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MILAN — Olympic Gold is in sight for the ‘Quad God’ of figure skating.  Men’s singles at the 2026 Winter Olympics is concluding today, and 21-year-old Ilia Malinin is hunting down the top prize to…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Rich Ruohonen, 54, remembers when curlers smoked cigarettes on the ice. “All we did was throw rocks and think we could be better,” he said.  That was a few decades ago,…

In college basketball, about the only thing certain is uncertainty. The final NCAA men’s tournament bracket still won’t be announced for over a month, and it will in all likelihood look quite different from this…

CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Breezy Johnson is multi-talented. In addition to skiing really, really well, the newly minted Olympic downhill champion has gotten really, really good at knitting. She makes a new headband or hat…

There’s a long history in basketball between Duke and North Carolina, the Tobacco Road rivals separated by less than 11 miles. In women’s basketball, the recent rivalry between the Blue Devils and Tar Heels has…

The Seattle Seahawks emerged the ultimate winner of the 2025 NFL season, but other teams, players and personnel scored some moderate victories of their own. Only one team typically emerges happy from any given NFL…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Alpine skier Breezy Johnson pulled her Olympic gold medal out of her front right coat pocket. Ribbonless. “Don’t jump in them,’ she said during her press conference Feb. 8 after winning…

Skinner, a Katy, Texas native, grew up playing club volleyball won three NCAA national championships. The first came in 2020 with Kentucky. Skinner won two more titles, in 2022 and 2023, after transferring to Texas…

Snowboarder Jake Pates advanced to the 2026 Winter Olympics halfpipe final after a four-year retirement. Pates retired from competitive snowboarding in 2020 due to mental health struggles and a concussion. He started the Happy Healthy…

MILAN — Madison Chock and Evan Bates stoically accepted their silver medals following their shocking upset in the ice dance final at the 2026 Winter Games on Thursday despite tying in a season-best free skate.  The moment…