Olympics

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 8, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton said she “faced death in the eyes” during her recent bout with a rare form of pneumonia. Retton, 55, was hospitalized and in intensive care in October after being unable to breathe on her own. Her

Jan 7, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ethiopian runner Tigist Ketema broke the world record for fastest marathon debut in Dubai on Sunday, shaving more than a minute off the course record. Clocking a time of 2:16:07, the 25-year-old became the eighth-fastest woman in marathon history as she took gold, breaking the Dubai

Associated Press Jan 7, 2024, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELBODEN, Switzerland — Manuel Feller denied the young Norwegian team another win at Adelboden in a World Cup slalom Sunday and extended Austria’s unbeaten run in the discipline this season. Feller rose from fifth after the first run to be 0.02 seconds faster than

Associated Press Jan 7, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhová held on to her first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday after Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the opening leg. Racing in falling snow, Vlhova finished 0.72 seconds ahead of runner-up Lena Duerr

Associated Press Jan 6, 2024, 08:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELBODEN, Switzerland — Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt is unstoppable in giant slaloms and proved it again Saturday racing through the fog at his home World Cup classic. Odermatt dominated in a wire-to-wire win at Adelboden to join skiing greats Ingemar Stenmark and Hermann

Jan 6, 2024, 12:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday appointed Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals’ former official Raghuram Iyer as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a year after it was due and following repeated reminders from the IOC. The IOA said Iyer was appointed as its CEO

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 5, 2024, 06:39 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Minneapolis-St. Paul will host the 2026 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Hockey Championship, USA Hockey announced Friday. The tournament consists of 10 nations that field the top men’s players under the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 4, 2024, 09:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After an offseason full of transfers, coaching changes, new teams and conference realignment drama, NCAA gymnastics makes its return on Friday. Like every season, 2024 brings countless questions and storylines to watch. Will the Oklahoma reign continue? What other teams can contend for

Colin Udoh, Special to ESPNJan 4, 2024, 04:55 AM ET Close Itinerant writer. Engineer in a previous incarnation. One time Black Belt. Lover of football, flirter with other sports. Open Extended Reactions Last year was a lean year for Nigerian sport, with the major highlight being Victor Osimhen becoming the first man in 15 years

Associated Press Jan 2, 2024, 12:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Gabe Perreault scored twice and five other players had a goal as the U.S. routed Latvia 7-2 Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the IIHF world junior championship. Perreault, the New York Rangers‘ 2023 first-round pick, also had an assist

Jan 2, 2024, 05:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian Olympic track cyclist and former world champion Melissa Hoskins has died after a car accident in the country’s south, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Monday. Australian media has widely reported that Hoskins’ husband and twice world individual time trial champion Rohan Dennis has

Associated Press Jan 1, 2024, 09:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Ella Shelton scored the opening goal, Corinne Schroeder earned the first shutout and New York beat Toronto 4-0 in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League game Monday. Alex Carpenter had one goal and one assist, Jill Saulnier and Kayla Vespa also scored

Associated Press Jan 1, 2024, 02:55 PM ET NAIROBI, Kenya — Two men were arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve, police said Monday. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of Kiplagat was

ESPN News Services Dec 31, 2023, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Michigan forward Rutger McGroarty had a hat trick, Michigan State’s Trey Augustine made 38 saves and the United States defeated Slovakia 10-2 on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship to complete Group B play undefeated. Michigan’s Gavin Brindley and

Associated Press Dec 31, 2023, 03:24 PM ET ELDORET, Kenya — Police in Kenya are investigating the slaying of three-time Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat, whose body was found with stab wounds inside his brother’s car Sunday morning, a local official said. Kiplagat had been driving the car before his body was discovered in the vehicle

ESPN News Services Dec 30, 2023, 09:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Rodwin Dionicio scored twice and Switzerland defeated Norway 6-2 on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals in the world junior hockey championship. Dionicio, selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the fifth round of the NHL Draft this year, is a

Associated Press Dec 29, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Isaac Howard opened the scoring and added the shootout winner as the United States outlasted the Czech Republic 4-3 on Friday at the world junior hockey championship, while Sweden beat Canada 2-0 for its third straight shutout. Howard beat Michael Hrabal

Associated Press Dec 29, 2023, 07:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BORMIO, Italy — Even Marco Odermatt isn’t afraid to say he is nearly unbeatable in super-G. The Swiss skier extended his dominance in the discipline in impressive style Friday, winning the final men’s World Cup race of 2023 by a huge margin. The two-time