MILAN — Sunday, Feb. 15 at the 2026 Winter Olympics was another exciting day of competition for these Milano Cortina Games. A pair of American stars had disappointing results in their events. Defending speed skating gold medalist Erin Jackson finished fifth in the women’s 500 meters. And skier Mikaela Shiffrin was one of three Americans competing in the women’s giant ...
PEORIA, AZ — San Diego Padres All-Star third baseman Manny Machado, having watched the bitter rival Los Angeles Dodgers dominate the NL West – and enter the season with a payroll exceeding $400 million – not only declined to criticize the Dodgers’ expenditures, but praised the organization. “I (expletive) love it,’ Machado said Sunday morning. “I think every team should ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Regardless of where Mikaela Shiffrin finished, her team got a win in the giant slalom. On Sunday, Feb. 15, Shiffrin’s coach, Karin Harjo, became the first woman to set a course for an Olympic Alpine skiing event. Harjo set the course for the second run of the GS at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics. The person ...
MILAN — Even though Ilia Malinin did not win a medal in the men’s Olympic figure skating competition, he will perform in the popular skating gala, the last of the Olympic figure skating events, on Saturday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Watch the Olympics on Peacock ...
After a 79-75 win over Georgetown on Feb. 14, Hurley and Hoyas coach Ed Cooley were surprised by the lack of enthusiasm in Storrs. ‘Very tough place to play. Honestly, I was surprised there was empty seats up in the section,’ Cooley told reporters after the game. ‘I mean, you’ve got a national championship team. This place should be sold ...
INGLEWOOD, CA. — The NBA All-Star Game features the best the sport has to offer taking center stage. The question remains as to whether this beloved event still works as the league switches to a new format on Sunday. The NBA will give it another go to see whether the competition and entertainment can reach a new level with the ...
MILAN — It’s official: Jutta Leerdam and Jordan Stolz have actually practiced together at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Well, more specially, they skated together for a few laps during a recent practice, said Leerdam, who is Jake Paul’s fiancée. Leerdam said her skating with Stolz was fiction — before it became fact. “So it was just a made-up rumor ...
Middle America is looking mighty big these days. The MAC, one of the preeminent non-Power Four conferences in college football, is on the cusp adding the West Coast’s Sacramento State as a football member in 2026, according to sources reported by ESPN. It’s a somewhat baffling move geographically, as Sacramento State would essentially occupy a spot previously held by the ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone is the embodiment of what the Olympics are about. Supposed to be about, anyway. A crash 10 months ago during the Italian nationals left her with a shattered left leg. She had multiple broken bones, a torn ACL and a dislocated kneecap. The question wasn’t whether Brignone would ski again but whether she’d be ...
MILAN — This was not the plan for Erin Jackson at the 2026 Winter Olympics With a chance to defend her Olympic title in the women’s 500 meters, Jackson instead finished fifth on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium with a time of 37.32 seconds. Dutch star Femke Kok won gold with a time of 36.49 seconds, an ...