Olympics

Jan 7, 2023 Associated Press WINTERBERG, Germany — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. remained in the World Cup monobob season points lead Saturday after finishing second to Germany’s Laura Nolte in the first race of 2023. Nolte got her second consecutive win, both times with Humphries finishing second. Humphries is the only woman who has

7:36 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com When Fisk gymnastics head coach Corrine Tarver first reached out to potential recruits, she led with a simple question: “Do you want to make history?” On Friday, those who accepted her offer did just that — and Fisk became the first HBCU gymnastics team to compete at the NCAA level.

11:27 PM ET Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game at 6:22 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic on Thursday night for its record-extending 20th world junior hockey title. The 19-year-old Arizona Coyotes forward took a pass from Joshua Roy on

9:29 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a 265-day absence — yes, we counted — NCAA gymnastics is finally back on Friday. With a new season comes new questions, and this year we’re not just wondering if anyone will be able to turn around a “Wednesday”-themed floor routine in time (although … could someone?). Will Oklahoma

12:40 PM ET Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia — Mikaela Shiffrin won the first women’s World Cup race of 2023 on Wednesday to move within one victory of Lindsey Vonn’s record. Shiffrin dealt best with difficult course conditions to dominate a floodlit slalom and raise her career tally to 81 World Cup wins. She could match

6:26 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Three-time Olympic medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi is ending his decorated career as a middle-distance runner, saying he no longer takes pleasure in training. Mekhissi, 37, announced his decision in an interview with L’Equipe sports daily published Wednesday. “I’m stopping because the desire is no longer there,” said Mekhissi, who

6:53 PM ET ESPN News Services MONCTON, New Brunswick — Logan Cooley had three goals, and Red Savage and Cutter Gauthier had two each, as Team USA cruised past Germany 11-1 in the world junior championship Monday, securing a spot in the tournament’s semifinals. The win was the Americans’ third straight after a surprising loss

6:53 PM ET ESPN News Services MONCTON, New Brunswick — Captain Luke Hughes and forward Jimmy Snuggerud each had a goal and an assist and Team USA secured the Group B title at the world junior championship Saturday night with a 6-2 victory over Finland. The Americans improved to 3-1 at the tournament and won

Dec 30, 2022 Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Adam Gajan made 28 saves and Slovakia beat Latvia 3-0 on Friday for its second victory in three Group B games in the world junior hockey championship. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Group A in the only other game of the day, Germany beat Austria 4-2

7:58 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the United States rebounded from a loss to beat Switzerland 5-1 on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship. Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, captain Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored and Trey Augustine made

Dec 29, 2022 Associated Press SEMMERING, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin made ski racing history once again on Thursday night. This time, however, she wasn’t the only American skier doing so. Shiffrin led teammate Paula Moltzan for the U.S. ski team’s first 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup slalom since 1971. And Shiffrin’s win in

6:46 AM ET Associated Press BORMIO, Italy — Austrian skier Matthias Mayer, who won gold at three consecutive Olympics, announced his retirement with immediate effect Thursday. Mayer made the announcement shortly before a men’s World Cup super-G in an interview with Austrian TV after he returned from the course inspection and said he would not

7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services MONCTON, New Brunswick — Dalibor Dvorsky, Robert Baco and Filip Mesar scored in a 3:19 span in the second period and Slovakia upset the United States 6-3 on Wednesday in the world junior championship. Libor Nemec, Peter Repcik and Alex Ciernik also scored for Slovakia, and captain Simon Nemec,

6:46 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Oliver Kapanen and Joakim Kemell each had a goal and an assist as Finland beat Slovakia 5-2 on Tuesday at the world junior hockey championship. Jani Nyman also scored during Finland’s three-goal second period. Sami Paivarinta and Brad Lambert had the other goals for the Finns.

9:24 AM ET Associated Press SEMMERING, Austria — Overall women’s World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom Tuesday, the American’s first triumph in the discipline in more than a year. Carrying a lead of 0.72 seconds over Petra Vlhová from the first leg, Shiffrin lost

4:44 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — The United States will permit Major League Baseball players from Cuba to represent their home country in the World Baseball Classic next year. The decision announced Saturday in a news release by the Baseball Federation of Cuba (FCB) could be a big step in once again turning Cuba’s

5:11 PM ET Associated Press CAIRO — At least 27 people were injured when stands partly collapsed Saturday during a basketball game in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, health authorities said. Officials said part of the seats fell on spectators at the Super Cup match between Cairo’s Al Ahly and Ittihad of Alexandria following a

4:58 PM ET Associated Press MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy — When it comes to the World Cup slalom on the steep and icy Canalone Miramonti course, Daniel Yule is a specialist. The Swiss skier won the night race for the third time Thursday, surging up from fourth place after the opening run with a flawless