MILAN (AP) — The upstart Italians didn't make it easy on the Americans, and that's everything veteran forward Kelly Pannek could have asked for as the top-seeded U.S. continued its run through the Olympic women's hockey tournament. A festive atmosphere, a determined opponent, a little ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Jakara Anthony brought another freestyle-skiing gold medal to Australia on Saturday, winning in the Winter Olympics debut of dual moguls, the wilder and more unpredictable cousin of moguls skiing that has been in the Games for decades. Anthony skied cleanly through all ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Long before snowboards edged their way into the Olympic world, riding them was more of a pasttime than a sport. More than searching for gold medals, riders dug out halfpipes in parks and on mountains and tried to do something cool. Often the "judging," as it were, ...
MILAN (AP) — Dalibor Dvorsky's goal with 39 seconds left may have sent Slovakia to the quarterfinals in men's hockey at the Olympics as the winner of the group in a tiebreaker even after losing to Sweden 5-3 on Saturday in each team's final preliminary round game. Slovakia wins Group B as ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — They're both in their 40s. They're both moms. Elana Meyers Taylor has five Olympic medals already, the most by any Black woman in Winter Games history. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster has three Olympic gold medals, more than any female bobsledder ever. Their ...
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — In her Olympic debut, Maren Kirkeeide of Norway bested two Frenchwomen to take gold in a snowy women's 7.5-kilometer sprint biathlon race at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday. Kirkeeide cleared all 10 of her shots and crossed the finish line in 20 minutes ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Canadian curler at the center of a spiraling controversy at the Winter Olympics insisted Saturday he was not a cheat and postulated that his team might be the target of a "premeditated" attack by Sweden, one of its biggest rivals for the gold medal. Marc ...
MILAN, Italy (AP) — Nikita Volodin's career had stalled in Russia. Then came a move to Germany, which made him an Olympic medal contender. Volodin teamed up with German skater Minerva Hase in 2022, after nearly four years out of elite-level competition skating in ice shows. He'd come close ...
MILAN (AP) — For a while now, Jordan Stolz's talent and dominance as a speedskater, and his much-anticipated potential for Olympic success, prompted many to repeatedly mention his name — prematurely, no doubt — alongside that of Eric Heiden. Now they really do belong in the same sentence, ...
BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom Saturday and earn South America's first medal at a Winter Games. With snow falling and fog settling in, the 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen remained cool and relaxed ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin tries to put the disappointment of a fourth-place finish in the women's combined behind her when she returns to the slopes for the giant slalom. Medals will also be handed out in biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle ...
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly what went wrong in an Olympic free skate that could only be described as a disaster. Out in the arena, Mikhail ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Emanuel Sharp set the school record for career 3-pointers and finished with 27 points to lift No. 3 Houston over Utah 66-52 on Tuesday night. Sharp made a career-high eight 3s on 8-of-13 shooting from beyond the arc to give him 277, surpassing Marcus Sasser (276 in ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — For Italy, it was a double-gold night in doubles luge. And USA Luge made history, just not the kind the Americans have been waiting forever to enjoy. Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner of Italy rallied in the second heat to win the Olympic men's doubles ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn't won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren't even contenders in many of them. Ah, the comforts of home. A little Italian ice changed everything — and the first women's doubles luge champions in ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Isiah Evans scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 5 for 6 on 3-pointers, and No. 4 Duke pulled away in the second half to defeat Pittsburgh 70-54 on Tuesday night. Cameron Boozer added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils, and Caleb Foster had 14 points ...
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — When the powder settled on the Olympic moguls course, Elizabeth Lemley was basking, true to her nickname, in the glow of a gold medal. The 20-year-old American freestyle skier, called "Lizard" by her teammates, had slid and leapt over the slope's icy bumps to land an ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday kept former New York Jets first-round draft pick Darron Lee in jail without bond as he faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend in Tennessee. The ruling by Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Tori Smith came after Lee was ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Sam Merrill scored a career-high 32, Donovan Mitchell added 30, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 138-113 victory over the Washington Wizards in James Harden's first home game wearing wine and gold. Harden had 13 points and 11 assists in 28 minutes for his second ...
By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 28 points, Paul Reed had 16 of his 22 in the first quarter and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 113-95 on Wednesday night in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams. The Eastern ...