Olympics

Associated Press Dec 6, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GRENOBLE, France — World champion Ilia Malinin took a big stride toward retaining his figure skating Grand Prix Final title after building an imposing 12-point lead in the short program Friday. The 20-year-old American skater landed a quadruple flip, triple axel and quad lutz-triple

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GRENOBLE, France — Competing with five Japanese skaters in the six-woman field, Amber Glenn of the United States continued her breakout season in figure skating by taking the lead in the short program at the Grand Prix Final on Thursday as world champion Kaori

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 5, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Team Canada general manager Don Sweeney indicated that Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard is still in consideration for the 2026 Winter Olympics despite being snubbed from Canada’s NHL 4 Nations Face-Off roster this week. Bedard, 19,

Dec 4, 2024, 05:42 PM ET Mikaela Shiffrin on Wednesday said she was happy to be home and resting after sustaining a puncture wound in her abdomen and severe muscle trauma during a giant slalom race in Killington, Vermont, last weekend. Shiffrin was chasing a milestone 100th win after setting the fastest time on her

Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 10:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron announced their retirement on Tuesday following glittering careers. The French figure skaters broke their own world record in claiming gold at the Beijing Games two years ago. The 29-year-old Papadakis and the 30-year-old

Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANDERLECHT, Belgium — Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel was taken to hospital following a crash during training in Belgium on Tuesday. Belgian media reported Evenepoel was unable to avoid the door of a post office vehicle when it was swung open. The 24-year-old never

Associated Press Dec 2, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Olympic skater and longtime coach Tina Noyes, ice dancer and choreographer Renee Roca, trailblazer Atoy Wilson and judge Robert Horen have been elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the organization announced Monday. The induction ceremony will take place on Jan.

Dec 1, 2024, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year on Sunday after they both scooped multiple medals at the Paris Olympics. Hassan won the women’s marathon in an Olympic record time of 2.22:55. She also claimed bronze medals in the

ESPN News Services Dec 1, 2024, 09:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a puncture wound in her abdomen and severe muscle trauma after she crashed during a giant slalom race in Killington, Vermont, U.S. Ski & Snowboard said Sunday. Shiffrin was chasing a milestone 100th win after setting the fastest time on

ESPN News Services Nov 30, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KILLINGTON, Vt. — American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin said Saturday she was OK after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Shiffrin stayed down on the edge of the

Nov 29, 2024, 01:22 PM ET The father and former coach of Jakob Ingebrigtsen will stand trial next year on charges of alleged physical abuse against the Norwegian two-time Olympic gold medallist, lawyers for Gjert Ingebrigtsen said on Friday. Norwegian police earlier this year pressed charges against the elder Ingebrigtsen, and his lawyer said in

Nov 28, 2024, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Olympic champion rower and chair of UK Sport Katherine Grainger was elected chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA) on Thursday and will become the first woman to assume the post. The BOA has been branded as Team GB since 1999. Grainger, the only British

Open Extended Reactions First, the bad news. The all-time attendance record for a women’s hockey game — set April 21, 2024 when 21,105 fans attended a Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) game between Toronto and Montreal — is unlikely to be broken this upcoming season. “The 21,000 in Bell Center [in Montreal] will not be

Associated Press Nov 25, 2024, 10:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — USA Basketball is on the brink of qualifying for next year’s AmeriCup tournament. Javonte Smart scored 21 points, Jahmi’us Ramsey added 19 and the U.S. never trailed in a 97-74 win over the Bahamas in an AmeriCup qualifying game Monday night. The

Associated Press Nov 25, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American softball greats Cat Osterman and Lisa Fernandez are among the general managers who will lead teams in the new format of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Athletes Unlimited announced on Monday that four general managers and coaches have been selected for the league,

Nov 25, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma McKeon, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, announced her retirement from competitive swimming Monday. McKeon holds the Australian record of 14 Olympic medals — six of them gold — won over three Summer Olympics, while her seven-medal haul at Tokyo 2020 is the most ever by a

Nov 25, 2024, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Matthew Richardson switched from Australia to Team GB in August. Pete Dovgan/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Matthew Richardson will not be permitted to rejoin the Australian Cycling Team in the future, governing body AusCycling said on Monday, following a review into the cyclist’s switch of allegiance

Associated Press Nov 24, 2024, 09:28 PM ET MIAMI — The Serbian national team player who lost a kidney at last year’s Basketball World Cup is back on the floor with the team, and helped it clinch a spot in next year’s EuroBasket tournament on Sunday. Borisa Simanic — playing a home game in Belgrade