American Alysa Liu, after two years away from figure skating, wins gold at worlds
BOSTON — It was once prophesied how Alysa Liu would return glory to U.S. women’s figure skating.At 13 years old, ...
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American figure skating duo honors crash victims after breakthrough performance
BOSTON — Misha Mitrofanov broke his embrace of Alisa Efimova and spun her around. Let her see the crowd’s reaction ...
Figure skating remembers its fallen and a dad holds it together at world championships
BOSTON — Imagine how many times Doug and Christine Lane must have beamed with pride over the years as they ...
Shelby Houlihan medals at world championships after 4-year burrito ban
American runner Shelby Houlihan returned to the big stage after a much-debated four-year doping ban and won a silver medal in the ...
What challenges lie ahead for the new IOC president?
Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman and first African to lead the International Olympic ...
Kirsty Coventry elected as first female president of IOC
The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its first female president with a single round of voting. Source link
International Olympic Committee Elects New President
Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas ...
How Jordan Chiles rediscovered ‘that girl’ at UCLA after Paris Olympics medal controversy
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Time zones don’t affect Jordan Chiles.She declares this while sitting in a hotel conference room near ...
Comcast Pays $3B To Extend Olympics Rights Deal Through 2036
Comcast is paying $3 billion to extend its Olympics rights deal through 2036. The renewal with the International Olympic Committee ...
SailGP Championship: From towering catamarans racing at 60mph to $12.8m in prize money. Is this F1 on the water?
Humans have sailed the oceans for centuries. But, as a spectator sport, sailing has barely made a dent in the ...
Ki’Lolo Westerlund, 17, is America’s flag football star of the future
Ki’Lolo Westerlund knew she had a starring role in an NFL Flag 50 commercial promoting flag football that would air ...
U.S. superstar Ilona Maher and her impact in England: ‘She wants to lift the whole sport with her’
Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR), England’s elite league for women’s 15-a-side rugby union, is still semi-professional.A large number of the players ...
In skiing, where ‘champions pull up champions,’ U.S. women ahead of the men
Not to be too cheeky, but it’s getting a little awkward for the American men who make their living on ...
True/False Premieres Documentary On Sarajevo’s Old Olympic Luge Track
On Mount Trebević above Sarajevo, a cement monolith snakes through wooded terrain – an elevated channel emblazoned with colorful graffiti. ...
Mikaela Shiffrin’s 100 World Cup wins: A career of dominance, by the numbers
After a three-month delay, American star Mikaela Shiffrin won her milestone 100th World Cup race on Sunday, a number never ...
NY Sportscaster, TV Voice Of Olympics, NHL Studio Host Was 68
Al Trautwig, who had a long career as a New York sportscaster and also called national NHL games and Olympics ...
How Jannik Sinner’s doping case and WADA agreement rocked the anti-doping world
At some point during the last 12 months, men’s tennis world No. 1 Jannik Sinner changed everything in the anti-doping ...
Michael Phelps journals to find the ‘best version’ of himself. When I tried it, the results surprised me
Michael Phelps knows himself.He knows if he doesn’t exercise throughout the week, he’ll turn into some “big ass ogre that ...
Kevin Durant’s tearful Netflix moment is a timely reminder of basketball’s true spirit
Kevin Durant, in a moment of tangible appreciation, allowed himself to ponder the grandeur of basketball and the communal elements ...
NCAA committee recommends adding flag football as emerging sport for women
An NCAA committee recommended on Wednesday adding flag football to its emerging women’s sports program, a significant step toward it ...
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