Biathlete Julia Simon was triumphant again, winning a gold medal in the 15km individual biathlon race at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Simon missed only once during her time on the shooting range and rebounded from a penalty in the first standing stage. Her teammate, Lou Jeanmonnot, took home the silver, and Bulgaria’s Lora Hristova won ...
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday will undergo surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand, the team announced on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Holliday was injured on Feb. 6 during a live batting practice. Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias said Holliday will miss opening day, and a timeline for his return will be measured in weeks. Baltimore will ...
American Liz Lemley won the gold medal in the women’s moguls final at the Milano Cortina Winter Games. Teammate Jaelin Kauf secured the silver medal, giving Team USA the top two spots on the podium. Lemley, a 20-year-old first-time Olympian, delivered a stunning final run to upset the field. Kauf earned her second consecutive Olympic silver medal after a strong ...
Golfer Rory McIlroy has reached the pinnacle of his sport, so he can appreciate what it takes to become a Super Bowl champion. Even if he doesn’t particularly care for so-called American football. As he prepares to defend his title at this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, McIlroy was asked what he thought about the spectacle surrounding this year’s Super ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Snowboarder Jiayu Liu of China took a brutal fall on the final hit of her second qualifying run that paused the competition for several minutes as medical staff attended to her at the bottom of the halfpipe. Liu, 33, was not able to move before being put into an emergency sled. Liu was in 13th and needed ...
Texas’ Chris Del Conte talks sense when he discusses football scheduling, playoff expansion. Texas boss steers clear of cupcake scheduling. Amen. Among Del Conte’s ideas: Eliminate conference championship games, and speed up playoff. When Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte floated the idea of killing the SEC championship game, a crowd of Longhorns fans applauded his suggestion. “Start the playoffs ...
Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid has issued an apology in the wake of admitting he cheated on his girlfriend during an interview after winning a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. ‘I deeply regret bringing up this personal story on what was a day of celebration for Norwegian biathlon,’ Laegreid told NRK in a statement released on Wednesday, Feb. 11, ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — United States women’s snowboarder Maddie Mastro comforted a competitor in the mixed zone following women’s halfpipe qualifying Wednesday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. ‘How’d you go?’ the 25-year-old California native asked Canada’s Brooke D’Hondt. ‘Eh,’ D’Hondt responded. ‘How are you feeling?’ Mastro followed. ‘I’m better,’ said D’Hondt, who did not make it into the top 12 to ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics have already delivered incredible feats of athleticism and the raw emotions that help this global sporting competition transcend sports and become part of the human condition. It’s the new camera angles showing these Olympic moments, however, that might be the biggest innovation to come out of the first week of the Milano Cortina Games. Drone cameras ...
Tottenham fans serenaded their manager Thomas Frank with an ominous chant late in a 2-1 loss to Newcastle on Tuesday, Feb. 10. ‘You’re getting sacked in the morning,’ the Spurs fans sang. The following day, they were proven right. Tottenham dismissed Frank on Wednesday, Feb. 11, closing the book on an eight-month run that ended with an eight-game winless streak in ...