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Hilary Knight's hockey achievements go beyond gold medals and championships

Sports / Olympics /

If Hilary Knight is the GOAT of women's ice hockey, then Caroline Harvey is the kid.

That isn't just a reference to her age, 23, which makes her the seventh-youngest player on the U.S. Olympic team. The term is also used for baby goats. And with Knight, the oldest player on the U.S. team, expected to retire from Olympic competition after the ...Read more

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Savannah Guthrie will no longer be part of NBC's Winter Olympics coverage

Sports / Olympics /

“Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will not head to Milan for NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics coverage as she deals with the ongoing police investigation into the suspected abduction of her mother.

“Savannah will not be joining us at the Olympics as she focuses on being with her family during this difficult time,” an NBC News ...Read more

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Chip Scoggins: Olympic hockey teams are full of star players. What if someone gets hurt?

Sports / Olympics /

MINNEAPOLIS — Bill Guerin has a lot on his mind right now. Worst-case scenarios and things he cannot control are not among them.

Guerin could have easily pulled out a rabbit’s foot, tapped his knuckles on the table or stuck fingers in both ears and pretended he couldn’t hear when I visited his suite at Grand Casino Arena to discuss the ...Read more

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LA28, USOPC seek to ease IOC concerns about Trump, 2028 Games

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MILAN — LA28 and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Games officials on Tuesday sought to reassure International Olympic Committee members amid rising concerns about the Trump administration’s foreign policy and impact on the 2028 Games, promising that the world’s athletes would be welcome into a “safe and secure environment” in Los Angeles.

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This Spanish figure skater may get to skate his Minions program at the Olympics after all

Sports / Olympics /

Who's ready for a Minions happy dance?

Spanish figure skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said Tuesday that he may be able to skate his Minions-themed program at the Olympics after all. He shared on Instagram that Universal is allowing him to use the music from its popular animated franchise for the "special occasion" and said he is working ...Read more

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LA28 announces stadiums from New York to California to host 2028 Olympic soccer matches

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MILAN — LA28 announced Tuesday the six U.S. stadiums that will host Olympic soccer group stage games while revealing a plan to have preliminary games move East to West to minimize travel demands. Instead of criss-crossing the country for the group-stage games, teams will advance in the tournament and move progressively closer to the knockout ...Read more

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Can Lindsey Vonn compete in Olympics with torn ACL? 'If anyone can do it, it's Lindsey.'

Sports / Olympics /

MILAN — A partial knee replacement in her right leg wasn't enough to stop Lindsey Vonn from pursuing her Olympic comeback. Neither will a recent left torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Vonn revealed Tuesday she suffered a completely ruptured ACL in a crash last week but remains focused on racing in the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

"If my knee is ...Read more

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LA County supervisor calls for Casey Wasserman to resign from Olympic committee

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LOS ANGELES — A top Los Angeles politician said Tuesday that LA 2028 Olympics committee chair Casey Wasserman should resign following revelations about racy emails he exchanged with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.

"I think Casey Wasserman needs to step down," said L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who along with other L.A. ...Read more

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Tiffany Chin continues to inspires US Olympic figure skaters

Sports / Olympics /

LOS ANGELES — Tiffany Chin's career was as short as it was spectacular.

Over a seven-year stretch that ended before she was even an adult, Chin was one of the most decorated figure skaters in the world, winning a world junior title, a U.S. championship and two Skate America crowns while finishing fourth in her only trip to the Olympics.

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How Tai Babilonia's groundbreaking career shattered barriers for US figure skaters

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LOS ANGELES — Tai Babilonia's life changed forever when she was asked to hold a boy's hand.

At first she resisted.

"I didn't want to," she remembered. "He's a yucky boy."

But Mabel Fairbanks, Babilonia's skating coach, wouldn't take no for an answer, bribing the 8-year-old with stickers and a Barbie doll if she would just reach out and grab...Read more

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Olympic sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson arrested for speeding over 100 mph

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Olympic medal-winning sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested in Florida on Thursday after allegedly driving more than 100 mph.

The 25-year-old track star was taken into custody outside Orlando and booked into the Orange County Jail on a charge of dangerous excessive speeding. She was clocked going 104 mph on SR-429, according to local NBC...Read more

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Katie Uhlaender's quest for record sixth Winter Olympics thwarted by Canada's questionable ethics

Sports / Olympics /

For years, Katie Uhlaender had a goal that few athletes even dare to dream — to compete in both the Winter and Summer Olympics.

An injury derailed that attempt. Now another dream appears to have been dashed for the daughter of former major league baseball player Ted Uhlaender — representing the United States in a record sixth consecutive ...Read more

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'New evidence' gives Jordan Chiles a chance to secure the return of her Olympic bronze medal

Sports / Olympics /

LOS ANGELES — Jordan Chiles might be able to keep the bronze medal she won, then was stripped of, at the 2024 Paris Olympics after all.

On Jan. 23, Swiss Federal Supreme Court sent the U.S. gymnast's case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to re-examine the matter "on the basis of an audio-visual recording" that could provide evidence...Read more

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Olympic snowboarder accused of running drug cartel pleads not guilty in LA hearing

Sports / Olympics /

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges against him Monday and was ordered detained as his case proceeds.

Wedding, who authorities say was in hiding for more than a decade and on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted ...Read more

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LA City Council members express concerns about Olympic boycott

Sports / Olympics /

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council members on Monday called for the city and LA28 to have “hard and honest” conversations and come up with a backup plan in the case of a widespread boycott of the 2028 Olympic Games.

The council members’ requests come against the backdrop of mounting calls for a boycott of this summer’s World Cup ...Read more

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Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug cartel boss to plead not guilty, lawyer says

Sports / Olympics /

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, is set to plead not guilty to multiple charges against him, his attorney said ahead of a scheduled court hearing on Monday.

Wedding, who was in hiding for more than a decade and on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted ...Read more

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Feds arrest fugitive Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug lord in Mexico

Sports / Olympics /

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of an organization that trafficked large quantities of drugs through L.A., was apprehended recently in Mexico, U.S. officials announced Friday.

Authorities said Wedding, who was in hiding for more than a decade and on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” ...Read more

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Feds arrest fugitive Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming drug lord in Mexico

Sports / Olympics /

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who allegedly became the head of a billion-dollar drug trafficking organization, has been apprehended by authorities in Mexico, U.S. officials announced Friday.

Authorities said Wedding, who is believed to have been in hiding for more than a decade and was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted ...Read more

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IOC hasn't had formal contact with Trump administration about LA28

Sports / Olympics /

When Kirsty Coventry was elected as the International Olympic Committee’s first woman president last March the former Olympic swimming champion admitted the IOC faced “a number of difficult challenges” and acknowledged that one of them was “Donald Trump.”

Meeting with President Trump early in her presidency would be a “priority,” ...Read more

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LA28 Olympics ticket update: Record number sign up on first day

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LOS ANGELES — LA28 announced that more than 1.5 million people from 150 countries signed up for 2028 Olympic tickets in the first 24 hours of registration, making the first day of registration the busiest in Olympic history.

The 2028 Summer Games attracted more registrations in one day than the first day of sign-ups for Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024...Read more