USA Hockey and NHL Officials held a preliminary meeting Tuesday night to discuss which U.S. players could potentially fill the roster for this May’s world championships in Sweden and Finland.
American teen Mikaela Shiffrin, who last week became the youngest women’s World Cup slalom champ in 39 years, appeared on TODAY Wednesday morning to chat about the world championships, her impressions of Sochi, and what it’s like to be compared to one of the best young Olympians of her generation.
Channeling his inner Howard Beale, Tonight Show host Jay Leno brought American gold medal wrestlers Rulon Gardner and Henry Cejudo on to his show Monday to discuss how upset he is over the IOC’s decision to recommend eliminating wrestling from the Olympics starting in 2020.
Six months after the Rio Olympics golf course was scheduled to break ground - before a land dispute halted the project - designer Gil Hanse and crew are down in Brazil Tuesday morning prepping to finally begin construction on the project.
After months of rumors, gold medal downhill skier Lindsey Vonn finally admitted to her relationship with Tiger Woods in a Facebook post Monday: “I guess it wasn’t a well-kept secret, but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy seemed pretty confident in Madrid’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, as IOC’s evaluation commission arrived in the country’s captial Monday for a four-day inspection of the potential host city.
Hurdler turned bob sledder Lolo Jones admitted to HBO’s Real Sports, in an interview that will air Tuesday, that she only joined the U.S. bobsled team because she’s desperate for a medal.
Vancouver gold medalist Yuna Kim blew away the field by more than twenty points Saturday night, as she completed her comeback with a second world title two years after stepping away from the sport.
American teen Mikaela Shiffrin capped an incredible first season on the slopes with an improbable come from behind victory in Switzerland Saturday, and earned her first career World Cup Crystal Globe in the process.
Vancouver silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White reclaimed the ice dancing crown Saturday at the world championships in London, Ontario, beating Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to win their second world title.
Despite two falls during his free skate Friday in Ontario, Patrick Chan’s record setting short program two nights earlier helped him hang on for his third straight world figure skating title.
Despite missing a significant portion of the season with an intestinal illness and an injured knee, Lindsey Vonn managed to win her sixth straight World Cup downhill title earlier this week after the finale was canceled due to fog.
American Ice Dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White skated the best short program of the year Thursday to take a first round lead on Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at worlds.
Eleven-time Olympic medalist and future reality TV star Ryan Lochte sounded pretty passionate about training for the Rio Games when he spoke with Parade earlier this week.
We’re admittedly surprised it took so long for Russian President and wrestling fan Vladimir Putin to come out against the sport being expelled from the 2020 Olympics by the IOC, but here goes: “The removal from the Olympic program of traditional forms of sports, which were its basis from the beginning, and were in the program of the Olympic Games even in the time of ancient Greece… is unjustified,” he told news agencies.
As Madrid preps for the IOC to come evaluate its potential as an Olympic host city next week, spirits are high despite the financial woes that have plagued the country’s economy in recent years.
No surprises so far at the ISU Figure Skating Worlds in Ontario Wednesday, as the Russian pairs team of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who’ve swept every event this season, took an early lead following the short program.
The Figure Skating World Championships kick off in London, Ontario Wednesday, with the pairs short program first thing in the morning, and the men’s short program later in the afternoon.
