Olympics
Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Olympic crash
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.
Olympic leader Coventry learns in first political stress test with Los Angeles challenges ahead
The first female president in the International Olympic Committee's 132 years got a proper stress test in the first games of her history-making leadership.
NBC’s big Olympics bet looks smarter as Milan audience up 94% from Beijing
Many wondered four years ago if NBC's 2014 decision to secure U.S. media rights to the Olympics through 2032 for $7.75 billion was a bad business deal.
Sweden’s curling moms give their kids gold medals to play with after Olympic victory
Sweden curling skip Anna Hasselborg related how her daughter told her before the Olympics that "it's so boring when you don't have a medal."
U.S. Bobsled team knows some changes will come. But eyes already on medals in 2028, 2030 and 2034
Jadin O'Brien is thinking about 2028. Kaysha Love, Azaria Hill, Frank Del Duca and Kris Horn are already looking ahead to 2030. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster is wondering about 2034, maybe as an athlete, maybe in a different role.
U.S. wins its record 11th gold medal at the Winter Olympics
The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday, with at least one more good possibility when its men's hockey team wraps up the action on closing day with the title game against Canada.
An Olympic pin more precious than gold celebrates the late halfpipe pioneer, Sarah Burke
Maybe the most precious pin at the Milan Cortina Games celebrates an athlete who helped lead an entire sport into the Olympics, but never got to compete herself.
A 40-year-old Jorrit Bergsma becomes the oldest Olympic speedskating gold medalist
Jorrit Bergsma spread his arms wide down the backstretch of speedskating's mass start event at the Milan Cortina Games. He blew kisses to the loud Dutch fans shouting in their orange outfits and wearing their mullet wigs to match his hairstyle. He even applauded right back at them.
U.S. vs. Canada for Olympic gold is a titanic showdown of hockey powerhouses
Dylan Larkin has been thinking about the U.S. facing Canada for gold at the Olympics for a year. All the dreams he had as a kid crystalized after he and his teammates lost to their rival in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Top-ranked Canada beats U.S. for bronze medal in women’s curling at the Olympics
Top-ranked Canada beat the United States for the bronze medal in women's curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday after being upset by Sweden in the semifinals.
A record-setting Winter Olympics: 6 golds and 16 medals for the U.S. in women’s events set marks
The U.S. women's hockey team had just won Olympic gold, and veteran forward Kendall Coyne Schofield summed the moment up perfectly.
Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith celebrate surprise 4th-place finish in skimo’s mixed relay at Olympics
This wasn't the typical mood of a pair of Olympic fourth-place finishers: Happy and upbeat.
Italy adds to Olympic medal count as freeskiers race through flurries at Milan Cortina Games
Snowflakes fell on a pair of celebratory red-white-and-green Italian flags on Saturday after the men's skicross final at the Olympics.
Women’s Olympic freeski halfpipe final delayed because of heavy snow in the Italian Alps
The women's Olympic freeski halfpipe final has been delayed because of heavy snow falling Saturday in the Italian Alps.
Jordan Stolz is 4th in his last Olympic speedskating race. Dutch skaters win the mass start golds
Jordan Stolz missed out on his chance to become the first man since 1994 to collect three gold medals in long track speedskating at one Olympics, finishing fourth in the mass start on Saturday behind 40-year-old champion Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands.
FIFA’s Infantino to face no IOC action on Olympic neutrality rules over Trump peace board
The International Olympic Committee will take no action against its member Gianni Infantino for a possible breach of political neutrality rules over aligning FIFA with U.S. President Trump's Board of Peace.
France takes gold and silver in the women’s biathlon mass start race
In the final biathlon event of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, France's Oceane Michelon overcame a missed target in the final shooting stage in the 12.5-kilometer mass start race to take gold.
Norway’s dominance at Winter Games based on tradition, depth and development
Outside the Olympic cross-country stadium in this Dolomite mountain town, Norwegian flags have been draped over the railings like bunting on a national holiday.
Norway wins its 17th gold medal, breaking record for most golds won in a single Winter Olympics
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 skied his way to gold - Norway's 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics - breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics.
Winter Games organizers made clean energy a priority: How they did it
It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean.