Winter Games - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Bruins F Pavel Zacha (upper body) won't play for Czech teamAn ailing Pavel Zacha, still sidelined with an upper-body injury, will not play for Team Czechia in the Milan Cortina Olympics.,Zacha, who plays for the Boston Bruins, is being replaced by fellow forward Filip Chlapik, who plays with Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga.,Team Czechia opens play in th...
Political tensions surface at slick Milan Cortina opening ceremonyMILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Italy launched the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday with a slick and colorful ceremony that celebrated the country's history, arts and fashion but where global political tensions surfaced in the crowd reaction.,Italian President Sergio Mattarella formally dec...
IIHF president: IOC to keep Russia out of 2026 Games
The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation told reporters that the International Olympic Committee plans to exclude Russia from the 2026 Winter Olympics.,Luc Tardif was quoted Sunday by HockeyNews.se and Hokej.cz on the topic of Russian participation in future events -- chiefly the nex...
What were the best and worst sports trends in 2022?
As 2023 approaches, it gives media outlets opportunities to do wrap-ups, year-end lists, and rank anything else in the timeframe of the past 12 months. It’s really the only upside of time being arbitrary and a construct of people in power to make sure the plebeians arrive at the salt mines at 9 a.m....
Mikaela Shiffrin’s response to failure is more important than failing
When I’m left sifting through the rubble, struggling to find any remnant of hope in the disaster that has befallen me, I try to remember advice my father never stops giving me: “You can’t control the things that happen to you, but you can control how you react to them.”...
No NHL stars, but plenty of drama for Team USA men's hockey
It’s obvious that the inclusion of the NHL at the 2022 Winter Olympics would’ve given a facelift to the United States men’s hockey roster competing in Beijing. Leaving Auston Matthews, Connor Hellebuyck and plenty of others at home takes away some of the best in the world. The Americans are far from...
NBC gets the story it wants
The mystery of why NBC ponies up most countries’ defense budgets for the right to broadcast the Olympics still evades me. I know what the answers are. The ratings are worth it, which means the ad rates make it worthwhile, and that those who tune in aren’t really interested in the results of various ...
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International athletes to watch at this year’s Winter Games
Finding noteworthy athletes from the rest of the world might still be easier than cherry picking from the America tree, but it’s harder to decide which multi-medalist athlete or teenage phenom to leave off the list. I tried to get a nice mix of both, but there are quite a few times when I simply had...