This 89-year-old is ‘King of the Volunteers’ at the Olympics and will star in the closing ceremony
VERONA, Italy — When Mario Gargiulo traveled to the 1956 Cortina Winter Games, his first trip to northern Italy from his hometown of Naples, the 20-year-old never imagined he’d return to the Olympics. But he has, 70 years later, this time as the so-called “King of the Volunteers.” He was...
Eileen Gu finds gold on the halfpipe to make it 6 medals in 6 Olympic events over her career
LIVIGNO, Italy — Eileen Gu snatched a gold ribbon off a gift basket on her way to the mountain Sunday and stuck it in her pocket just in case. Just in case? If her 16-day odyssey at the Milan Cortina Games taught the world anything, it’s that there are no...
Injured captain Sidney Crosby out for Canada against the U.S. in the Olympic gold medal game
MILAN — Sidney Crosby will not play for Canada in the men’s gold medal hockey game against the U.S. at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, four days after suffering an apparent right knee injury. Crosby’s status was revealed just over an hour before puck drop when the lineups came out....
America vs. Canada for Olympic hockey gold is titanic showdown of powerhouses
MILAN — Dylan Larkin has been thinking about the U.S. facing Canada for gold at the Olympics for a year. All the dreams he had as a kid crystallized after he and his teammates lost to their rival in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off. “I’ve thought about it...
Hempfield’s Jasmine Jones earns Olympic bronze medal in 2-woman bobsled
Their arms raised and an American flag draped across their backs, Jasmine Jones and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries flashed smiles, held hands and leaned against one another on a cold night on an Italian mountain range. The bobsled duo knew they had earned a spot on the Olympic podium. “When we...
Injured Canada captain Sidney Crosby’s status uncertain for the Olympic gold medal game
MILAN — Canada has not decided whether injured captain Sidney Crosby will play in the gold medal game at the Olympics against the U.S. on Sunday, coach Jon Cooper said Saturday. Crosby skated in practice, which was closed to reporters to maintain a shroud of secrecy around the status of...
U.S. captures a record 11th gold medal at the Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy — The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday when the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis took the title in mixed aerials. The 11th gold breaks a record set at the last Olympics on U.S. soil...
‘Hotdog’ in the halfpipe! American Alex Ferreira finally wins his Olympic gold
LIVIGNO, Italy — The next time you see a senior citizen barreling down the mountain, maybe doing a double-cork while he’s at it, don’t think twice. That might just be your neighborhood’s friendly new Olympic champion. Alex Ferreira, the freeskier who occasionally dons prosthetics to look 80 and calls his...
U.S. sets up gold-medal game against Canada at the Olympics by cruising past Slovakia
MILAN — Zach Werenski and his U.S. teammates tried not to look ahead at a potential gold-medal game against Canada at the Olympics. After each went unbeaten in group play, there was no way the North American rivals could meet before the final, but there was work left to do....
Greensburg watch party cheers on Olympian Jasmine Jones as she sets track bobsled recordVideo
When Jasmine Jones’ face and name appeared on the big screen Friday afternoon, her supporters went wild. Their cheers continued, growing louder and louder, as the Westmoreland County native raced down the bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, at the Winter Olympics “Go Jasmine, run your race,” someone yelled, waving...
Nathan MacKinnon scores late as Canada beats Finland to reach the Olympic gold-medal game
MILAN — Falling behind for a second consecutive game at the Olympics after never trailing throughout group play, Canada dug itself an even deeper hole in the semifinals against Finland. Down two goals against an opponent also full of NHL players, the tournament favorite did not look the slightest bit...
‘We’re still looking for gold’: Hempfield grad Jasmine Jones in 3rd after 2 bobsled heats at Olympics
Watching her daughter sprint and push a bobsled 50 meters, jump inside, tuck under and bullet down a winding ice track — at the Olympics — is enough to make Christine Vincent Graves clutch her pearls. She watched from the bleachers Friday at the Cortina Sliding Centre and could feel...
Norway wins its 17th gold medal, breaking record for most golds won in a single Winter Olympics
ANTERSELVA, Italy — Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold — Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics — breaking the record for the most gold...
Injured Sidney Crosby misses Canada’s win over Finland, not ruled out for gold medal game
MILAN — Sidney Crosby did not play in Canada’s 3-2 victory over Finland in the Olympic semifinals Friday because of an apparent right knee injury suffered in the quarterfinals against Czechia on Wednesday. In the aftermath of the injury, Canada coach Jon Cooper has consistently refused to rule the 38-year-old...
Joe Starkey: My unforgettable afternoon with the Miracle on Ice team
The icy glares had long since melted. Herb Brooks was no longer the fiery tyrant of 1980. He was no longer the mad man who’d ordered his players to skate sprints in the dark after a lazy performance against Norway, telling them if they kept smashing their sticks on the...
Alysa Liu gives U.S. its 1st women’s figure skating Olympic gold in 24 years, bests Japanese rivals
MILAN — Alysa Liu had just delivered a near-flawless Olympic free skate Thursday night, one that left a packed crowd inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena standing and roaring, when a television camera zoomed in on the American star as she was heading off the ice. “That’s what I’m (expletive)...
United States wins 3rd Olympic gold in women’s hockey
MILAN — Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4 minutes, 7 seconds into overtime, and the United States won its third Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey, beating Canada, 2-1, at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports’ most heated rivalries....
U.S., Canada, Finland go into the semifinals at the Olympics fresh off knockout-round scares
MILAN — Three of hockey’s international powerhouses are in the semifinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics after getting a scare at the start of the knockout round. The United States, Canada and Finland all won in overtime in the quarterfinals to move one victory away from playing for the gold...
Sidney Crosby’s Olympic injury sparks debate over NHL player participation
Uncertainty continues to surround the status of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby, who was injured in Wednesday’s Olympic quarterfinals contest between Canada and Czechia. Canada coach Jon Cooper provided a limited update to reporters in Milan following his team’s optional practice Thursday, in which Crosby did not partake. “Sid is...
Joe Starkey: Sidney Crosby’s injury should not have happened
Who was officiating the Canada-Czechia Olympic hockey game Wednesday, Jerry Meals? Actually, it was three NHL officials and a Swedish one, and their incompetence might have altered the course of the tournament, not to mention the Penguins’ promising season. As of this writing, Sidney Crosby was to undergo imaging for...
Dog on the course! Canine makes cameo during Milan Cortina Olympics cross-country skiing event
TESERO, Italy — A surprise participant in Wednesday’s action at the Milan Cortina Olympics had four legs and zero concern for race times. As elite cross-country skiers pushed to the finish in the women’s team sprint heats, a dog wandered onto the course and ran with athletes down the straightaway....
Quinn Hughes’ OT goal lifts U.S. past Sweden in Olympic quarterfinals
MILAN — When the U.S. gave up a tying goal to Sweden with 91 seconds left in the quarterfinals at the Olympics, even the most seasoned players were on edge. “That’s as nervous as I’ve been ever in a hockey game,” American forward Dylan Larkin said. After plenty of nerves,...
American Alysa Liu sits within 2 points of lead heading into Olympic free skate
MILAN — Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating Thursday night when the “Blade Angel” attempts to chase down Japanese rivals Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the free skate at the Milan Cortina Games. The 20-year-old Liu scored 76.59 points...
Hilary Knight gets dream matchup as U.S. faces Canada for Olympic hockey gold
MILAN — Before the puck dropped on the U.S.-Canada Rivalry Series three months ago, before the Americans romped through their first six games at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and before her engagement Wednesday, Hilary Knight looked ahead to the gold-medal final with hope and anticipation. How fitting it would be,...
Canada rallies to beat Czechia in OT to avoid a stunning quarterfinal exit at the Olympics
MILAN — Nick Suzuki tied it on a deflection with 3:27 left, Mitch Marner scored in overtime and Canada avoided what would have been a stunning quarterfinal exit at the Olympics by rallying to beat Czechia, 4-3, on Wednesday. Canada fell behind with 7:42 remaining when Ondrej Palat scored on...
