Alysa Liu ended a 24-year streak at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19, becoming the first American to win women’s singles since Sarah Hughes in 2002. Liu finished in sixth place in women’s singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics as a 16-year-old before she retired from the sport. She returned in 2024, winning the world championship in 2025 ...
Team USA star Hilary Knight is ending her Olympic career as the all-time U.S. leader in goals and points by doing what she does best, scoring a clutch goal at a clutch time. And she is going home a winner after Megan Keller scored in overtime as the USA won gold with a 2-1 victory against archrival Canada in Thursday’s ...
LIVIGNO, Italy – After a scare, Eileen Gu kept alive her quest for a third Olympic freestyle skiing medal in consecutive Games. She fell in her first run of the snowy women’s halfpipe qualifying on Feb. 19 before rallying to advance to the Feb. 21 finals. But, per usual with her, that was only part of the evening’s story. Afterward, ...
It was Hilary Knight who provided the U.S. women’s hockey team with a chance of Olympic gold with a late-third-period game-tying goal against Canada. It was Megan Keller, one of her alternate captains, who provided the game-winner for the United States in overtime. Keller broke several ankles of Canada’s defense for a chip shot into the back of the net ...
After one of the most successful All-Star breaks in recent memory, the NBA is back to regular season action Thursday night. Tipping off the home stretch of the season is an Eastern Conference heavyweight matchup: the first-place Detroit Pistons (40-13) head to New York to take on the third-place Knicks (35-20, six games back) at Madison Square Garden. The Pistons ...
Another day of competition is in the books at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Athletes from more than 90 countries are battling 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 after all the action wrapped up on Thursday, Feb. ...
MILAN — Jordan Stolz had us spoiled. By cruising to Olympic gold in the 500 meters and 1,000 meters, setting Olympic records in the process, he made this quest for history at the 2026 Winter Olympics look easy. Of course he could win the 1,500 meters and then the mass start, giving him four golds at a single Games, something ...
Deion Sanders referenced the scandal at Michigan to explain his cautious behavior. Sanders stated he keeps his clothes on during spa treatments to avoid compromising situations. Sanders previously appeared to comment on Moore’s firing on social media without mentioning his name. Colorado football coach Deion Sanders made an apparent reference to the Sherrone Moore scandal at Michigan when explaining why ...
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 ...