Finishing touch: 16 years later, Jacobellis gets her gold
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States’ first gold medal of…
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Lindsey Jacobellis finds redemption at 36 with gold, Team USA’s first of 2022 Games
After earning silver in Torino, Lindsey Jacobellis becomes the oldest American woman to win a Winter Olympic medal of any color in any…
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Nathan Chen’s free skate run-through at 2022 Winter Olympics
In first after the short program, Nathan Chen runs through his free skate program at a practice session during the 2022 Winter…
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The science behind the fake snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Learn about the science behind the man-made snow heavily on display at the 2022 Winter…
Continue Reading The science behind the fake snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Learn about the science behind the man-made snow heavily on display at the 2022 Winter…
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Petra Vlhova crowned slalom queen with flawless 2nd run
It required a dramatic comeback in her second run, but Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova lived up to her recent form, winning slalom gold at the 2022 Winter…
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Jack Elder turned 15 minutes of luge practice into an Olympic appearance
Jack Elder walked on to the world championships in Davos Switzerland, sled in hand and raced his first competitive race.…
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A brief history of African nations at the Winter Olympics
Since 1984 at least one African nation has competed at each subsequent Winter…
Continue Reading A brief history of African nations at the Winter Olympics
Since 1984 at least one African nation has competed at every Winter…
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Layden: Mikaela Shiffrin in uncharted waters after surreal double DNF
It was one of those moments that didn’t feel real when Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in Gate 5 of the slalom, days after crashing out on Gate 7 of the…
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Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova mounts massive comeback, wins slalom gold with Mikaela Shiffrin out
Slovakian slalom star Petra Vlhova executed a near-flawless second run to win the women’s slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics in dramatic comeback…
Continue Reading Roddy carries Colorado St. over Nevada 82-72
RENO, Nev. — David Roddy scored 29 points as Colorado State defeated Nevada 82-72. Kendle Moore added 22 points for the Rams. Desmond Cambridge Jr.…
Continue Reading Jaquez, Jr. leads No. 12 UCLA past Stanford 79-70
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Johnny Juzang scored 23 points, including a momentum changing four-point play and Jaime Jaquez, Jr. added 16 to help No. 12…
Continue Reading A ‘huge’ change helped Petra Vlhova to Olympic gold
By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Petra Vlhova added an Olympic gold medal to her growing list of achievements by…
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Swede Harlaut throws up Wu-Tang sign, takes big air bronze
Henrik Harlaut of Sweden paid homage to Wu-Tang Clan after his men’s freeski big air final runs, yelling “Wu-Tang is for the children”; he ultimately…
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Shaun White delivers clutch run, makes fifth Olympic final
Defending gold medalist Shaun White scored an 86.25 to place fourth in qualifying and make it into the…
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Course worker gets in the way of slalom run
Alpine skier Eva Vukadinova of Bulgaria had to re-do her first slalom run after a course worker strayed onto the…
Continue Reading Nathan Chen on brink of elite club of US Olympic champions
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano have been waiting more than a decade for someone to join them in…
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‘Feeling incredible’ after qualies, Shaun White talks triple
Defending gold medalist Shaun White said he was so happy to put down a clutch run in halfpipe qualifying and kept mum when asked whether the triple…
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Shaun White adds another clutch run to legacy, makes final
Three-time gold medalist Shaun White came through when it mattered again, executing in his second run of qualifying a double McTwist 1260 that had…
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