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FILE - Chicago Bulls fans Rob Martinez, left, Mark Kojak and Michael Kojak, right, show their support for the team during a rally in Chicago, June 14, 1991, celebrating the Bulls NBA championship. (AP Photo/Mark Elias, File)
The 1990s: Jordan era takes flight; Magic battles HIV virus

By Brian Mahoney Feb. 23, 2022 02:26 AM EST

Residents bring their children play on an art installation on display at a mall next to a venue which host the men's and women's ice hockey games at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Beijing's ambitious Olympic COVID bubble: So far, so good

By Huizhong Wu And Ken Moritsugu Feb. 11, 2022 12:16 AM EST

Associated Press reporter John Leicester is held in Isolation Room 2, where he was kept while being re-tested for COVID-19 after testing positive at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Steve Moyes)
BEIJING DIARY: Testing positive at the no-COVID Olympics

By John Leicester Feb. 09, 2022 05:15 AM EST

Switzerland's Patrizia Kummer competes during the women's parallel giant slalom elimination run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Kummer, Kosir exit early in Olympic PGS race after isolation

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 07:39 AM EST

Residents wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus walk by a mural decorated with Lunar New Year decorations in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly linked to the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China locks down southern city as omicron variant surges

Feb. 08, 2022 03:55 AM EST

FILE - A worker performs a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID

By Candice Choi Feb. 08, 2022 01:06 AM EST

FILE - Kunlun Red Star's Brandon Yip is shown during a Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey match against Russia club Amur Khabarovsk in Mytishchi, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Host China has finalized its roster for the men's hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics. The team includes a dozen players from North America. Some like forward Brandon Yip have Chinese ancestry. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
KHL to end season, go directly to playoffs after Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 05, 2022 10:56 PM EST

FILE - Finland's Leo Komarov speaks with referees during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Leo Komarov is expected to play for Finland at the Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. Komarov played in the NHL as recently as October, and he and the New York Islanders agreed to mutually terminate his contract in November.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Olympics Live: US diplomat says human rights should be focus

Feb. 05, 2022 09:23 PM EST

Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Emboldened China opens Olympics, with lockdown and boycotts

By Sarah Dilorenzo Feb. 04, 2022 04:01 AM EST

FILE - United States' Hannah Soar holds her skis after a run in the finals of a World Cup freestyle moguls competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Jan. 13, 2022. With Beijing Olympic organizers adopting a “zero COVID” policy and strict testing just to get on flights to China, skiers, sliders and skaters are taking extreme measures to avoid the coronavirus and its omicron variant. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Making Olympics just the start for athletes avoiding COVID

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 03, 2022 02:47 AM EST

FILE - Kim Meylemans, of Belgium, starts during the women's skeleton race at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, Feb. 11, 2021. Meylemans was permitted to enter one of the Olympic villages early Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, a move that came hours after she tearfully turned to social media and detailed how upset she was about being in isolation over virus concerns. Meylemans tested positive for COVID-19 upon her arrival at the Beijing Olympics, which meant she had to enter isolation and return several negative tests before being cleared to move into the Yanqing Olympic Village. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Olympian moved to village after tearful video in isolation

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 02, 2022 05:50 PM EST

Medical workers spray disinfectant and prepare swabs for people taking part in the Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay activities at a coronavirus test site in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. With more than 30 new COVID-19 cases being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics, organizers said Wednesday they aren't worried and expect numbers to drop within days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Beijing says COVID-19 situation 'controllable,' 'safe'

Feb. 02, 2022 06:28 AM EST

FILE - In this April 6, 2019 file photo, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, CONI, Giovanni Malago' gestures as he talks during a winter Olympics Milan Cortina bid IOC Evaluation Commission final news conference, in Milan, Italy. Malagò is one of at least two IOC members who have tested positive for COVID-19 and been placed in isolation at the Beijing Games, as announced Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
Italian Olympic president Malagò tests positive in Beijing

Feb. 02, 2022 05:19 AM EST

Chinese security stand guard outside the National Indoor Stadium ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
6 Danish men's hockey players test positive at Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 02, 2022 04:10 AM EST

A worker performs a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympic advisers at ease with COVID rate, see cases falling

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 02, 2022 02:53 AM EST

Marita Kramer from Austria jumps from the Muhlenkopf hill in the first competition round during the women's large hill, ski jumping World Cup, in Willingen, Germany, Saturday Jan. 29. 2022. (Arne Dedert/dpa via AP)
Ski jumper Marita Kramer ruled out of Olympics with virus

Feb. 01, 2022 08:48 AM EST

An Olympic worker in protective gear prepares to take a swab sample for a COVID-19 test at the Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 01, 2022 05:54 AM EST

Skeleton medalist out of Beijing Olympics with virus

Jan. 31, 2022 04:52 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus...

A resident wearing a mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks past barricades and tents prepared for mass testing at a neighborhood in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Chinese are traveling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries to contain coronavirus outbreaks. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Beijing seals off more residential areas, reports 12 cases

By Huizhong Wu Jan. 30, 2022 09:13 AM EST

An ice maker sprays water over a cutout of the Olympic rings while installing a sub-glacial Beijing 2022 logo on the track at the Yanqing National Sliding Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Slovenia snowboarder tests positive for virus in Beijing

Jan. 28, 2022 07:03 AM EST