Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

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Women's Team Accepted Party Invite, Flavor Flav Says

Rapper offered dinners, shows after gold medal-winning athletes decide to skip State of the Union

(Newser) - The reigning Olympic champions in women's hockey have an engagement with Flavor Flav, the rapper posted Thursday. The "She Got Game" event, July 16-19 in Las Vegas, will honor other female athletes as well, he said. US team players accepted the invitation without input from USA Hockey, a...

Team USA Hockey Stars React to Trump Remark
Team USA Hockey Stars
React to Trump Remark
2026 Olympics
Feb 26, 2026 8:02 AM CST

Team USA Hockey Stars React to Trump Remark

Goalie Jeremy Swayman is apologetic over president's joke on inviting women's team to WH

(Newser) - Jeremy Swayman says he wishes the US men's Olympic hockey team had handled a recent moment involving President Trump very differently. Back with the Boston Bruins after the team's gold-medal run in Milan and a visit to the White House and State of the Union , the backup goalie...

Jack Hughes Is 'Super Excited' About SOTU Invite

He says team's visit to DC is about patriotism, not politics

(Newser) - Jack Hughes sounds ready to trade the ice for the House chamber. The New Jersey Devils star and freshly crowned Olympic hero says he's "super excited" about President Trump's invitation for the US men's hockey team to attend Tuesday's State of the Union after their...

Op-Ed: It Was a Miracle on Ice, But It Left 'a Sour Taste'

Mary Clarke blasts US men's hockey team, President Trump for dig at the women's team

(Newser) - For Mary Clarke, watching the US men's hockey team win gold at the Olympics was "a dream come true." But what followed—from Kash Patel chugging beer in the locker room to players laughing as President Trump informed them he would have to also invite the women'...

Lindsey Vonn: My Leg Almost Had to Be Amputated

Skier says surgery saved her limb following Olympic crash

(Newser) - American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that her injuries went far beyond the complex tibia fracture in the leg she initially hurt after...

Accused Canadians Take Curling Gold
Accused Canadians
Take Curling Gold
2026 olympics
Feb 21, 2026 4:20 PM CST

Accused Canadians Take Curling Gold

US women's team falls to Canada for bronze

(Newser) - The Canadian men's team brushed aside earlier accusations of cheating and beat Britain for Olympic gold in curling on Saturday at the Winter Games. Brad Jacobs' team defeated Bruce Mouat's all-Scottish squad 9-6 in Cortina's historic ice arena to give curling powerhouse Canada its only gold of...

Vonn's Big Crash Turns Focus on Crucial Piece of Ski Gear

Discussion has reignited on safety of bindings, whether ski boots should more easily released

(Newser) - The images of Lindsey Vonn in the snow, screaming in pain and then airlifted off the course after her Olympics crash were a stark reminder of the dangers of downhill skiing. So is this: Her skis didn't come off. Vonn's boots remained locked in her skis even after...

Norway Breaks Its Own Record for Golds

17th gold medal gives Nordic nation the most any nation has ever won in a single Winter Olympics

(Newser) - Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday, and it led to historic gold—he captured Norway's 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, breaking the record for the most gold medals won...

Hunter Hess Doubles Down on Defending His Love for US
Olympian Slammed by Trump:
'I Love the United States'
2026 Olympics
Feb 20, 2026 7:26 AM CST

Olympian Slammed by Trump: 'I Love the United States'

American freeskier also snarked on president's criticism of him, making the 'L' sign for 'loser'

(Newser) - American freeskier Hunter Hess got to the end of his successful run in the Olympic halfpipe qualifier, then leaned into the camera. He bent his left thumb and forefinger into the shape of an "L," lifted it to his forehead, and pointed at it with the other hand....

Snoop Dogg Covers Dinner Tab With Olympic Tickets
Restaurant Owners Get
a Surprise From Snoop Dogg
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2026 5:23 PM CST

Restaurant Owners Get a Surprise From Snoop Dogg

After his credit card was declined, they gave him a free meal and got Olympic tickets in return

(Newser) - Snoop Dogg's tab didn't clear in an Italian ski town, so he picked up the check with something most diners can't offer: Olympic tickets. The rapper and NBC correspondent for the 2026 Winter Games stopped at Cronox, a family-run gastropub in Livigno, where he ordered a cheeseburger,...

US Wins 3rd Gold in Women's Hockey
US Beats Canada
in Overtime for Hockey Gold
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2026 3:27 PM CST

US Beats Canada in Overtime for Hockey Gold

Megan Keller scores winner for 3rd US gold in women's hockey

(Newser) - Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the US won its third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey, beating defending champions Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports' most heated rivalries. American captain...

For a Brand New Olympic Sport, 'a Magical Day'

Switzerland's Marianne Fatton takes the gold in ski mountaineering, or 'skimo,' in Milan Games

(Newser) - The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut on Thursday and crowned its first champion at the Milan Cortina Games. With snow falling, Marianne Fatton of Switzerland navigated the uphill-then-downhill sprint course lined with a diamond-shaped pattern and stairs in a lung-searing time of 2 minutes, 59.77...

Ford: Ontario Kids Can Watch Hockey Game at School
Ontario Schools Told to Let
Kids Watch Olympic Hockey
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2026 10:31 AM CST

Ontario Schools Told to Let Kids Watch Olympic Hockey

Premier says students will be allowed to watch Canada's remaining games during school hours

(Newser) - Ontario kids won't have to skip school to watch Olympic hockey. Premier Doug Ford announced on social media Wednesday that he's told the province's education minister to ensure all students can tune in to the remaining Team Canada games that fall during school hours, starting with Thursday'...

Bettors' Surprise Olympic Favorite? Curling

The stones and brooms are second only to hockey in this Olympiad

(Newser) - Hockey is the top Winter Games sport among gamblers, but curling with its sliding stones, spirited sweeping, and cheating allegations has surprised oddsmakers. Bettors are showing significant interest in the quirky sport, reports the AP , which piques viewers' curiosity every four years at the Winter Olympics. "There's definitely...

Eileen Gu Balks at Question on 'Lost' Olympic Golds
Eileen Gu Balks
at Question on
'Lost' Olympic
Golds
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 11:20 AM CST

Eileen Gu Balks at Question on 'Lost' Olympic Golds

Gu calls query 'ridiculous' on whether 2 silvers won at 2026 Games are really '2 golds lost'

(Newser) - Eileen Gu isn't sweating the what-ifs. After becoming the most decorated women's freestyle skier in Olympic history with five medals, the 22-year-old US citizen competing for China was asked at a Milan Cortina press conference if she viewed her pair of 2026 silver medals as "two silvers...

Shiffrin Ends Her Medal Drought on Top
Shiffrin Ends Her
Medal Drought on Top
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 9:02 AM CST

Shiffrin Ends Her Medal Drought on Top

8-event Olympic drought ends with a dominant slalom victory in Cortina

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin saved her best for last in Cortina. In her final event of the 2026 Winter Games, the American skier finally claimed slalom gold, snapping an Olympic medal drought that covered eight straight events stretching back to 2018, per NPR . Racing under clear blue skies, Shiffrin built a commanding...

Norway's Klaebo Continues 'Golden Run' at Games
Norwegian Rules
Cross-Country
Slopes, Along
With a Dog
2026 Olympics
Feb 18, 2026 8:17 AM CST

Norwegian Rules Cross-Country Slopes, Along With a Dog

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo earns 5th gold medal of Games, while a pup infiltrates the women's heat

(Newser) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's golden run at Milan Cortina continued Wednesday as the Norwegian cross-country ski star secured his fifth gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics—and a record 10th overall—in the men's team sprint. Klaebo beat back a challenge from the United States to improve on his...

Disqualified Ukrainian Olympian Scores a Bonus Worthy of Gold

Billionaire gives more than $200K to Vladyslav Heraskevych, 'a true winner'

(Newser) - The Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a helmet honoring his fallen compatriots has nonetheless received the sort of payout usually reserved for gold. Ukraine's wealthiest man, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, has given skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych more than $200,000, equal to the prize money Ukraine gives athletes who bring home...

Lindsey Vonn Says Injury 'Worse Than a Broken Leg'
Lindsey Vonn Says Injury
'Worse Than a Broken Leg'
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2026 2:48 PM CST

Lindsey Vonn Says Injury 'Worse Than a Broken Leg'

She says she's back in the US but still 'immobile' after complex tibia fracture

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn says she is back in the US after her downhill crash at the Olympics, but she is still "immobile" and her injury was worse than "just" a broken leg. "Haven't stood on my feet in over a week… been in a hospital bed immobile...

France Bans Player From Olympics After Hockey Fight
French Hockey Player Barred
From Olympics After Fight
2026 olympics
Feb 17, 2026 12:30 AM CST

French Hockey Player Barred From Olympics After Fight

French defenseman banned for provocative gestures after Wilson altercation

(Newser) - Pierre Crinon's is done playing Olympic hockey for the rest of these winter games—and not because of anything on the scoreboard. France's defenseman has been sidelined for the rest of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games after tangling with Canada's Tom Wilson during a lopsided 10-2 loss, a...

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