Olympics

Associated Press Jan 12, 2025, 07:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANTON, Austria — Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga’s first World Cup race win — in a super-G where the 40-year-old Vonn impressed again in fourth — was

Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 07:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANTON, Austria — Lindsey Vonn skied into an impressive sixth place in her first World Cup downhill race in six years Saturday. The 40-year-old United States star — the greatest downhill racer in women’s World Cup history — was fastest in the first

Associated Press Jan 10, 2025, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — A German push athlete for Olympic bobsled champion Francesco Friedrich tested positive for a banned stimulant when winning a World Cup two-man event, the International Testing Agency said Friday. Simon Wulff, the fourth-fastest German sprinter all-time over 100 meters, tested

Associated Press Jan 9, 2025, 06:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BUDAPEST, Hungary — Three-time Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, one of the greatest all-around swimmers, has announced her retirement. Known as the “Iron Lady” of swimming for her grueling repertoire of events, Hosszu competed at five Olympic Games. She was 15 when she

Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog’s handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others. Those funds, normally distributed

Jan 8, 2025, 01:03 PM ET Abdullah Hayayei was killed when a metal throwing cage fell on him at Newham Leisure Centre. S Bardens – British Athletics/British Athletics via Getty Images UK Athletics and the former head of sport for a Paralympic event have been charged over the death of Abdullah Hayayei in 2017 when the

Jan 8, 2025, 11:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kenyan Hellen Obiri will pursue a third straight Boston Marathon title in April, the Boston Athletic Association said Wednesday, while Ethiopian Sisay Lemma will defend his title in a speedy men’s field. The 35-year-old Obiri has been dominant since making her marathon debut in 2022, winning

ESPN News Services Jan 5, 2025, 10:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game. The Boston College winger collected a forward pass from

Associated Press Jan 5, 2025, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Germany won a World Cup luge team relay Sunday, with Austria finishing second. That’s not exactly breaking news. Those nations have the top two luge programs in the world. The surprise was Ukraine finished third — and how the war-torn nation got there. Ukraine

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 5, 2025, 10:12 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions BRISTOL, England — Ilona Maher admitted she was filled with nerves ahead of her Bristol

Associated Press Jan 4, 2025, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second-period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. The Americans will face Finland — a 4-3 overtime winner over Sweden

ESPN News Services Jan 3, 2025, 05:57 PM ET U.S. Olympic runner Fred Kerley was arrested Thursday in South Florida following a confrontation with police, authorities said. Body camera footage released by Miami Beach police shows Kerley arguing with a group of officers late Thursday before a physical confrontation erupted. Kerley, 29, was wrestled to

Jan 3, 2025, 12:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After a dramatic offseason that saw coaching and conference changes, transfers and several college gymnasts dominating at the Paris Olympics, NCAA gymnastics officially returns Friday. And, just like every season before, 2025 brings countless storylines to watch and more than a few questions. How will Olympians

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 3, 2025, 06:22 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Ilona Maher is set to debut for Bristol Bears on Sunday. Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images

ESPN News Services Jan 2, 2025, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Boston College teammates James Hagens and Ryan Leonard each scored twice, and the defending champion United States routed Switzerland 7-2 on Thursday in the world junior hockey quarterfinals. Boston University’s Brandon Svoboda, Notre Dame’s Danny Nelson and Denver’s Zeev Buium

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 08:52 AM ET BORMIO, Italy — French skier Cyprien Sarrazin is out of intensive care after sustaining a head injury in a crash last week. Sarrazin underwent surgery for a bleed near the brain after crashing on Friday during preparations for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy. “A long

Dec 31, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5-kilometer world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record —

Associated Press Dec 31, 2024, 11:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Danny Nelson scored the eventual winner in the third period and Trey Augustine made 38 saves, leading the United States to a 4-1 win over Canada on Tuesday night and into the top spot in Group A at the world junior