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Mar 11, 2023 Associated Press KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won a men’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday as the Swiss skier locked up the overall title. Odermatt built on his first-run lead to beat Alexis Pinturault of France by 0.23 seconds. Norwegian skier Henrik Kristoffersen was 0.37 behind in third. Odermatt

10:02 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Pat McCormick, who became the first diver to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, has died. She was 92. She died Tuesday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the Orange County city of Santa Ana, her son, Tim, said Friday. McCormick

8:02 AM ET Associated Press ARE, Sweden — Moments after winning her record-tying 86th World Cup race, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television. From one great to another, the 27-year-old American spoke to the 66-year-old Swede

6:53 AM ET A group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians have urged the Canadian Olympic Committee to reverse its support for Russian and Belarusian participation at next year’s Paris Games, unless Russia withdraws from Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee set out a path in January for those athletes, who were banned from many international competitions

9:31 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Team USA manager Mark DeRosa is leaving no stone unturned in his preparation to manage one of the favorites to win the World Baseball Classic this month. He even sought advice from another coach who has had some experience dealing with a team of All-Stars. “I talked to Mike

7:32 AM ET USA Basketball has reached a deal with Abu Dhabi to bring Team USA to the Middle East for exhibition games in August, the latest sign of the United Arab Emirates’ growing investment in American basketball that could eventually lead to NBA team ownership. The announcement was made Wednesday in Berlin by USA

Mar 8, 2023 World Athletics will once again help fund Ukrainian athletes as they prepare for the Aug. 19 to 27 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, the sport’s global governing body said Tuesday. World Athletics announced it was renewing the Ukraine Solidarity Fund along with several steps planned toward achieving gender equity as part of

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4:57 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is receiving a record $10 million donation to support its expanding mental health programming. The donation, which is the largest standalone gift in the 10-year history of the committee’s charitable arm, comes from the Rieschel Family Foundation headed by longtime

6:24 AM ET Associated Press A top Russian gymnastics coach whose athletes won numerous Olympic gold medals has been suspended following vehement criticism of judges who ended Russia’s winning streak in rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics. The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation, which handles international disciplinary cases, barred Irina Viner from coaching or officiating at any

9:00 AM ET USA Badminton, the sport’s national governing body, secretly paid $1 million to settle a dispute with a former employee who says he was terminated in retaliation for reporting allegations of sexual abuse by a prominent coach, according to a confidential agreement obtained by ESPN and ABC News. Alistair Casey, who previously served

6:42 AM ET Associated Press KVITFJELL, Norway — Mikaela Shiffrin’s quest to tie Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s record of 86 career World Cup victories now moves to his home country. Shiffrin’s next race is a giant slalom in Are on Friday, as the American skier seeks one victory to match Stenmark’s total on the all-time

6:28 AM ET Associated Press ASPEN, Colo. — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde earned his second consecutive World Cup downhill title by winning Saturday’s race by more than a half-second. The Norwegian skier collected his sixth victory in nine downhill races this season, joining Stephan Eberharter as the only male skiers in the past 45 years with

10:02 AM ET Associated Press PARIS – Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and “egalitarian” access to events, thanks to an online system meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to stadiums and arenas for as little as $26. As the month-long opening round of sales winds down, however,

8:07 AM ET Russia and Belarus athletes should be able to compete under their flag, International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev said Friday. The IBA lifted a ban on Russian and Belarusian boxers in October, against the International Olympic Committee’s guidance following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. “They should participate. It

3:55 PM ET Associated Press ASPEN, Colo. — A downhill race in Aspen, Colorado, was canceled Friday after 24 racers due to deteriorating weather conditions and with Adrian Smiseth Sejersted of Norway in line for his first World Cup win. Sejersted set the tone on a day that started out sunny, grew breezy and saw

12:43 PM ET Associated Press Nowhere in the complex labyrinth of rules, bylaws and interpretations that govern the global anti-doping system did anyone see this warning: Beware of dog medicine. It’s an understandable omission, but one that led to a three-month sleuthing expedition that eventually exonerated a five-time Olympian of doping while adding what some

8:39 AM ET It’s been a wild NCAA gymnastics season so far. Oklahoma and Florida immediately set the tone, with two of the highest opening meet scores ever (197.925 and 197.75, respectively) — and the level of gymnastics — and scores — have only gotten higher. Editor’s Picks 1 Related As we enter the last