NEW YORK (AP) — It took until noon on Saturday, less than 12 hours before showtime, for the script to arrive. The opening monologue for “Saturday Night Live,” of all things, was about to become a turning point in a national celebration that had somehow gone sideways in the week after the U.S. won Olympic … Read more
The Milan Cortina Olympics averaged 23.5 million viewers in the United States, making them the most-watched Winter Games since 2014 with a 96% larger audience than the Beijing Games four years ago. NBCUniversal said the average includes combined audiences on NBC, Peacock, CNBC, USA Network and other digital platforms. It covered the live afternoon (2-5 … Read more
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Maybe the most staggering thing of Eileen Gu’s entire gold medal-winning day was she lost her balance on the first trick in her first run. Perhaps she is mortal? But maybe not as Gu defended her Olympic ski halfpipe title on Sunday to make it six medals in six events over … Read more
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The gold medal sealed. The accusations of cheating overcome. It was time for Marc Kennedy to let loose. So the curler at the center of one of the biggest scandals that the sport has ever experienced leapt atop the boards lining the ice sheets and pumped his right fist as … Read more
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” from the U.S. to take the lead after the short program in the women’s figure skating competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday. Nakai rode her opening triple axel to a career-best … Read more
MILAN (AP) — Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics Saturday in Milan say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark. Vita Kalniņa and her husband, Alexander Kalniņš — fans of the Latvian … Read more
Archyde Injuries Mount for Australian Olympic Team in milano-Cortina Table of Contents 1. Injuries Mount for Australian Olympic Team in milano-Cortina 2. Rising Injury Toll 3. A Culture of Risk and… You can read the full story here: Australia’s Winter 2026 Olympics: Injury Nightmare Derailed Dreams. Source link
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Monday night who did not watch any of the runs. French artist Marc Ahr focused on the spectators to capture their reactions as their national teams triumphed or fell short, and on the … Read more
Paris 2024 Olympics Memorabilia to be Auctioned Table of Contents Paris 2024 Olympics Memorabilia to be Auctioned Auction Details Featured Items Charity Beneficiaries Paris 2024 Olympics Memorabilia Auction: Your FAQs Answered What is being auctioned off from the Paris 2024 Olympics? when and where will the auction take place? Who is organizing this auction? what … Read more