MILAN — When American pairs skater Danny O’Shea was 10 years old, he sat down and made a list of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.

In 2010, he would be 18. That would be his Olympics, he decided.

As easy as that, right?

O’Shea has survived two retirements, five partner changes, two coaching changes, a broken foot, multiple surgeries, ...Read more

MILAN — With NHL stars back in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 12 years, organizers of the Milan-Cortina hockey tournament have seemingly done everything they can to make the players feel at home.

A horn blast marks goals and the end of each period, an NHL tradition since the 1970s; foreboding organ music plays whenever a player is...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — What's behind her has been well documented — the Olympic disappointments, the crash that nearly ended her career — but it was what unfurled in front of her Sunday that transfixed Mikaela Shiffrin.

She saw it while standing in the start gate at Tofane Alpine Ski Centre, the Olympic giant-slalom course in the ...Read more

Four years ago, I stood among reporters in the mountains of Zhangjiakou, China, interviewing an exhausted Jessie Diggins, who had just skied the anchor leg of the 4x5km relay. It was the fourth of six races she was scheduled to participate in at the 2022 Olympics.

Diggins was asked about the workload, if she had two more races in her.

“I’m...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — There's much more to Olympic ski racing than what goes on between the gates. A lot of it has to do with what's going on inside the helmet, and Mikaela Shiffrin hinted at that after a disappointing finish this week in the slalom portion of the women's combined.

"I didn't quite find a comfort level that allows me to ...Read more

MILAN — His competitors flashed by with still more than half a lap to go. Jordan Stolz, sitting opposite of the finish line staring at a large video board, looked at his coach and nodded. The U.S. flag quietly came out of a backpack for his impending victory lap.

The 21-year-old speedskating star won his second Olympic medal of the Milan-...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Axel Brown, the pilot of Trinidad and Tobago's bobsled team, came to the Milan-Cortina Winter Games with a simple goal.

"Just don't come last," he said. "We know that there is a 0% chance of us contending for medals. It doesn't matter if we have the absolute best day we've ever had.

"That's just the reality of it....Read more

History is once again unfolding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as Team USA members break records and score dominant triumphs.

But as the Games move into their second week, a different and more provocative history is starting to repeat itself, casting a politically charged shadow over the event.

Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin, snowboarder ...Read more

MILAN — When she skated, Tara Lipinski was always nervous. But it was different before the free skate of the 1998 Olympics. The teenager cried that morning. She called her parents after the six-minute warmup and said she couldn't do it. Her legs were physically shaking in her beginning pose. She didn't know what to do.

"When you go to the ...Read more

MILAN — He popped the quad axel. He stumbled across the ice. He tried to hide the pained expression.

Ilia Malinin fell apart in the men’s free skate, tumbling from near lock to win the gold medal to eighth place after a disastrous performance Friday. After his music ended, Malinin covered his anguished face. He put his hands on his knees, ...Read more

San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini is having a blast so far at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina.

It’d be impossible for him not to.

Playing alongside the NHL’s two leading scorers, Celebrini had a goal and an assist Friday as Canada powered its way to a 5-1 win over Switzerland and Sharks forward Philipp Kurashev at Milano ...Read more

Maxim Naumov realized the dream that he and his parents had simply by stepping onto the ice at the Olympics skating rink this week in Italy.

The results were secondary. Still, Naumov, 24, was in 14th place after a solid performance Tuesday, when he posted a score of 85.65 in the short program and qualified for the long program.

Friday was the ...Read more

MILAN — He popped the quad axel. He stumbled across the ice. He tried to hide the pained expression.

Ilia Malinin fell apart in the men’s free skate, tumbling from near lock to win the gold medal to eighth place after a disastrous performance Friday. After his music ended, Malinin covered his anguished face. It was the first time since ...Read more