Tag: Winter Olympic games
USA Luge picks national team for 2021-22 Olympic season
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — USA Luge’s national team for the looming Olympic season is set, with five members of the 2018 Olympic team now...
Anaheim Ducks goalie Ryan Miller to retire at end of season
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks goalie Ryan Miller will retire at the conclusion of the season, ending the 18-year career of the winningest American-born...
Miroslav Frycer, Czech defector who joined NHL, dies at 61
Miroslav Frycer, who defected from Czechoslovakia and spent most of his eight seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He...
Tokyo under ’emergency orders’ with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO — Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been...
IOC approves Tchaikovsky music as Russian anthem at Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gold medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are set to hear music by Tchaikovsky as the replacement for their national anthem,...
IOC reluctantly accepts plan for 2026 Cortina bobsled track
MILAN — The International Olympic Committee reluctantly accepted plans to spend 50 million euros ($60 million) to rebuild an abandoned bobsled track in Cortina...
Chen tops Hanyu to win men’s free skate at World Team Trophy
OSAKA, Japan — Three-time world champion Nathan Chen won the free skate at the figure skating World Team Trophy on Friday to continue his...
Super-G ace Andrew Weibrecht back on skis for Make-A-Wish
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — It's been three years since Andrew Weibrecht retired from the U.S. Ski team, but the mountains always beckon.
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Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms
MOSCOW — The Russian flag is barred from the Olympics in a doping dispute. You wouldn't know it to look at the Russian uniforms.
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Tirico to host NBC coverage of Tokyo Games from outdoor set
Mike Tirico won't be anchoring NBC's primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics from the usual confines of a studio inside the International Broadcast Center....