US beats Sweden 5-0 to reach Olympic women's hockey final

MILAN (AP) – Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women’s hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday.

Nolte, Taylor, Humphries Armbruster lead with 1 run left in Olympic monobob

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Germany’s Laura Nolte, and the U.S. duo of Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries Armbruster have separated themselves from the pack with one run remaining in the women’s monobob race at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Bold new US trio eyes Olympic figure skating gold

MILAN (AP) – The trio of U.S. women targeting Olympic figure skating gold Tuesday night are not the dainty ice princesses of yesteryear.

A fisherman is Jamaica's new bobsled pilot

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Monday would have been a fantastic day for fishing in Jamaica. The weather was just about perfect with bright sunshine, forecasters calling for temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s, somewhat calm breezes.

Austria wins gold in 1st Olympic men's super team ski jump

PREDAZZO, Italy (AP) – A disappointing Olympics for Austria’s ski jumpers turned to gold Monday on the final night of competition in the debut of the men’s super team ski jump at the Milan Cortina Games.

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea falter in the free skate

MILAN (AP) – Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea did not have the kind of pairs free skate they envisioned at the Olympics.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan's first Olympic pairs gold

MILAN (AP) – Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up during their short program at the Milan Cortina Games.

Skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen: A gold for Brazil in giant slalom, then slalom fall

BORMIO, Italy (AP) – Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wouldn’t change the way he was flying through the course in Monday’s Olympic slalom.

Ilia Malinin hints at 'inevitable crash' amid Olympic pressure

MILAN (AP) – Ilia Malinin posted a video on social media Monday juxtaposing images of his many triumphs with a black-and-white image of the U.S. figure skater with his head buried in his hands, and a caption hinting at an “inevitable crash” amid the pressure of the Olympics while teasing that a “version of the story” is coming on Saturday.