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FILE - Lindsey Vonn shows medals from her career as she holds a press conference after taking the bronze medal in the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall

Jun. 06, 2022 11:10 AM EDT

Justin Thomas watches his second shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
Riviera has a new president and big events headed its way

By Doug Ferguson Feb. 22, 2022 11:13 AM EST

The North Korean flag flies above the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. As Beijing holds the winter Olympic games, hundreds of North Koreans are enduring perhaps the longest-running pandemic-enforced separation in the world. The isolationist Communist state has sealed off its borders so tightly that they've left their own ambassador to China stranded in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: N. Korea not at Games but diplomat remains

By Dake Kang Feb. 17, 2022 05:28 AM EST

Vanessa James and Eric Radford, of Canada, compete in the pairs team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination

By Mallika Sen Feb. 17, 2022 04:22 AM EST

Jason Brown, of the United States, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
ATHLETES ON: Killing time when not competing

By Kelvin Chan, Candice Choi And Aaron Morrison Feb. 14, 2022 05:56 AM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor, of the United States, drives her bobsled during a women's monobob training heat at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
WHAT TO WATCH: Football, then ice dancing on big day for NBC

By Noah Trister Feb. 12, 2022 12:43 PM EST

Eteri Tutberidze coach of Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, watches her train at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Russian coach produces teen skating stars with short careers

By James Ellingworth Feb. 12, 2022 03:12 AM EST

CORRECTS TO THIRD INDIVIDUAL FROM SECOND - FILE - Winter Vinecki reacts while competing in the World Cup women's freestyle aerials skiing event, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, in Deer Valley, Utah. Vinecki ran a marathon on all seven continents -- before she turned 15. Now, she's trying to make more history: Become only the third female from America to take home Olympic gold in the individual aerials event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Well-seasoned: Aerials skier named Winter to fly at Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 06:30 AM EST

A video journalist covering the 2022 Winter Olympics, works on a trip to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, on the outskirts of Beijing. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Great Wall, a symbol of China's strength

By Ragan Clark Feb. 09, 2022 11:27 PM EST

A mascot that is presented to the medal winners is seen during the award ceremony for the women's moguls at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Olympic winners get plush panda then medal

Feb. 07, 2022 06:43 AM EST

A resident wearing a face mask walks under red lanterns setup for the Lunar New Year holidays in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. As China gets back to business after a muted Chinese New Year holiday that coincided with the start of the pandemic-restricted Beijing Olympic Winter Games, the feeling inside and out of the bubble in this auspicious Year of the Tiger is that festivities for the most sacred and important holiday for the country were limited and underwhelming. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

By Sally Ho And Ken Moritsugu Feb. 07, 2022 04:53 AM EST

FILE - North Korea's Hwang Chung Gum and South Korea's Won Yun-jong carry the unification flag during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea basked in the global limelight during the last Winter Games in South Korea, with hundreds of athletes, cheerleaders and officials pushing hard to woo their South Korean and U.S. rivals in a now-stalled bid for diplomacy. Four years later, as the 2022 Winter Olympics come to its main ally and neighbor China, North Korea isn't sending any athletes and officials because of coronavirus fears. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 04, 2022 11:29 PM EST

Dancers perform during the pre-show ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The Latest: Dutch VJ manhandled during Olympic live shot

Feb. 03, 2022 09:51 PM EST

United States' Christopher Plys, throws a stone, during their mixed doubles curling match against Australia, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
EXPLAINER: Water Cube where Phelps ruled turns into Ice Cube

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 03, 2022 02:08 AM EST

Australian curlers Tahli Gill, left, and Dean Hewitt pose for a photo during a training session at the Canmore Golf & Curling Club in Canmore, Alberta, on Jan. 6, 2022. Gill and Hewitt are competing at the Winter Games in Beijing as the first Australian team to ever qualify for an Olympics. (Chris Hocking/Olympic Winter Institute of Australia via AP)
Australia's first Olympic curlers swap sunshine for sweeping

By Kristen Gelineau Jan. 31, 2022 10:06 PM 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 - The Olympic rings are displayed at the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Olympic quiz

By Noah Trister Jan. 30, 2022 09:53 PM EST

Brittany Charboneau, from Denver, breaks the tape as she crosses the finish line at the Walt Disney World marathon in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. The 33-year-old aspiring Olympian set a Walt Disney World marathon weekend record, sweeping all four races in consecutive days. (Gregg Newton/Walt Disney World via AP)
Aspiring Olympian sweeps 4 Disney races in "Dopey Challenge"

Jan. 10, 2022 09:48 AM EST

Ginobili, Chambers, Whalen among 1st-time hoop hall nominees

Dec. 21, 2021 05:08 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are...

Team Shuster's Chris Plys raises his arms in celebration as the final rock lands in the house to solidify Team Shuster's victory over Team Dropkin during the third night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. Team Shuster won the match and will represent Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Sex toy ads removed from ice at Olympic curling qualifier

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 10, 2021 02:19 PM EST