Miserable day on slopes for American stars Shiffrin, Gerard
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — It was a miserable day on the mountains outside of Beijing for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and…
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US skating star Chen, Japanese rival Hanyu set for showdown
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had enough pressure on him heading into the men’s program at the Beijing…
Continue ReadingGolden Wüst: Dutch star makes history with 6th Olympic title
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Ireen Wüst skated into the record books at the Beijing Games by becoming the first athlete to…
Continue ReadingWorld Cup doubts see UK-Ireland drop 2030 bid, target Euros
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Doubts and disputes over FIFA’s push for biennial World Cups have contributed to Britain and Ireland dropping…
Continue ReadingClosed steel mill sends Olympic skiers – not smoke – skyward
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Shougang Group steel mill that once billowed smoke into smoggy Beijing is sending something else…
Continue ReadingChinese teen Su Yiming takes silver in Olympic slopestyle
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Wirter ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Chinese teenager Su Yiming was a surprise silver medalist in the Olympic men’s…
Continue ReadingA muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble
By SALLY HO and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the…
Continue ReadingBubble life: China takes COVID sports routine to new extreme
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Officially, the Beijing Olympics are taking place inside what organizers are calling “the…
Continue ReadingHungary steps in to host 2022 swimming world championships
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Swimming will have world championships after all in 2022. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the sport’s…
Continue ReadingSweden’s Sara Hector wins Olympic GS gold after Shiffrin out
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Swedish skier Sara Hector capped a recent career resurgence by winning the gold medal in the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING SNAPSHOT: A scramble for scarce Olympic souvenirs
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The race is on to snap up scarce 2022 Winter Olympic souvenirs. Dolls of mascot Bing Dwen Dwen sold…
Continue ReadingKrejci, Staal, Power among Olympic hockey players to watch
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Canada’s Eric Staal and Owen Power and the Czech Republic’s David Krejci are among the…
Continue ReadingSuper Bowl coaches lean conservative on 4th-down calls
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals got to the Super Bowl with help from a couple of coaching decisions…
Continue ReadingIce dancers propel US to 1st Olympic silver in teams
By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With poise and precision, American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the discipline with a…
Continue ReadingParrot’s cancer comeback leads to Olympic snowboard gold
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot took home the Olympic gold medal in men’s slopestyle…
Continue ReadingAmerican biathletes still on the hunt for Olympic medal
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The United States has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics in biathlon. American…
Continue ReadingOlympic downhill gold follows daughter’s birth for Beat Feuz
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz finally has the one major victory missing from his overflowing collection of downhill…
Continue ReadingBlackhawks fire AHL trainer after alleged sexual harassment
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks fired a longtime minor-league trainer in November after he was accused of…
Continue ReadingTwice on Olympic ice is nice for American curler Chris Plys
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Just because he made an early exit from the Olympic mixed doubles curling tournament doesn’t mean…
Continue ReadingChina’s Gu nearly blows big air trials, locked in for finals
By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu’s goal of three Olympic medals nearly blew away in the wind. The American-born freestyle…
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