DALLAS — One of the most powerful images from the 2026 Winter Olympics is that of the members of the Canadian men’s hockey team wearing their silver medals while being handed a stuffed animal.

Here’s this adorable stuffed animal to go with the silver medal you don’t want.

There were some of the best hockey players in the world — All ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Most of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team has chosen not to criticize the men’s team. That’s nice of them. We should also acknowledge that women athletes shouldn’t constantly be expected to serve as social justice warriors, even though many of them handle that role exceptionally well.

When men do ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — As we all know, Orlando is the birthplace of humidity; a place where hot, sticky air doesn’t just reside here; it has filed for homestead exemption. Which is why it felt so especially refreshing to claim a cool little slice of ice hockey glory earlier this week.

The United States won its first Olympic gold medal in men’s ...Read more

GARDENA, Calif. — U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu made quite an impression at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with her unique style, her compelling backstory and, of course, her gold medals in the women's singles competition — the first for an American woman since 2002 — and in the team event.

Her feats captured the attention of local artist ...Read more

SEATTLE — The four Torrent players who won Olympic gold for Team USA were welcomed back from Italy with a celebration at the Space Needle on Wednesday.

City Council members, the Seattle Sports Commission, media members and even two-time FIFA World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe gathered in the Puget Sound Room overlooking Chihuly Garden and Glass ...Read more

Going for Olympics gold takes a lot of carb-loading.

That dietary imperative might still be active in Alysa Liu, the 2026 Olympics star who just won two U.S. figure-skating gold medals in the women's singles and team event. On Tuesday evening, she dropped by Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails in Alameda, Calif., where she enjoyed some pasta ...Read more

I, for one, am astonished that several entitled young white millionaires were eager to capitalize on their brief moment of relevance by becoming pawns of a president for whom most of them probably voted, especially if they listened to the most popular podcasters — that is, if they even bothered to vote.

Let’s unpack that sentence.

The ...Read more

Along with his gold-medal winning teammates, Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was unknowingly thrust into America’s last national political point of outrage, because we can’t have nice things.

Three days after celebrating with his teammates following Team USA’s 2-1 overtime win over Canada in the gold medal game of the 2026 Winter ...Read more

We love the 12 gold medals — 33 in total — our athletes are bringing home, but it’s the stories that keep us hooked on the Olympic Games, and Milan did not disappoint, ending with a crescendo on the ice where our men’s hockey team secured a 2-1 victory with a bloody, broken smile.

Before scoring the winning goal in overtime, 24-year-old...Read more

The majority of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team marched in during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to chants of “USA! USA!” on Tuesday night.

Trump commended the team early in his speech in House chambers at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as he talked about how the country keeps ...Read more

President Trump on Tuesday awarded Team USA’s hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

The American team won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday, the first time in 46 years, occurring on the anniversary of the team’s legendary triumph over the USSR known as the “Miracle on Ice....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Behind the debate over whether Casey Wasserman should resign as the 2028 Olympics chief over 20-year-old correspondences unearthed in the Epstein files is a fraught question that has long haunted the L.A. Games: Will there be enough money?

A growing number of California politicians are calling on Wasserman to step down over ...Read more

Mike Sullivan has his name on the Stanley Cup twice as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he didn’t get a gold medal as coach of Team USA.

The U.S. men beat Canada, 2-1, Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning on Jack Hughes’ goal less than two minutes into overtime.

But, as is custom, Sullivan and the coaching staff did not receive...Read more

While President Donald Trump invited the men’s and women’s hockey teams to his State of the Union speech following gold medal victories against Canada, only one received a presidential phone call.

The men.

In a call to the boisterous men’s locker room Sunday, Trump praised the athletes for their dramatic 2-1 overtime victory over Canada....Read more

A niche sport that is mostly beloved by the hard core rather than the casual fan unified a nation at 9 a.m. on Sunday, something that America’s most popular game — football — can never achieve.

Hockey, a sport that most Americans don’t completely understand and only a few have actually played, bonded a nation because for all of our ...Read more

The face of American hockey has a bloody lip, missing teeth and disheveled hair.

Jack Hughes represents the best of us. Grit, toughness, pride, the willingness to sacrifice for others, no matter how messy or irrational.

Forty-six years to the day of "The Miracle on Ice," the Americans transformed hockey into a three-hour anthem in Italy.

No ...Read more

MIAMI — They walked into the international arrivals area of Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon in various Team USA gear — some in gray or blue hoodies or jackets, others in red T-shirts.

The one piece of their outfits in common: The gold medal draped out their necks.

Just more than 24 hours after winning those gold medals at ...Read more

Milan-Cortina Olympics hero Jack Hughes is likely looking at a dental implant to replace teeth knocked from his mouth in the third period of the men's hockey final between the United States and Canada on Sunday.

Once the euphoria of scoring the winning goal in overtime subsides and celebrations cease, Hughes will undergo a surgical procedure ...Read more

Lindsey Vonn’s horrific leg injury was even more serious than originally realized.

The American skier said surgery saved her left leg from being amputated after she crashed during her downhill race on Feb. 8 at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

The complicated injury left Vonn with compartment syndrome in her leg, she said Monday in a four-minute...Read more

It is totally acceptable to be emotional, Minnesota.

We should be.

Especially when I drive around town and see, hear and talk hockey in the winter. Especially when I fly into Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during the snowy times, look down during the approach and see backyard hockey rinks dotting the landscape. From 24-hour rinks ...Read more