The U.S. goal song — “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach’s challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by rolling past Latvia 5-1 in a dominant showcase of some…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Slovakian native was in Italy this week, 16 years after prosecutors in the country issued a warrant against him. The 44-year-old unidentified man traveled to Milan to watch his native country’s Olympic hockey team take on medal favorite Finland, which wound up being a tremendous 4-1…
American skier Breezy Johnson told CBS News she’s been treating her replacement gold medal with care after the original, which she won in the women’s downhill event at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy on Saturday, broke. “I think that because they were so heavy, the ribbons couldn’t really hold them,” Johnson said, calling it…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The former girlfriend of Norwegian Olympic medalist Sturla Holm Laegreid spoke out after the biathlete lamented his transgressions following an event at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Laegreid volunteered that he cheated on the woman three months into their six-month relationship. She didn’t appear to be open…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ashley Farquharson raced to Olympic glory in luge on Tuesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The American luger became emotional when she checked the scoreboard and realized she earned her first Olympic medal. Her performance in the women’s luge singles on Tuesday also marked just the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American-born Team China Olympic skier Eileen Gu came under immense scrutiny on social media this week after making comments about President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of U.S. Olympian Hunter Hess. Gu, who was born in San Francisco, is the highest-paid Winter Olympic athlete in the world, making…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rescuers in Italy reported Monday that at least a dozen skiers, climbers and hikers died over the past week in a record-setting tragedy in the country’s mountainous terrain. While authorities said 11 of the 12 victims were killed in avalanches triggered by exceptionally unstable conditions on ungroomed…
Image 1 of 8 next United States’ Jacqueline Wiles, left, and teammate Paula Moltzan show their bronze medals in the alpine skiing women’s team combined race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Andy Wong/AP Photo) Image 2 of 8 prev next Silver medalist United States’ Alex Hall holds…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American skier Hunter Hess appeared to backtrack on the “mixed emotions” he said he had about representing the U.S. at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Hess drew backlash from President Donald Trump and others when he made his initial comments to reporters last week. But after…
The scariest jump in ice skating requires your shoulders, hips, knees and feet to be in perfect alignment. All of your body weight must be concentrated because it’s the only way to build enough power to complete at least four full revolutions in the air and land backwards on one blade. Everything happens in less…