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American Chloe Kim flies into halfpipe final on the hunt for 3rd gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, -- American snowboarder Chloe Kim cruised into the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday, showing off high-altitude tricks to easily lead the field as she moved a step closer to claiming a third straight gold medal.,Kim, one of the greatest snowboarders in history, burs...
IOC 'begs' defiant Ukrainian to race without war dead helmet
MILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia's invasion and avoid potential disqualification.,The athlete, however, remained d...
Franjo von Allmen wins 3rd gold of Games in Super-G, American claims silver
BORMIO, Italy -- Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen joined a very exclusive club of Alpine skiers as he powered to his third gold medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a super-G masterclass down the Stelvio on Wednesday.,The 24-year-old followed his gold in the downhill and team combined with anothe...
Tearful US ice dance pair feels they skated a winning performance
MILAN, Italy -- American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates said they believed they had delivered an Olympic gold-medal performance on Wednesday despite having to settle for silver behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.,Chock and Bates entered the decisive free dance ...
Bad Bunny's halftime viewership dipped 7% from Super Bowl's peak
Viewership for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime performance fell 7% compared to the game's peak total, Nielsen's quarter-hour ratings data showed.,Sunday's championship in San Francisco maxed out at a record 137.9 million viewers -- 134.3 million on NBC and 3.6 million on Spanish-language broadcas...
Sweden overcomes Italy fight, Slovakia stuns Finland on Day 1 of men's hockey
MILAN, Italy -- Underdog Italy made podium-contending Sweden work for its 5-2 win in the men's ice hockey group stage on Wednesday and Slovakia stunned defending champions Finland 4-1, as the Olympic tournament delivered thrills on its opening day.,The two Nordic titans were expected to notch routin...
US' Madison Chock and Evan Bates narrowly lose ice dance gold to French pair
MILAN, Italy -- France's Laurence? Fournier? Beaudry and Guillaume? Cizeron captured ice dance gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, edging Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates in a remarkable story of reinvention less than a year after they teamed up.,Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron -- wh...
Italian men and women both win gold in luge doubles
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Italian lugers enjoyed the greatest day of their long Olympic history on Wednesday, winning gold in both men's and women's doubles hugely against the odds as the time they had put in to learn every inch of their new Cortina track paid off spectacularly.,Andrea Voetter and ...
American Jordan Stolz takes 1,000m for speed skating gold
MILAN -- Jordan Stolz lived up to expectations as he charged to the men's 1,000 meters gold on Wednesday, delivering the United States' first speed skating title of the Milan Cortina Games after a brief delay caused by a re-skate in an earlier pair.,Dutchman Jenning de Boo and China's Ning Zhongyan ...
Lindsey Vonn reveals third leg surgery since downhill crash
American skiing star Lindsey Vonn revealed in a social media post on Wednesday that she underwent a third surgery since breaking her left leg in a violent crash during the Olympic downhill Sunday and said she will be "ok.","I had my 3rd surgery today and it was successful," Vonn said in an Instagram...
Italy's national mint to repair broken Olympic medals
After multiple athletes reported issues with damaged medals, Milan Cortina Olympic organizers confirmed Italy's national mint will repair any faulty medal fixings for athletes at the 2026 Games.,Olympic organizing committee spokesman Luca Casassa said a "targeted intervention" was agreed to with the...
The Biggest Question Facing Every 2026 MLB Contender
From Shohei Ohtani’s historic chase to Gerrit Cole’s comeback, here’s the biggest question facing every MLB contender entering 2026....
Martin Kaymer (elbow) WDs from LIV Adelaide
Cleeks Golf Club captain and two-time major winner Martin Kaymer withdrew from LIV Golf Adelaide on Wednesday due to an elbow injury.,The 41-year-old German is the latest LIV Golf captain to bow out of the event, joining six-time major champion Phil Mickelson (family matter) and Englishman Lee Westw...
Best NBA Betting Picks for Wednesday Feb. 11th Slate
Best NBA bets for Wednesday’s 14-game slate, including Knicks vs. 76ers, Pistons vs. Raptors, and Spurs vs. Warriors....
Dreadful season for Kansas State continues with visit from Cincinnati
With less than a month left in the Big 12 regular season, two struggling teams will meet up Wednesday night when Kansas State hosts Cincinnati in Manhattan, Kan.,The Wildcats (10-13, 1-9 Big 12) will take to their home court having dropped four straight contests and nine of 10.,Coach Jerome Tang's s...
Past champ Justin Rose knows Pebble Beach weather can be X-factor
Pebble Beach Golf Links may be an icon among American golf courses, but playing in the Northern California weather in February makes things a bit of a toss-up.,Justin Rose can attest as he prepares for this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where he won in 2023.,The 45-year-old Englishman said Tuesda...
Speed skating: Nuis says Stolz the man to beat but expects battle in 1,000m
MILAN -- Jordan Stolz is speed skating's hottest property heading into Wednesday's men's 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, but a pack of seasoned challengers led by three-time Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis are ready to crash the American's party.,The 21-year-old Stolz arrived in Milan as...
Celtics, Bulls face former players in Anfernee Simons, Nikola Vucevic
Anfernee Simons and Nikola Vucevic will each be playing against their former team when the Chicago Bulls visit the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.,Simons was traded from Boston to Chicago last Tuesday in exchange for Vucevic. The teams each included a second-round draft pick in the deal.,Simons j...
Ilia Malinin surges into lead with thrilling short program
MILAN -- American figure skater Ilia Malinin delivered his best performance of the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday, landing two quadruple jumps and even throwing in a backflip in an electrifying men's short program to take the lead.,Malinin posted 108.16 points, more than five clear of Japan's Yuma K...
Justin Thomas cleared to return following back surgery
Two-time major champion Justin Thomas announced Tuesday that he has been cleared for "all golf activity" as he progresses in his return from November back surgery.,"After some follow up imaging and meeting with my Dr and team, I'm officially cleared for all golf activity!," he posted on Instagram. "...