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Today: February 23, 2026
Today: February 23, 2026

Olympics

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Mikaela Shiffrin's fourth Olympics begin with a sluggish slalom and a fourth-place finish

Mikaela Shiffrin extended her Olympic slump with a fourth-place finish in the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg

Mikaela Shiffrin's fourth Olympics begin with a sluggish slalom and a fourth-place finish
Sports

Raedler and Huber of Austria win team combined at the Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin is 4th

Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics when Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly crossed fourth after wasting a first-run lead by teammate Breezy Johnson

Raedler and Huber of Austria win team combined at the Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin is 4th
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Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin has become the first person to legally land a backflip on Olympic ice

Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater
Business|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Sports

Backed by NFL and Olympics, flag football gains momentum in NCAA emerging sports program

Thousands gathered in San Francisco in the days leading up to the most anticipated game on the NFL calendar

Backed by NFL and Olympics, flag football gains momentum in NCAA emerging sports program
Europe|Political|Sports|World

'Greenland Derby' against the US is a chance at the Olympics for Denmark to show its hockey growth

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric about taking control of Greenland has stirred up national pride in Denmark, which oversees the semiautonomous island

'Greenland Derby' against the US is a chance at the Olympics for Denmark to show its hockey growth
Europe|Sports|World

US coach Mike Sullivan is tight-lipped early about his plan at the Olympics

The first U.S. practice in Milan did not explain much of what coach Mike Sullivan has planned for the Olympics

US coach Mike Sullivan is tight-lipped early about his plan at the Olympics
Arts|Health|Sports|World

Lindsey Vonn’s 2026 Olympics journey, despite her crash, is anything but a failure

Lindsey Vonn’s 2026 Olympics journey, despite her crash, is anything but a failure

Lindsey Vonn’s 2026 Olympics journey, despite her crash, is anything but a failure
Arts|Entertainment|Sports

Dame Time: Lillard, who hasn't played this season, will be in 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday

Damian Lillard is set to make a surprising return by participating in the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday

Dame Time: Lillard, who hasn't played this season, will be in 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday
Europe|Sports|World

Ledecka's quest for Olympic three-peat comes to a shocking halt but a Czech gets the gold anyway

Ester Ledecka’s quest to become the first snowboarder to win gold medals in three straight Olympics came to a surprisingly early end

Ledecka's quest for Olympic three-peat comes to a shocking halt but a Czech gets the gold anyway
Europe|Sports|World

Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing

Skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin is leaning into the challenge of her fourth Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing
Europe|Sports|World

Francesca Lollobrigida hugs her son after winning Italy's first gold of the Milan Olympics

Speedskater Francesca Lollobrigida has won host Italy’s first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Games by taking the women’s 3,000 meters in an Olympics-record time

Francesca Lollobrigida hugs her son after winning Italy's first gold of the Milan Olympics
Environment|Health|Science|Sports|Technology

Winter Olympians often compete in freezing temperatures – physiology and advances in materials science help keep them warm

While physical exertion helps athletes stay warm, sweating can lead to dehydration.

Winter Olympians often compete in freezing temperatures – physiology and advances in materials science help keep them warm
Europe|Political|Sports|Travel|World

Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni

Vice President JD Vance met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Milan on Friday, part of his trip to the Olympics

Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni
Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Sports|World

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files

LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files
Europe|Health|Sports|World

Lindsey Vonn completes downhill training without issue ahead of Sunday’s medal event

Lindsey Vonn completes downhill training without issue ahead of Sunday’s medal event

Lindsey Vonn completes downhill training without issue ahead of Sunday’s medal event
Sports|World

‘We can’t win this alone’: Ukraine’s flag bearer urges world not to forget war, hints at protest over IOC’s neutral policy

‘We can’t win this alone’: Ukraine’s flag bearer urges world not to forget war, hints at protest over IOC’s neutral policy

‘We can’t win this alone’: Ukraine’s flag bearer urges world not to forget war, hints at protest over IOC’s neutral policy
Health|Science|Sports

How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACL

How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACL

How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACL
Americas|Arts|Business|Entertainment|Europe|Sports|World

Minions hit Olympic ice: Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate close to music approval

Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate says he has received approval for most of the music needed for his Minions-themed Olympic program

Minions hit Olympic ice: Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate close to music approval
Interview|Sports|World

Meet the world’s fastest skier

Simon Billy is the fastest man in the world on two skis. In 2023, he set the world record, hurtling down a slope at 158.7 mph. He speaks to CNN about his ambitions and hopes to bring the sport to the 2030 Winter Olympics.

Meet the world’s fastest skier
Business|Education|Entertainment|Europe|Lifestyle|Sports|World

What is curling? Everything you need to know about this winter sport

What is curling? Everything you need to know about this winter sport

What is curling? Everything you need to know about this winter sport
Arts|Sports|Technology

Minions Olympic skate routine hangs in the balance

Minions Olympic skate routine hangs in the balance

Minions Olympic skate routine hangs in the balance
Arts|Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Europe|Lifestyle

Savannah Guthrie was getting ready to cover the Olympics. Then came the ‘worst phone call of her life’

Savannah Guthrie was getting ready to cover the Olympics. Then came the ‘worst phone call of her life’

Savannah Guthrie was getting ready to cover the Olympics. Then came the ‘worst phone call of her life’
Arts|Sports|World

Von Allmen hands Crans-Montana 2nd Swiss victory in 2 days in last World Cup race before Olympics

World champion Franjo von Allmen dominated the last men’s World Cup downhill before the Olympics and gave troubled ski resort Crans-Montana a second Swiss victory of the weekend

Von Allmen hands Crans-Montana 2nd Swiss victory in 2 days in last World Cup race before Olympics
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Shiffrin, Vonn and other ski racers star in ESPN's 'On the Edge' docuseries leading into Olympics

Before Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn and other World Cup ski racers chase gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics, they will star in a new docuseries that gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it’s like on the circuit

Shiffrin, Vonn and other ski racers star in ESPN's 'On the Edge' docuseries leading into Olympics
Education|Entertainment|Health|Lifestyle|Sports

11-year-old ice skates on front yard, shares powerful purpose to her skating

11-year-old ice skates on front yard, shares powerful purpose to her skating

11-year-old ice skates on front yard, shares powerful purpose to her skating
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Sports|World

A safe space: How figure skating became a comfort zone for the LGBTQ+ community amid perilous times

Figure skating for decades has provided a progressive sort of safe space for those within the LGTBQ+ community, some of whom still may be trying to realize their authentic selves

A safe space: How figure skating became a comfort zone for the LGBTQ+ community amid perilous times
Business|Sports|World

A star-studded generation of hockey's best players is finally going to the Olympics

An entire generation of the best hockey players in the world will finally get a chance to play in the Olympics

A star-studded generation of hockey's best players is finally going to the Olympics
Sports|World

Efimova and Mitrofanov's Four Continents win shows what US team could be missing at the Olympics

U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov have won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Beijing

Efimova and Mitrofanov's Four Continents win shows what US team could be missing at the Olympics
Europe|Sports|Travel|World

Shiffrin returns to GS podium after 2 years. Hector wins and Moltzan second

Mikaela Shiffrin has earned a place on the podium of a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in two years

Shiffrin returns to GS podium after 2 years. Hector wins and Moltzan second
Entertainment|Health|Lifestyle|Sports

Hurdler, sprint star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone announces she's pregnant

Olympic champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has announced she is pregnant

Hurdler, sprint star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone announces she's pregnant
Arts|Entertainment|Fashion and Beauty|Lifestyle|Sports|World

A ‘Heated Rivalry’ runway debut and Olympics fever at Milan Men’s Fashion Week

A ‘Heated Rivalry’ runway debut and Olympics fever at Milan Men’s Fashion Week

A ‘Heated Rivalry’ runway debut and Olympics fever at Milan Men’s Fashion Week
Sports

Tkachuk is back for the Panthers. Will it be enough to spark a run to the playoffs?

Matthew Tkachuk is back with the Florida Panthers, ready to help the team push for the playoffs

Tkachuk is back for the Panthers. Will it be enough to spark a run to the playoffs?
Europe|Sports|World

Britain's Matt Weston, Belgium's Kim Meylemans clinch World Cup skeleton season titles

Britain's Matt Weston has become the World Cup men's skeleton overall champion again, while Belgium's Kim Meylemans has claimed the women's title for the first time

Britain's Matt Weston, Belgium's Kim Meylemans clinch World Cup skeleton season titles
Entertainment|Interview|Sports

How killing time at a laundromat set Lily Zhang on a path to multiple Olympics

How killing time at a laundromat set Lily Zhang on a path to multiple Olympics

How killing time at a laundromat set Lily Zhang on a path to multiple Olympics
Business|Entertainment|Sports|Technology

Fanatics debuts Fanatics Studios with Olympics, Tom Brady and ESPN at Intuit Dome

Fanatics, known for sports merchandise, is diving into entertainment with Fanatics Studios

Fanatics debuts Fanatics Studios with Olympics, Tom Brady and ESPN at Intuit Dome
Europe|Health|Sports|World

Chloe Kim says she's 'good to go' for Olympics despite labrum tear in shoulder

Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she’s “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland

Chloe Kim says she's 'good to go' for Olympics despite labrum tear in shoulder
Business|Entertainment|Sports|World

US and Mexico flag football teams will play a game during the Super Bowl week in an Olympic preview

The week of the Super Bowl in San Francisco features two marquee flag football games

US and Mexico flag football teams will play a game during the Super Bowl week in an Olympic preview
Business|Entertainment|Sports

Kaylee Hartung to make Super Bowl debut as NBC sideline reporter

Kaylee Hartung will work her first Super Bowl as a sideline reporter when NBC airs the game on February 8

Kaylee Hartung to make Super Bowl debut as NBC sideline reporter
Arts|Entertainment|Interview|Sports|US|World

USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps set to join the expansion Denver Summit

Lindsey Heaps is coming home

USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps set to join the expansion Denver Summit
Health|Lifestyle|Sports

How Olympians think about success and failure and what we can learn from them

Olympians can teach us to redefine what it means to be successful

How Olympians think about success and failure and what we can learn from them
Europe|Sports|World

Lindsey Vonn's World Cup race canceled because of snowfall, wind gusts in Austria

Lindsey Vonn has lost the chance for another World Cup race win on Sunday when a super-G was canceled because of the weather conditions

Lindsey Vonn's World Cup race canceled because of snowfall, wind gusts in Austria
Arts|Health|Sports|World

US snowboarding star Chloe Kim dislocates shoulder in training ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics

US snowboarding star Chloe Kim dislocates shoulder in training ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics

US snowboarding star Chloe Kim dislocates shoulder in training ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics
Sports|US|World

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

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

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

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

Italy’s 4 flag bearers for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics honored in handover ceremony
Europe|Sports|World

Trio of Russian athletes barred from luge World Cup in Lake Placid amid neutrality concerns

The International Luge Federation has withdrawn the eligibility of three Russian athletes who intended to compete in Lake Placid, New York, this weekend

Trio of Russian athletes barred from luge World Cup in Lake Placid amid neutrality concerns
Sports|World

Lindsey Vonn places 2nd in a World Cup downhill a day after becoming oldest winner at age 41

Lindsey Vonn nearly did it again

Lindsey Vonn places 2nd in a World Cup downhill a day after becoming oldest winner at age 41
Europe|Sports|World

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

IOC advises sports bodies to let Russians compete in youth events again with flag and anthem
Arts|Entertainment|Political|Sports|US

Melania Trump lights the National Christmas Tree after president counts down

First lady Melania Trump has lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly night in the nation’s capital

Melania Trump lights the National Christmas Tree after president counts down
Arts|Sports|Technology

Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating

A new app designed by a pair of computer scientists aims to revolutionize the way figure skating is judged

Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating