Winter Olympic games
FILE - Terry McDermott, 23, of Essexville, Mich., skates in the 500-meter speedskating event on his way to first place and the first U.S. Olympic gold medal at the ninth Winter Olympic games at Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 4, 1964. McDermott, who won the only gold medal for the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, died on Saturday, May 20, 2023, U.S. Speedskating said. He was 82. (AP Photo/Rider-Rider, File)
Terry McDermott, Olympic speedskating gold medalist in 1964, dies at 82

By Paul Newberry May. 22, 2023 05:35 PM EDT

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto, left, speaks during a news conference at a proposed site for the Olympics ski jump in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 30, 2022. Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed, but not stopped, by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)
Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama Apr. 06, 2023 01:57 AM EDT

Marte Olsbu Roiseland of Norway warms up before the women's 15km individual event of the Biathlon World Cup, in Ostersund, Sweden, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)
Biathlon great Marte Olsbu Roeiseland retires

Mar. 14, 2023 06:47 AM EDT

FILE – U.S. speedskater Eric Heiden competes in the 1500 meter event at the Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 21, 1980. Heiden still marvels at what he accomplished during those nine days in Lake Placid. (AP Photo/File)
Column: Heiden's 5 gold medals is greatest feat in sports

By Paul Newberry Mar. 10, 2023 05:31 PM EST

A man watches the construction site of the Olympic Village at the Porta Romana former railway yard, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. There is little sign the Winter Olympics are coming to Milan in less than three years. One of the major sites is still an overgrown wasteland and there is minimal construction work at what will be the Olympic Village. The organizing committee for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics says there have been delays and rising costs. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Little sign of Olympics in Milan with only 3 years to go

By Daniella Matar Mar. 01, 2023 06:59 AM EST

Jessie Diggins, of the United States, competes in the Women's Cross Country Interval Start 10 KM Free event at the Nordic World Championships in Planica, Slovenia, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Jessie Diggins becomes 1st American to win XC gold at worlds

Feb. 28, 2023 11:29 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Memorial service for Kobe Byrant

By The Associated Press Feb. 23, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 24 1960 — Bill Cleary’s four goals lead the United States to a 9-1 victory over West Germany in the hockey championship round of the Winter...

Today in Sports History-Tiger Woods crashes his car in L.A.

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 23 1935 — George “The Iceman” Woolf makes history, riding Azucar to victory in the inaugural Santa Anita Handicap. Azucar beatS such greats as...

Today in Sports History-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 21 1931 — In the first major league night game, the Chicago White Sox play the New York Giants in a 10-inning exhibition in Houston. ...

Canada's James Crawford speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Championship super-G race, in Courchevel, France, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Lack of Winter Olympic bids may lead to rotating fixed hosts

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 13, 2023 01:52 PM EST

Norway's Egner Granerud waves after winning the ski jumping, men's World Cup large hill event, in Willingen, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa/dpa via AP)
World Cup ski jumping returns to Lake Placid after a drought

By Larry Lage Feb. 10, 2023 06:00 AM EST

FILE - Visitors watch a simulation of the Parade of Nations exhibit during the opening day of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs Colo., on July 30, 2020. More than 27 months since it was greenlighted by Congress, the panel established to investigate the inner workings of the U.S. Olympic structure has yet to conduct a formal interview because of bureaucratic red tape and slow action from the same lawmakers who had expressed a pressing need for better oversight. The commission was created as part of the bipartisan “Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020,” which itself came out of an 18-month investigation into how the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the sports organizations it oversees mishandled sex-abuse cases in gymnastics and other sports. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)
Probe into US Olympic failings stunted by red tape in DC

By Eddie Pells Feb. 08, 2023 12:54 PM EST

Sweden weighs up whether to bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

By Steve Douglas Feb. 08, 2023 10:05 AM EST
Sweden’s Olympic leaders are weighing up whether to bid for the Winter Games in 2030. The Nordic country’s potential entry into the race to stage the...

Today in Sports History-Winter Games open in PyeongChang

By The Associated Press Feb. 08, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 9 1912 — The U.S. Tennis Association amends the rules for the men’s singles championship play. The defending champion is required to play through...

Today in Sports History-Kasai first person in 8 Winter Games

By The Associated Press Feb. 07, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 8 1936 — Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and Heisman Trophy winner, is the first player ever selected in the NFL Draft. The...

FILE - Coach Eteri Tutberidze, left, talks to Kamila Valieva, center, of the Russian Olympic Committee, during a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze one of the country’s highest honors. It comes nearly a year after a doping case involving one of her top skaters overshadowed the Winter Olympics. A presidential decree published lists Tutberidze among three people awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky “for ensuring the successful training of athletes who achieved high sporting accomplishments” at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in Feb. 2022. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Putin honors skating coach in Valieva Olympic case

Feb. 06, 2023 11:52 AM EST

Today in Sports History-Popovich is the winningest coach

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2023 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 4 1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players...

European state broadcasters back in business for Olympics

Jan. 16, 2023 07:47 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — European state broadcasters were brought back into the heart of Olympic business on Monday when the IOC announced a rights deal through...

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic rings are reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider “category qualifiers” — classified in some sports as “open” categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty. The USOPC finalized its two-page “position paper” at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Sapporo mayor says Tokyo bid-rigging hurt its Olympic bid

By Stephen Wade Dec. 20, 2022 07:53 AM EST

From left, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Director Christophe Dubi, IOC member Sari Essayah, Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation President Giovanni Malago', 2026 Winter Olympics Committee member Andrea Varnier meet the press in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Malagò: 2026 Olympics on track after difficult few years

By Daniella Matar Dec. 14, 2022 12:09 PM EST