Olympics
Aussie Cooper Woods upsets Mikael Kingsbury for Olympic gold in men's moguls Federica Brignone comeback from broken leg to super-G gold at home Francesca Lollobrigida of Italy gets a 2nd Milan Cortina gold, winning the 5,000 Recap: Brignone completes dramatic comeback and Ukrainian athlete excluded Breezy Johnson's latest Olympic bling? A sapphire engagement ring
Ukrainian athlete tests Olympic rules on free speech - and gets disqualified
Injured American Jessie Diggins takes bronze in race dominated by Sweden
Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat
Canada shows why it's the Olympic favorite by routing Czechia 5-0
Australia's Scotty James wants Olympic halfpipe gold badly
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – The Olympic gold medal is the last and only thing missing from the resume of the man who might be snowboarding’s final great renegade – Scotty James.
A very focused Matt Weston of Britain has midpoint lead in Olympic skeleton

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Here’s an idea of how focused Britain’s Matt Weston is on winning Olympic gold.

After nasty fall, Canada's Mark McMorris says he's 'coming around'

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris said he’s “coming around and starting to feel like myself again” after suffering a concussion and pelvic injuries during a nasty fall in training on the big air course before the Milan Cortina Olympics started.

Beloved Olympic mascots are critters vulnerable to climate change

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – The pair of animals chosen as mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats – weasel-like creatures that are at risk because of climate change. One of them is brown and the other is white, because in cold climates, the tiny animals’ fur changes from brown to white for winter, to blend in with the landscape.

Chock and Bates say their near-perfect skate felt like a win

MILAN (AP) – U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates didn’t conceal their disappointment Thursday at the bittersweet Olympic silver medal for what Bates called their “absolute best performance,” while Chock said the confusion over the result “does a disservice to our sport.”

Olympians toe line between solidarity and sacrifice

CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – In the moments before the men’s super-G, ski racer Dmytro Shepiuk paused to consider the yellow sticky note he held snugly in his glove.

Canada enters women's Olympic hockey quarterfinals beating Finland

MILAN (AP) – As top-seeded Team USA practiced a day before its quarterfinal matchup against host Italy, the Canadians were on the nearby main rink reminding everyone it might not be time to count them out of the women’s hockey Olympic tournament just yet.

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Olympics for banned helmet

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) – Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 athletes and coaches killed since Russia invaded his country four years ago.

Will American 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin try hardest quad of all?

MILAN (AP) – Ilia Malinin keeps teasing fans at the Milan Cortina Olympics by submitting program plans that have the American figure skating star attempting the quad axel, a 4 1/2-revolution jump so difficult nobody but him has ever landed it in competition.

Dutch speedskater Xandra Velzeboer wins Olympic short track 500 gold

MILAN (AP) – Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands won the women’s 500 meters gold medal in short track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday night after breaking her own world record in the semifinals.

54-year-old from Minnesota became oldest US Winter Olympian
Harvey emerges as driving force behind USA Hockey's offensive attack
Sweden's women overwhelm Olympic cross-country field with seven of nine medals so far