Poulin scores in return, Canada beats Germany 5-1 in women’s hockey quarterfinal
MILAN — Marie-Philip Poulin’s injured right knee held up just fine. And the Canadian women’s hockey icon added another entry to her “Captain Clutch” reputation. Returning to the lineup after missing two-plus games, Poulin injected a spark into a slow-starting Canadian team by making a key defensive play and then...
Brazil’s first Winter Games gold is about much more than the medal
RIO DE JANEIRO — With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another reason to celebrate: an Olympic medal. It was the first medal at the Winter Games for any country in South America. And not just any medal: gold....
Stolz adds 2nd Winter Olympics gold with thrilling win in the 500
Jordan Stolz is 2 for 2. There’s a chance 4 for 4 might not be far behind. The American speedskating star added his second gold medal in two attempts at the Milan Cortina Olympics by sprinting to victory in the men’s 500 meters Saturday. Stolz joined Eric Heiden as the...
Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk power the U.S. past Denmark 6-3 at the Olympics
Jack Eichel scored off his own faceoff win a minute after setting up Brady Tkachuk’s first of two goals the same way, and the U.S. rode its top line to a 6-3 defeat of Denmark on Saturday night, keeping pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the men’s...
Finland earns feisty win over Sweden at Olympics as McDavid and Crosby score in Canada’s victory
Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby scored in Canada’s 5-1 victory over Switzerland on Friday in men’s ice hockey as Canada improved to 2-0. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists. Thomas Harley and Macklin Celebrini also scored for the tournament favorite. McDavid scored his first Olympic goal when —...
Mikhail Shaidorov earns gold in men’s figure skating after collapse by ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ilia Malinin’s coronation as an Olympic champion will have to wait. The 21-year-old U.S. figure skater stumbled twice during an uncharacteristically sloppy performance in the men’s free skate Friday, opening the door for Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan to win a stunning gold at the Milan Cortina...
Renowned Penguins killer and Team USA hockey legacy Brock Nelson off to a hot start at the OlympicsVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins fans have gotten used to gritting their teeth and muttering Brock Nelson’s name under their breath. The Colorado Avalanche forward has 40 points in 46 games against Pittsburgh, the most of any team he faced over his 13-year NHL career. He also has nine points (six goals) against...
Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Olympics because of banned helmet honoring war dead
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 athletes and coaches killed since Russia invaded...
Minnesota lawyer, 54, becomes oldest U.S. Winter OlympianVideo
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The stakes were low — and the time ripe — for a 54-year old personal injury lawyer and six-time winner of “Minnesota Attorney of the Year” to make Olympic history. It was the end of the U.S. men’s curling match against Switzerland on Thursday, and they...
Brock Nelson scores twice as US opens the Milan Cortina Olympics by rolling over Latvia 5-1
MILAN — The U.S. goal song — “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach’s challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by rolling past...
Winter Olympics recap: Canadian hockey team notches shutout vs. Czechia
MILAN — Macklin Celebrini scored Canada’s first goal in the return of the NHL to the Olympics, and Jordan Binnington stopped all 26 shots he faced in a 5-0 defeat of Czechia on Thursday that showed the tournament favorite is already a well-oiled machine. “Our intentions were really good with...
Lindsey Vonn says she had a ‘successful’ 3rd surgery on broken leg following crash at the Olympics
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn had a “successful” third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics, the American skier said Wednesday Vonn posted an update on Instagram that included photos of her giving a thumbs up sign in her hospital bed with a...
Olympics roundup: Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen wins 3rd gold; men’s hockey begins
MILAN — Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland looks like a breakout star of the Milan Cortina Olympics after winning his third gold medal. And Chloe Kim and a bunch of NHL stars are just getting started. Von Allmen won the super-G in Bormio on Wednesday to become the third man...
Olympic hockey notebook: Sidney Crosby organizes Team Canada’s tour of Milan
MILAN — Even though Bo Horvat occasionally takes the train into New York City from his home on Long Island, it’s not usually surrounded by two dozen of his teammates. That changed at the Olympics when he and Canada’s NHL players spent their day off from practicing riding the metro...
French duo beats U.S. stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates for Olympic ice dance gold
MILAN — The new French ice dance team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron upset the dominant team of the past four years, American stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and claimed Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday night. Beaudry and Cizeron had to follow a...
U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz wins 1,000-meter gold in Olympic-record timeVideo
MILAN — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 and learning to skate on a frozen pond in his Wisconsin backyard after falling in love with speedskating while watching the 2010 Winter Olympics on TV — and hoping to one day step atop...
Russia’s Olympic team sports ban leaves some of the NHL’s best players out of Milan
MILAN — Before he became teammates in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals, T.J. Oshie shined on the global stage with his shootout heroics that helped the U.S. beat Russia on home ice at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. A dozen years...
Tkachuk and Hughes brothers make U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team a family affair
MILAN — Charlie McAvoy doesn’t have any brothers. In his family, there were only sisters, so he can’t truly understand what it would be like to play on a global stage with a brother as a teammate. He does know this much: He’s a little envious right now of U.S....
Winter Olympics recap: Mikaela Shiffrin out of medals again
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics. The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on Tuesday. Shiffrin was the last...
U.S. dominates Canadian women in Olympic hockey for pool-play sweep
MILAN — Hannah Bilka scored twice, and the United States’ youth and speed overwhelmed a Canadian women’s hockey team missing its captain in a 5-0 win at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday. The lopsided victory clinched first place for the U.S. in Group A entering the quarterfinals and continued...
Olympics are here for many NHL stars who waited half their careers or more for this
MILAN — Nathan MacKinnon knew he wouldn’t make Canada’s 2014 Olympic team as an 18-year-old NHL rookie, whereas Germany’s Leon Draisaitl and Czechia’s David Pastrnak were still a year away from being drafted. Canadian Connor McDavid and American Jack Eichel were just 17 and Auston Matthews 16 when the best...
Neck guards are mandatory in hockey at the Olympics. That’s an adjustment for NHL players
MILAN — There will be a big visual difference between hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics and the version played in the NHL: Every player is required to wear a neck guard. “I haven’t worn a neck guard since youth hockey,” U.S. forward Brady Tkachuk said. “But it’s good.” The...
When conflict meets competition: Trump’s immigration agenda roils opening days of Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy — As the Winter Olympics opened in Milan, Vice President JD Vance hailed the competition as “one of the few things that unites the entire country.” That unity didn’t last long. The early days of the Milan Cortina Games have been roiled by the tumultuous political debate in...
‘Don’t jump in them’: Olympic athletes’ medals break during celebrationsVideo
MILAN — Handle with care. That’s the message from gold medalist Breezy Johnson at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after she and other athletes found their medals broke within hours. Olympic organizers are investigating with “maximum attention” after a spate of medals have fallen off their ribbons during celebrations on...
Lindsey Vonn’s father says he wants her to retire after Olympic crash
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn’s father said Monday that the American superstar will no longer race if he has any influence over her decision and that she will not return to the Winter Olympics after breaking her left leg in the downhill over the weekend. “She’s 41 years old,...
