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Associated Press Dec 30, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Maxim Strbak scored 2:55 into overtime to lead Slovakia to a 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Slovakia held a 4-2 lead with less than five minutes remaining in regulation and Kazakh forward Asanali Sarkenov

ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the United States on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship. Uronen, who plays for the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League, came down the

ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A men’s World Cup super-G got off to an inauspicious start Sunday as the first skier crashed dramatically on the slope in Bormio, Italy, set to be used for the 2026 Olympics. Gino Caviezel became the third skier airlifted to a hospital off

ESPN News Services Dec 28, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion United States defeated Latvia 5-1 on Saturday in the world junior hockey championship. The U.S. improved to 2-0 in Group A play,

Associated Press Dec 28, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEMMERING, Austria — Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday, becoming the first Italian winner of the Semmering event in 22 years. Brignone could even afford a mistake near the end of her second run

Associated Press Dec 28, 2024, 06:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MILAN — French standout Cyprien Sarrazin remained under sedation on Saturday after undergoing a successful operation on a head injury sustained in a brutal crash the previous day during training for a World Cup downhill race in Bormio. Sarrazin, who won the downhill on

ESPN News Services Dec 27, 2024, 08:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions French standout skier Cyprien Sarrazin will have surgery to drain a bleed in his brain after falling while training for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy, the French Ski Federation said Friday. “Following further examinations and the progress of Cyprien’s clinical examination,

Associated Press Dec 26, 2024, 08:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson had five assists to help the United States open its world junior hockey title defense with a 10-4 victory over Germany on Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre. Boston College’s James Hagens had two goals and two

Dec 24, 2024, 09:42 AM ET A member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team has died in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in the east of the country, the Swiss-Ski federation said on Tuesday. Sophie Hediger, 26, was caught up in the avalanche in Arosa, which lies west of Davos, on Monday,

Associated Press Dec 23, 2024, 09:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is keeping elite company. The Japanese superstar caps 2024 by winning The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time, tying him with basketball great Michael Jordan. He trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods

Associated Press Dec 23, 2024, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Norwegian skier Timon Haugan added to his first-run advantage to win a World Cup slalom by a large margin in Alta Badia on Monday. Haugan finished 1.13 seconds ahead of Loic Meillard of Switzerland and 1.26 ahead of Norwegian teammate Atle Lie McGrath. It

Associated Press Dec 22, 2024, 06:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn lost a chance to improve her ranking when the second race of her World Cup skiing comeback at age 40 was canceled Sunday due to strong winds and poor visibility. On Saturday, Vonn placed 14th in a super-G

Associated Press Dec 22, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LA VILLA, Italy — Marco Odermatt is back to his imperious best. Odermatt followed up his first win in Val Gardena in Saturday’s downhill by winning a World Cup giant slalom Sunday as he continued to dominate the Gran Risa to become Switzerland’s most

Associated Press Dec 21, 2024, 06:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn took a low-risk approach and finished 14th in a super-G on Saturday to mark her return to World Cup skiing at age 40. Vonn crossed the line 1.18 seconds behind Austrian winner Cornelia Huetter. It was the American

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn didn’t just pop into the hospital one day, get a new titanium knee and decide on the way out that she wanted to return to downhill ski racing. It’s been a long, calculated process involving several minor and

Associated Press Dec 19, 2024, 06:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — The seven candidates running for International Olympic Committee president had their manifestos published Thursday, and one is offering to take just half of the eight-year mandate on offer and stand again in 2029. Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, pledged to embed

Dec 18, 2024, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — World Athletics has offered 25 athletes year-round AI protection on their social media platforms after they were targeted by cyber bullies during major recent events, the governing body said on Wednesday. World Athletics unveiled findings of a four-year report analyzing online abuse in

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ASPEN, Colo. — Olympic gold medalist Ayumu Hirano headlines the roster of snowboarders who will compete in The Snow League, Shaun White’s new set of halfpipe contests that brings together top athletes to compete for $1.5 million in prize money. Beijing Games gold medalist