wang was at the height of her figure skating career, competing at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in junior pairs with partner James Stuart, according to U.S. Figure Skating. ...
MILAN — Alysa Liu is Team USA’s best hope to break the women’s figure skating Winter Olympics medal drought. Can she do it? Ahead of Liu are the Japan duo of Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto, and right behind her is another Japanese skater in Mone Chiba. Plus, Russia native Adeliia Petrosian is lurking. So, what are the chances Liu ...
PHOENIX — Bruce Meyer, the tenacious veteran litigator who has been the Major League Baseball Player Association’s lead negotiator, was voted unanimously Wednesday by the players to be their interim executive director, replacing Tony Clark. Meyer, who was promoted to be the union’s deputy executive director in 2022, has been MLB’s public enemy since he joined the union in 2018. ...
Most North Americans from coast to coast will share the same opinion: they want to see Canada and the USA meet in the men’s hockey final of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Waiting to see if that desire comes to fruition gives us time to reflect. The Americans and Canadians survived scares from lower seeds in the quarterfinals on ...
The Dallas Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer as head coach last offseason. The 2025 outcome was an impressive offense paired with a historically poor defense, highlighting significant areas for improvement as they approach the 2026 offseason. Notably, ‘America’s Team’ has 20 pending free agents to consider. Dallas’ list of pending free agents includes two of its offensive stars: starting running back ...
MILAN — Jordan Stolz is ‘the greatest speed skater of all time.’ So declared Laurent Dubreuil, a Canadian speed skater, this week at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Well, not so fast, Mr. Dubreuil and others making such proclamations. Stolz, the 21-year-old from Wisconsin, has won two Olympic gold medals, leaving him halfway home to his quest for four golds at ...
The USA’s 5-0 win against rival Canada in the preliminary round was an anomaly in the history of Olympics women’s hockey. The USA and Canada will meet on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the gold medal game (1:10 p.m. ET on USA/Peacock) and all of their previous six meetings in championship games have been close. In fact, the last three and ...