Forward Tage Thompson scored another power play goal for the U.S. men’s hockey team but wasn’t able to finish Friday’s game because of a lower body injury. Thompson, a Buffalo Sabres standout, sat out the third period of the USA’s 6-2 win against Slovakia, but the team said that was done as a precaution. NBC replays showed that he was ...

MILAN — The American men made good on what hockey fans across North America have wanted since the 2026 Winter Olympics began: USA vs. Canada for the gold medal. USA delivered on its end by routing Slovakia, 6-2, on Feb. 20, hours after Canada defeated Finland, 3-2 in the first semifinal of the day at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. ...

Scottie Scheffler entered the 2026 Genesis Invitational with the longest active streak of cuts made on the PGA Tour. He hadn’t missed the weekend at an event since August 2022. He cut it close on Friday at Riviera Country Club, though. Scheffler ended Feb. 20 with a second-round 68, moving to even par for the tournament and sitting tied for ...

Is Travis Kelce going to retire this year? That may be the biggest question of the offseason for the Kansas City Chiefs, outside of whether quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be ready for Week 1 of the 2026 season. ‘There is communication,’ Reid said, ‘and that’s the main thing. As long as there is communication, I’m good. That means people want ...

The growth of women’s hockey since it was added as an Olympic sport in at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, has been exponential. That popularity showed up in the ratings for the women’s gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 19. Team USA’s overtime victory against rival Canada was the most-watched women’s hockey game on ...

Scottie Scheffler entered the 2026 Genesis Invitational with the longest active streak of cuts made on the PGA Tour. He hadn’t missed the weekend at an event since August 2022. He cut it close on Friday at Riviera Country Club, though. Scheffler ended Feb. 20 with a second-round 68, moving to even par for the tournament and sitting tied for ...

Team USA ice skater Amber Glenn fell just short of the podium in women’s singles on Thursday, Feb. 19, finishing in fifth place after a disappointing short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Glenn bounced back in the free skate, scoring a 147.52 to move from 13th place after the short program to fifth in the final standings. Without a ...

The highly anticipated USA-Canada gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics is happening. The U.S. men’s hockey team routed Slovakia 6-2 in Friday’s semifinal for its first trip to the Olympic championship game since 2010. The USA-Canada game will be Sunday, Feb. 22 at 8:10 a.m. ET. Slovakia and Finland will play for bronze on Saturday at 2:40 p.m. ...

U.S. free skier Hunter Hess’ Winter Olympics came to an end on Friday, Feb. 20 with the men’s freeski halfpipe at the Livigno Snow Park. But before Hess competed in the medal round of the event, he flashed an ‘L’ over his forehead at the end of his qualification run that was directed to President Donald Trump, who called Hess ...

Alysa Liu won the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Her platinum-striped hairstyle was originally done by St. Louis hairstylist Kelsey Miller. Liu had her hair touched up at a salon in Milan before her gold-medal performance. The 20-year-old skater’s hairstylist watched her win on a phone while at work in St. Louis. ...