Some of the best athletes from around the globe will soon compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics. More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will compete in one of 16 Olympic disciplines and six ...

TERSKOL, Russia (AP) — Every time Nikita Filippov races, it’s an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. Related Articles With history already made, Jessie Diggins opens her final Olympic ...

We are heading into an even-numbered year, and that means the Olympics are on the way. The new year will bring us the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, which will allow us all to descend into a ...

As 2026 begins, the next installment of the Winter Olympics is only a month away. This year, for the first time ever, the Olympic Games will be co-hosted in two cities: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, ...

The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started ...

NBCU sold approximately $900 million in advertising tied to each of its most recent Winter Olympics efforts, the 2022 Games from Beijing and the 2018 spectacular from PyeongChang. The company said its ...

The U.S. Olympic men's hockey team is a reprise of the 4 Nations Face-Off squad with a few reviisions. The newcomers are Buffalo's Tage Thompson, Utah's Clayton Keller and Florida defenseman Seth ...

Canada will be a favorite at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics after winning the 4 Nations Face-Off in February. The country also won gold at the last two Olympics that featured NHL players (2010 in ...

Although the Winter Olympics are always an exciting time in the world of sports, next year's Winter Games will offer an even more thrilling slate than usual, specifically because the NHL is planning ...

Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) Summer Olympics have promised that there will be affordable tickets for the Games that start in less than three years time. On Monday, LA28 announced fans ...

Hanukkah began Sunday night, therefore so did one of the world's greatest holiday traditions, Yo La Tengo's annual eight-night Hanukkah concert residency at New York's Bowery Ballroom. Sunday's ...

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