Ted Ligety
AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 19 1928 — Canada wins the gold medal in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada, represented by the 1926 Toronto...

Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States reacts after finishing the the men's super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Analysis: Plenty went wrong for US Alpine skiing at Olympics

By Howard Fendrich Feb. 18, 2022 02:38 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

From left: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, of Norway, silver, Johannes Strolz, of Austria, gold, and James Crawford, of Canada, bronze, celebrate during the medal ceremony for the the men's combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Alpine combined, original Olympic ski event, could be gone

By Howard Fendrich Feb. 10, 2022 09:18 AM EST

Mikaela Shiffrin of United States stands in the finish area after skiing off course during the first run of the women's giant slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Shiffrin set for Olympic slalom after quick exit in 1st race

By Howard Fendrich Feb. 08, 2022 05:05 AM EST

FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates her gold medal during the venue ceremony at the women's giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 15, 2018. Shiffrin will defend her giant slalom gold medal in the first women's Alpine skiing event of the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Shiffrin seeks 3rd Olympic gold: 'Best ... I've ever seen'

By Howard Fendrich And Pat Graham Feb. 05, 2022 04:43 AM EST

A forerunner tests the alpine skiing downhill course at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Alpine skiing hill at Beijing Olympics is a new test for all

By Howard Fendrich Feb. 02, 2022 03:22 AM EST

FILE - A worker skies past the moguls course ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 27, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Olympic athletes in Alpine skiing and other outdoor sports dependent on snow are worried as they see winters disappearing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Olympians worry as 'Winter' disappears from Winter Games

By Howard Fendrich And Pat Graham Jan. 31, 2022 03:03 AM EST

FILE - Switzerland's Marco Odermatt competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race in Alta Badia, Italy, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Odermatt, a 24-year-old from Switzerland, will head to the Beijing Olympics as a potential star-in-the-making. A winner of five golds at the 2018 junior world championships, Odermatt leads the World Cup standings and has five victories plus three runner-up finishes this season. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)
All eyes will be on Shiffrin, unknown hill in Olympic Alpine

By Howard Fendrich Jan. 10, 2022 12:03 PM EST

FILE - United States' Ted Ligety reacts after his run during a men's World Cup giant slalom skiing race Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Beaver Creek, Colo. Ted Ligety hasn't given a return to ski racing even a moment of consideration. The persistent numbness in his foot deflects any would-be thoughts of stepping out of retirement. Still, the two-time Olympic champion will be heading to the Beijing Games — as an analyst for NBC.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Retired Ted Ligety finds path to Beijing Olympics as analyst

By Pat Graham Dec. 01, 2021 07:18 PM EST