Lindsey Vonn has been through a lot over the last few weeks, even more than we previously knew.

The legendary U.S. ski racer revealed Wednesday that on the day after she crashed violently while competing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, Vonn lost someone very close to her.

Her dog, Leo.

Vonn wrote in a lengthy Instagram post that Leo has joined...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — It was a day of grief and gratitude for Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated skier in history.

The world saw her win the women's slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games, wrap herself in an American flag, hold it high above her head and twirl in triumph.

And for good reason. Shiffrin won her first Olympic gold medal in ...Read more

MILAN —The medal wasn't what Amber Glenn wanted. When she botched the final jump of her otherwise faultless short program, it was the shattering of her dream that left Glenn more distraught than the score that dropped her to 13th place.

"I was devastated that I lost the happiness and the enjoyment that I wanted to have out there on the ice ...Read more

Sidney Crosby suffered a lower-body injury during Canada’s Olympic quarterfinal matchup with Czechia on Wednesday and was ruled out for the rest of the game.

He took at least two hits on one shift early in the second period. The first was a collision with Radko Gudas near the red line in which Crosby’s right leg appeared to bend awkwardly. ...Read more

MILAN — She’s the only U.S. skater still in medal contention. Alysa Liu is the last person to care.

The unbothered 20-year-old is the only American who finished in the top six of the women’s short program Tuesday and is holding the weight of an Olympic medal drought that’s as old as she is. But after placing third in the short program, ...Read more

MILAN — Only a few months ago, Ami Nakai, by her own admission, didn’t have skating in the 2026 Olympic Games on her radar.

Yet there was the Japanese 17-year-old leading a pair of world champions in the Milano Cortina Olympic Games women’s figure skating competition going into Tuesday’s free skate.

Nakai became only the fourth woman ...Read more

MILAN — Then there is one.

With three strong contenders for the podium in the women’s Olympic figure skating competition, the United States’ hopes now rest almost completely on Alysa Liu, who finished in third place in the short program on Tuesday.

The reigning world champion could end the United States’ 20-year Olympic medal drought ...Read more

Mac Forehand, a two-time Olympic freestyle skier who grew up in Fairfield, Conn., was disappointed with his results in the Olympic slopestyle competition last week.

But Tuesday, Forehand, 24, made up for that disappointment with a silver medal in the Big Air competition at the Livigno Snow Park in Italy.

Forehand scored 193.25 to finish second...Read more

MILAN — Cheating has been part of the Olympics since the ancient games, when violators were punished with fines, public flogging or lifetime bans.

The Milan-Cortina Games have hardly been an exception, although there have been no reports of public flogging.

These Olympics started with controversy when a report in the German newspaper Bild ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in an interview Monday that she does not want embattled mogul Casey Wasserman running the 2028 Summer Games.

Bass told CNN's Dana Bash that it was "unfortunate" that the organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics are supporting Wasserman amid revelations that he exchanged flirty emails with ...Read more

Are the Winter Olympics plagued with scandals? Is ice wet? (And, yes, wet ice is one of the scandals.)

There are always controversies at the Olympics, which continue through Feb. 22 and which happen so infrequently that the world’s eyes are bound to be laser-focused on them. Below, we break down what’s causing the most uproar in Milano ...Read more

Even as a tiny child in her car seat, Isabeau Levito talked about how much she wanted to go to the Olympics.

At 3, she had watched the 2010 Winter Games on TV and was charmed by the figure skating, mimicking Coatesville, Pa., native Johnny Weir’s movements on the screen. Her mother, Chiara Garberi, thought they’d try skating and brought her...Read more

MILAN — After a one-hour on-ice training session and on the way to yet another interview, Isabeau Levito has one big problem on her mind.

One of the plants in the U.S. figure skater's room has started growing mold. She needs to figure out how to wrangle it.

"That's our task of the day," Levito said Monday.

Nevermind that the biggest ...Read more

MILAN —Amber Glenn thought her chance for the Olympics was already gone. She was 9.

"I wasn't always considered one of the top," Glenn said, "so I never thought that I'd be skating past, like, 20 years old or something because you don't usually see that."

The 26-year-old, who is making her Olympic debut, jokes that she's "a dinosaur" in ...Read more

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor was Team USA's most successful female bobsledder — except she had never won an Olympic gold medal.

That ended Monday as Meyers Taylor took the top prize, claiming gold in the women's monobob at the Cortina Sliding Centre.

In winning her sixth Olympic medal, she tied speedskater Bonnie Blair ...Read more

MILAN — The U.S. advanced to the final of the women's hockey tournament at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with a 5-0 rout of Sweden on Monday and will meet the winner of the second semifinal between Canada and Switzerland in Thursday's gold-medal game.

The goals came from Cayla Barnes, Taylor Heise, Kendall Coyne, Hayley Scamurra and Abbey ...Read more

MILAN — Leaders of the International Olympic Committee appear ready to lift suspensions of Russia and Belarus, clearing the way for athletes from those countries to return to major international competitions perhaps as early as the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

But those plans may have hit a snag last week with the international show of support ...Read more

MILAN — When American pairs skater Danny O’Shea was 10 years old, he sat down and made a list of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games.

In 2010, he would be 18. That would be his Olympics, he decided.

As easy as that, right?

O’Shea has survived two retirements, five partner changes, two coaching changes, a broken foot, multiple surgeries, ...Read more

MILAN — With NHL stars back in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 12 years, organizers of the Milan-Cortina hockey tournament have seemingly done everything they can to make the players feel at home.

A horn blast marks goals and the end of each period, an NHL tradition since the 1970s; foreboding organ music plays whenever a player is...Read more