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Johnny Gaudreau honored by Team USA after gold medal win
MILAN -- The U.S. players had just pulled off the biggest win of their careers and claimed the country's first Olympic gold since 1980, but after the overtime win against Canada on Sunday, their former teammate Johnny Gaudreau was never far from their thoughts.,Gaudreau was killed, along with his br...

Canada's Josh Morrissey out of gold-medal game; Sidney Crosby status TBA
Defenseman Josh Morrissey is out and the availability of captain Sidney Crosby is uncertain as Canada prepares for Sunday's gold-medal hockey game against the United States at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Morrissey left in the first period of Canada's group-stage opening win over Czechia with an undi...

Biathlon win gives Norway Olympic-record 17 gold medals
ANTERSELVA, Italy -- Norway set a record for gold medals at a Winter Olympics when Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the men's 15km biathlon mass start at the Antholz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena on Friday.,The previous record of 16 also belonged to Norway, set at the Beijing Games in 2022.,Dale-Skjevdal hit ...

Norway's Johannes Klaebo wins 5th gold of Games in cross country; US gets silver
TESERO, Italy -- Johannes Klaebo led Norway to victory in the men's cross-country team sprint on Wednesday to win his fifth gold of the Milan Cortina Games and 10th career Olympic title, while Sweden's women extended their domination of the sport with another gold.,The U.S. men's team won silver, th...

Mikaela Shiffrin ends medal drought, takes gold in slalom
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Mikaela Shiffrin won the women's slalom at the Milano Cortina Games on Wednesday, claiming her first Olympic medal since 2018.,Shiffrin was more than one second faster than every competitor except Germany's Lena Duerr (47.95) in the last Alpine skiing event of the Milano ...

Mikaela Shiffrin ends medal drought with gold in women's slalom
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- U.S. Alpine ski great Mikaela Shiffrin held her nerve and won the women's slalom at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday for her first Olympic medal since 2018.,Switzerland's Camille Rast took silver and Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson the bronze.,Shiffrin, 30, entered six ev...

Norway’s ‘King Klaebo’ reigns as greatest with 9 Winter Games golds
TESERO, Italy -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo cemented his legacy on Sunday by winning a ninth Olympic cross-country gold to become the greatest Winter Olympian of all time.,Nine golds put him ahead of compatriots and fellow cross-country skiers Marit Bjoergen, Bjoern Daehlie and biathlete Ole Einar Bjo...

Norway's Johannes Klaebo ties Olympic record with 8th gold medal
TESERO, Italy -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km freestyle cross-country ski race on Friday to earn his eighth Olympic title and equal the record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games.,Mathis Desloges of France won silver, his second of the Milan Cortina Olympics, while Norway's E...

Sweden beat US to claim mixed doubles curling gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- A nerveless display from Isabella Wranaa helped Sweden win the mixed doubles curling gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by beating the United States 6-5 on Tuesday.,Sweden is the second-most successful nation in curling at the Winter Olympics, but it had neve...

Austrian snowboarder wins parallel giant slalom in 5th Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy - Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl raced to a second straight gold medal in the men's parallel giant slalom on Sunday at the Milan Cortina Games, capping a glittering career on the slopes at his fifth Olympics.,In the women's event, Czech snowboarder Zuzana Maderova triumphed after ...

Swiss skier wins first gold of Games in men's downhill
BORMIO, Italy -- Swiss young gun Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning descent of the fearsome Stelvio slope to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men's downhill on Saturday as illustrious teammate and race favorite Marco Odermatt missed the podium.,The 24-year-old von Allmen barely put a ski off line as...
Three NBA Trade Deadline Flops That Changed Nothing
The NBA trade deadline came and went with little impact. Here are three moves — involving the Celtics, Knicks, and Warriors — that fell flat....
