Olympics

Associated Press Dec 29, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LIENZ, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin always seems to raise the bar even further when it’s the last World Cup race of the year. The American star finished 2023 with an eye-catching performance even by her standards, winning a slalom race by a huge margin

Associated Press Dec 28, 2023, 05:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Jimmy Snuggerud scored three goals in the first 12 minutes of the game and added an assist as the United States beat Switzerland 11-3 on Thursday at the world junior hockey championship. Will Smith opened the rout 1:20 into the game

Associated Press Dec 27, 2023, 05:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Veit Oswald scored twice, including the eventual winner, as Germany held off Finland for a 4-3 upset Wednesday at the world junior hockey championship. Oswald broke in on the net alone after Finnish defenseman Jesse Pulkkinen lost his edge on the

Associated Press Dec 26, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Mathis Rousseau made 24 saves, including a spectacular glove stop in the first period, while Owen Allard and Macklin Celebrini both scored as Canada opened the world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 victory over Finland on Tuesday. Nate Danielson added

Associated Press Dec 26, 2023, 04:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — The hockey governing body in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador has banned postgame handshakes in the minor leagues after a string of altercations. Hockey NL announced the move last week. Gonzo Bennett, chair of Hockey NL’s minor council executive committee,

Dec 22, 2023, 08:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions More than half the online abuse of athletes at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest was of racist or sexualized nature, World Athletics said in a report published on Friday. The sport’s governing body said it had safeguarding measures in place at the Aug. 18-28

Open Extended Reactions From the glorious highs to the lowest lows, Indian sport has seen its share of drama this year. The jewels in the 2022 crown were a historic Thomas Cup and one of India’s best ever Commonwealth Games outings but there was so much more. We attempt to capture, and herald, the best

Associated Press Dec 22, 2023, 04:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy — Marco Schwarz’s mission to challenge Swiss dominator Marco Odermatt for the overall World Cup ski title is on track. After eight races, the Austrian skier has become No. 1 in the season standings. For Schwarz, a former slalom specialist

Kalan Hooks, ESPNDec 22, 2023, 09:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The morning after Nya Reed’s “Meet the Bruins” preseason performance, she slept in. The graduate-student transfer from the University of Florida had left everything she had on the floor in her debut for UCLA at Pauley Pavilion. Reed woke up to dozens of missed

Associated Press Dec 22, 2023, 07:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competition in two years, she knew plenty of people were wondering

Associated Press Dec 21, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin 2, Petra Vlhova 2. The two best slalom skiers on the women’s World Cup continued their rivalry Thursday, as Vlhova used a frenetic final run to edge out Shiffrin in tough conditions at a night race affected by rain

Associated Press Dec 21, 2023, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BRUSSELS — International Skating Union rules that sanction athletes for taking part in events it does not recognize were in breach of European Union competition law, the EU’s top court said on Thursday. Upholding a previous ruling by a lower tribunal, the European Court

ESPN News Services Dec 21, 2023, 06:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The giant opening ceremony extravaganza that Paris is planning to hold on the River Seine to launch next year’s Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit in the run-up by extremist attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron said. Macron’s comments in a

Associated Press Dec 19, 2023, 03:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILAN — American-born Italian shot-putter Nick Ponzio was banned for 18 months by the Italian Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday for drug-testing violations, ruling him out of next year’s Paris Olympics. Ponzio reached a plea deal with doping authorities after he was unable to be

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterDec 19, 2023, 11:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul is doubling down on his commitment to boxing with a unique endeavor. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will partner with USA Boxing ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. Paul, 26, will travel to the Olympic Training

Associated Press Dec 18, 2023, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LA VILLA, Italy — Olympic champion. World champion. And virtually unbeatable on the World Cup circuit. When it comes to giant slalom, Marco Odermatt is completely dominant. The Swiss skier won the Alta Badia giant slalom for the second time in two days on

Open Extended Reactions Khaman Maluach, one of the top young basketball prospects in the world, has elected to graduate high school this upcoming summer, making him NBA Draft eligible in 2025. “I think I am ready to play at that level,” Maluach told ESPN. “I’ve played against some of the top guys in 2024 and

Associated Press Dec 17, 2023, 07:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VAL D’ISERE, France — Federica Brignone dominated to win a World Cup super-G on Sunday and trim the gap in the overall standings to Mikaela Shiffrin, who skied out at Val d’Isere. Brignone beat Kajsa Vickhoff Lie by almost half a second, finishing 0.44