National Hockey League players will not participate in the upcoming Olympics.
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The Winter Olympics begin on Wednesday.
The biggest change for Americans watching the Winter Olympics on television this month will likely be the first face they see on the screen.
The International Olympic Committee rejected a request on Monday to invite 15 Russians to the Pyeongchang Winter Games just days after the athletes’ doping bans were overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month’s Winter Olympics in the South.
Russia was banned Monday from the upcoming Pyeongchang Paralympics because of its doping past.
Evan Weinstock, a 26-year-old bobsledder who was a standout football player at Del Sol High School, is believed to be the first Las Vegan to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics.
USA Gymnastics has confirmed that its entire board of directors will resign as requested by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
The chairman, vice chairman and treasurer of USA Gymnastics have resigned.
NBC is bringing back Katie Couric to co-host the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month in South Korea, and will live-stream the pomp for the first time.
Nearly every day brings a new experience for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who spent the first 42 years of his life living in a bubble that consisted of NASCAR and not much else.
Jamaica is sending a women’s bobsled team to the Olympics for the first time.
Evan Weinstock, who attended Del Sol High School, was named Monday to the U.S. Olympic men’s bobsled team in two events for the South Korea Games.
USA Hockey has named David Leggio and Brandon Maxwell as the final two goaltenders for its Olympic team.
The rival Koreas took steps toward reducing their bitter animosity during rare talks Tuesday, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea and reopen a military hotline.