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Amber Glenn competes during the women's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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Amber Glenn sets record at US Figure Skating Championships, leads over world champ Alysa Liu

Read full article: Amber Glenn sets record at US Figure Skating Championships, leads over world champ Alysa Liu

Two-time defending champion Amber Glenn has set the record for a women’s short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

FILE - Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, a U.S. Olympic gold medalist, speaks during a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Olympic museum June 9, 2017, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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SafeSport Center turns to Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as new CEO

Read full article: SafeSport Center turns to Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as new CEO

The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as its new CEO, placing the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in charge of rebooting an agency that has been plagued with problems over most of its nearly nine-year history.

A view of the Ice Hockey Arena during the U20 Ice Hockey World Championship between Poland and Italy as a test event for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Rho, near Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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IIHF president on Olympic arena delays: ‘We’re going to have a tournament’

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The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation says parts of the main rink for the Milan Cortina Olympics might not be fully finished on time.

Jordan Stolz copletes his warm ups at the U.S. Olympic trials for long track speed skating at the Pettit National Ice Center Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Jordan Stolz focused on the Olympics at US speedskating trials. Everyone will focus on him in Milan

Read full article: Jordan Stolz focused on the Olympics at US speedskating trials. Everyone will focus on him in Milan

Now star speedskater Jordan Stolz can really turn all of his attention to being fully prepared to pursue four gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The Pettit National Ice Center is seen in Milwaukee on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, the first day of the U.S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating. (AP Photo/Howard Fendrich)

Jordan Stolz falls in the 1,000 at the US Olympic trials but the star speedskater will go to Milan

Read full article: Jordan Stolz falls in the 1,000 at the US Olympic trials but the star speedskater will go to Milan

Star speedskater Jordan Stolz shockingly stumbled to the ice at the start of the men's 1,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating.

Casey Dawson, of Park City, Utah, right, and Ethan Cepuran, of Glen Ellyn, lllinois, left, compete in the men's 5,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials for long track speed skating at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Howard Fendrich)

Utah speedskater Casey Dawson enjoys a 'villain arc' as he earns an Olympic spot at 5,000 meters

Read full article: Utah speedskater Casey Dawson enjoys a 'villain arc' as he earns an Olympic spot at 5,000 meters

Casey Dawson has secured a spot in the men’s 5,000 meters in long track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Games by winning that event at the U.S. Olympic trials.

FILE - United States forward Hilary Knight skates to the bench to celebrate her goal against Canada during the first period of a rivalry series women's hockey game, Nov. 8, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Hilary Knight set to make 5th Olympics appearance as US women's hockey unveils 23-player roster

Read full article: Hilary Knight set to make 5th Olympics appearance as US women's hockey unveils 23-player roster

Hilary Knight is set to make her fifth Olympic appearance, and this time lead a younger, faster U.S. women’s national team favored to win gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month.

FILE - United States' Clayton Keller holds up the tropy after the final match between United States and Switzerland at the ice hockey world championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

US hockey picks 4 Nations-heavy roster for the Winter Olympics, adding Keller, Thompson and Jones

Read full article: US hockey picks 4 Nations-heavy roster for the Winter Olympics, adding Keller, Thompson and Jones

The U.S. unveiled its roster for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with the vast majority of it comprised of players who took part in the 4 Nations Face-Off early last year.

From left, Italian athletes Federica Brignone, Amos Mosaner, Federico Pellegrino, Arianna Fontana, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Rene' de Silvestro, right, and Chiara Mazzel, second from right, pose for a group photo, during the hand over ceremony of the Italian flag for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic games, at the Quirinale Presidential palace, in Rome, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy’s 4 flag bearers for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics honored in handover ceremony

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Italy’s four flag bearers for its upcoming home Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been honored in a handover ceremony at the presidential palace.

Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, left, and Jasmine Jones, of the United States, react after their second run of the 2-woman bobsleigh race at the Bobsleigh World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Humphries Armbruster gets 1st World Cup bobsled win since becoming a mom, ends 20-race German streak

Read full article: Humphries Armbruster gets 1st World Cup bobsled win since becoming a mom, ends 20-race German streak

Kaillie Humphries Armbruster has achieved a significant milestone by winning a World Cup two-woman bobsled race in Sigulda, Latvia.

Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Swiss ski star Odermatt's 50th World Cup win ties him with Tomba for 4th on men's all-time list

Read full article: Swiss ski star Odermatt's 50th World Cup win ties him with Tomba for 4th on men's all-time list

Marco Odermatt found moments of clarity on a foggy day in the Italian Dolomites to race to victory in a World Cup downhill at Val Gardena.

The island of Ailsa Craig, where the two types of granite, Common Green and Blue Hone, that are used to make curling stones is quarried from, is seen from the beach at Girvan, Scotland, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

An uninhabited Scottish isle is home to the golden granite used in Olympic curling stones

Read full article: An uninhabited Scottish isle is home to the golden granite used in Olympic curling stones

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics.

In this photograph taken in September 2025 and released Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, by Stelvio National Park, Carabinieri officer Giacomo Regazzoni, left, and park employee Elia Vitalini inspect Late Triassic prosauropod footprints discovered in the Fraele Valley in northern Italy. (Elio Della Ferrara/Stelvio National Park via AP)

A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

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A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.

Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin watches the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin returns to lineup after missing 29 games

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The Carolina Hurricanes have been able to reach first place in the Metropolitan Division without star defenseman Jaccob Slavin for most of the season.

FILE -Anton Dukach, of Ukraine, slides during the luge men's single round 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 6, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed

Read full article: Russian lugers plan to race in Lake Placid next week. Ukrainian sliders say it shouldn't be allowed

Russian athletes have informed the International Luge Federation that they have obtained visas to compete in a World Cup race in Lake Placid, New York, next weekend.

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry delivers her speech during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron lighting, in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem

Read full article: IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem

The IOC has taken a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports.

FILE - Anastasia Tatalina, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts during the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events

Read full article: Nine Russian and Belarusian skiers get neutral status to compete in Olympics qualifying events

Three skiers from Russia and six from Belarus have been approved to compete in qualifying events for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games in February.

FILE - Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda, of India, Khadijah Ismail, of Malaysia, and Mariana Cabrita, of Portugal, from left, compete in the cross-country women's 7.5 km Interval Start Classic qualification race at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Olympic hopeful cross-country skier tries to put India on the winter sports map

Read full article: Olympic hopeful cross-country skier tries to put India on the winter sports map

Most of Bhavani Thekkada’s competitors grew up on skis.

A view of the Ice Hockey Arena during the U20 Ice Hockey World Championship between Estonia and Japan as a test event for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, in Rho, near Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

NHL cautiously optimistic of Olympic participation despite smaller rink size and ice safety concerns

Read full article: NHL cautiously optimistic of Olympic participation despite smaller rink size and ice safety concerns

The NHL remains cautiously optimistic about sending top hockey players to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February.

Italian former foil fencer and Olympic and world champion Elisa Di Francisca carries the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch in Rome as it begins its journey through Italy, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, a journey that will conclude in Milan in February 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Nearly half the tickets for Milan Cortina Olympics still unsold with 2 months to go

Read full article: Nearly half the tickets for Milan Cortina Olympics still unsold with 2 months to go

Construction on the main hockey arena is still not finished.

Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri lights the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch in Rome as it begins its journey through Italy, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, a journey that will conclude in Milan in February 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Summer Olympians begin torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Games on 2-month countdown

Read full article: Summer Olympians begin torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Games on 2-month countdown

Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday marking exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony.

FILE - China's Zhendong Fan reacts after winning match point to take the men's singles finals match during the World Table Tennis Championships Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

U.S. cities come to home of Olympic sports to pitch hosting future world championships

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Sports officials from United States cities have gone to the heart of the Olympic family this week to show their country wants to host more world championships and top events.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella holds the torch and lights the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron in front of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics lit at Italy's presidential palace with 2 months to go

Read full article: Cauldron for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics lit at Italy's presidential palace with 2 months to go

A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.