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Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie speaks to the crowd at Washington Harbour to announce his retirement from the NHL on Monday, June 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.) ** FILE **

Capitals’ Oshie elected to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

FILE - Members of the team Nova, of Canada, skate during the senior synchro skating short program at the Canadian figure skating championships Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Winter Olympics adds synchro skating and freeride for 2030 in French Alps. Nordic combined dropped

Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Even small reductions in misandry, misogyny would help society

United States women's gold medal hockey players Megan Keller, center, Aerin Frankel, left, and Haley Winn, right, acknowledge the crowd before a ceremonial puck drop ahead of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

The PWHL is riding a post-Olympic boost in ticket sales and marketing opportunities

By John Wawrow - Associated Press

Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo lies on the snow after a fall during the World Cup sprint cross-country race in Drammen, Norway, Thursday March 12, 2026. (Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Winter Olympics star Klaebo taken to hospital after crashing in World Cup sprint race

Associated Press

United States' gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor celebrates at the finish after the women's monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.(AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

U.S. Bobsled team knows some changes will come. But eyes already on medals in 2028, 2030 and 2034

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Fans of France wait for the start of the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Almost 20,000 biathlon fans reach deafening levels as they sing and cheer their heroes

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

Israel's Adam Edelman, left, slides down the track during a two man bobsled training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Swiss TV commentary of Israeli Olympic bobsled run fuels fierce reaction

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Sturla Holm Laegreid, of Norway, reacts after he won bronze in the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Norwegian biathlete regrets tearful TV confession overshadowing teammate’s Olympic gold medal

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

Athletes from United States attend the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Cheers for Team USA turn to jeers for Vance at Milan Cortina opening ceremony

By Daniella Matar and Colleen Barry - Associated Press

United States' Lindsey Vonn attends a press conference by the U.S. ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Lindsey Vonn doing ‘jumps’ in rehab, coach tells AP ‘no doubt’ she’ll race in Olympics with torn ACL

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

A board bearing signatures of athletes, leaders and public figures, in support of the Olympic Truce is displayed inside the Athens Olympic Museum on Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Olympic organizers invoke an ancient pledge to call for the suspension of all wars

By Derek Gatopoulos and Theodora Tongas - Associated Press

Russian ski mountaineer Nikita Filippov poses during an interview with The Associated Press at Mount Elbrus foothills in Terskol village, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

No flag, anthem or parade: An isolated Winter Olympics beckons for Russian athletes

By Pavel Bednyakov and James Ellingworth - Associated Press

In this image provided by U.S. Biathlon young cross-country skiers attending the Intermountain Youth Ski Festival in Victor, Idaho on March 1, 2025, line up to take their turns shooting laser rifles provided by the U.S. Biathlon Association to help grow the sport. (John Farra/U.S. Biathlon via AP)

Laser rifle program, new shooting ranges means growth for biathlon in the U.S.

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

A man walks next to the store selling merchandise with the symbols of the Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games in downtown Sarajevo, Bosnia, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Sarajevo is paying tribute this week to one of its most glorious moments: the two weeks of February in 1984 when it staged an impeccable Winter Olympic Games. While taking the nostalgic trip down memory lane, Bosnian Olympians say they are looking to the future with hope to again pull off an “apparently impossible feat” and reignite the Olympic flame over Sarajevo in 2032. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

War-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future

Associated Press

Natalia Voronina of the Russian Olympic Committee competes in the women's speedskating 5,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Beijing bust: Low ratings, bad food, quarantine woes plague Winter Games

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Johnson says no U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Olympics. Johnson on Wednesday called it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott. Johnson was asked in the House of Commons whether the U.K. will join the United States, Australia and Lithuania in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games. (House of Commons/PA via AP)

U.S.-led diplomatic Olympic boycott snowballs as top Western allies join

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Mexico's Nicole Rangel, left, and Suzannah Brookshire collide as they attempt to take a catch during the softball game between the Mexico and Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Fukushima , Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Hell or high water’: Olympics arrive to Tokyo with uncertainty, intrigue

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that Biden administration officials “have not discussed” a joint boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. backtracks as China expresses fury over possible Beijing Winter Olympics boycott

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This Aug. 25, 2018, photo, shows a general view of a dismantled stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with the Olympic cauldron, right, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closed just seven months ago. Left behind are empty venues, feuding over who pays for upkeep, and a glistening-white ski course that’s now an abandoned dirt runway, strewn with rocks and unused gondolas. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)

Pyeongchang Olympics: Costly venues may eventually be razed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press