Month: February 2022

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Olympic judging at snowboarding events on slopestyle, in the halfpipe and now at big air has come under fire from the boarders themselves. Medalists Red Gerard of the United States and Mark McMorris of Canada say they are fed up with inconsistent and at times blatantly

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Argentine golfer Eduardo Romero has died at the age of 67. He won European Tour events over three decades and was nicknamed “El Gato” (The Cat). The tour announced Romero’s death without giving any more details. Romero was best known for winning eight titles on the tour between 1989 and

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Kieran Trippier must take a break from his fast start to life at Newcastle after sustaining a broken left foot. Scans have shown the England full back fractured the fifth metatarsal bone during the 1-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday. The northeast club didn’t give an exact timeframe for Trippier’s

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S.-born athletes have taken centerstage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality switching. Freestyle skier Eileen Gu’s decision to compete for her mother’s native China over her native U.S. has drawn critical coverage that has at times

By DAVE SKRETTA and SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The biggest barrier between Russian figure skating star Kamila Valieva and another Olympic gold medal is no longer a panel of judges holed up in a Beijing hotel room. It’s now the teammates she practices with every day, Alexandra Trusova and world champion Anna

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva has been cleared for takeoff in women’s figure skating in a ruling in a doping case that has caused havoc with one of the marquee events of the Beijing Olympics. The 15-year-old Russian will have a chance for a second gold medal at this

By KELVIN CHAN, CANDICE CHOI and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Football, video games and dress-up are just some of the ways athletes at the Beijing Olympics are keeping busy when they’re not competing. As part of the strict COVID-19 protocols, athletes and others at the Games can only move between select sites

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl took place at the same time for the first time. That created a big day for NBC. The network televised both. It also sent athletes in China scrambling to find ways to watch. The time change meant the game

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — After Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s fate is determined at the Olympics, legal trouble for her coach and others in her orbit could emerge in the United States. Though the episode doesn’t appear to have much to do with the U.S., the case falls under

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin and other Alpine skiers at the Beijing Olympics get help from coaches and teammates who offer course reports before races. Those reports are usually given via two-way radios and offer a mix of information and motivation. Racers can get insights into the speed of

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Skiers skidding into safety nets. Snowboarders eating it on the halfpipe. Speedskaters crashing into the barriers — and each other.  When Winter Olympians talk about losing their edge, they often mean the literal edge of a skate, a ski or a snowboard. That sharpened strip can

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — A Norwegian biathlete who collapsed after crossing the finish line in the women’s 10-kilometer pursuit race will be heading home instead of competing again at the Beijing Olympics. Ingrid Landmakr Tandrevold says she has had heart issues in the past. She was in position to win

The Associated Press A thrilling late touchdown drive gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals to win the Super Bowl. Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp’s 1-yard touchdown catch from Matthew Stafford came after three costly penalties on the Bengals’ defense. Meanwhile, Eminem took a knee during a star-studded hip hop halftime show performance.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin says she will make her Olympic downhill debut at the Beijing Games. She also is changing her mindset a little bit as she prepares for her fourth event of the 2022 Olympics. Shiffrin finished the second training session on the course known as The

By The Associated Press The CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says the decision to clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete in Beijing despite failing a drug test in December appears to be “another chapter in the systematic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by Russia.” The Court of Arbitration for

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — It seemed like the appropriate thing to ask on Valentine’s Day: What does ski superstar Eileen Gu love the most? In a short interview after her practice, the Stanford-bound 18-year-old, who is competing for her mom’s home country of China, thought about the question and

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald and Von Miller were able to keep the Los Angeles Rams within striking distance of capturing their first Super Bowl championship in 22 years. The Rams sacked Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow six times during the second half. With Burrow and the offense

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre helped Beijing ring in the Year of the Tiger by putting on an orange-and-black big-cat costume during qualifying in women’s big air and miming a pair of claws while some 20 feet off the ground. Lefevre decided a year ago that the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight had a goal and assist, Alex Cavallini stopped 25 shots and the defending Olympic champion United States defeated Finland 4-1 in the women’s hockey semifinals at the Beijing Games. That sets up the sixth gold-medal showdown between the Americans and Canada. The Canadians advanced

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue bent down and kissed the the ice where the Olympic rings were painted after skating to a bronze medal at the Beijing Games. The longtime American standard-bearers in ice dancing embraced after their free dance to Anne Sila’s “Drowning”

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The best player so far in the men’s hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics is also the youngest. Seventeen-year-old Slovakia forward Juraj Slafkovsky is tied with Sweden winger Lucas Wallmark for the tournament lead with four goals in four games. Only three players have more points

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its ruling less than 12 hours after a hastily arranged hearing

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country. A blowout loss to the U.S. wasn’t shown on the country’s main sports channel and

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The United States goes into the knockout round at the Olympics as one of the favorites to win the gold medal. The U.S. is the top seed in the men’s hockey tournament after being the only team to win all three preliminary round games in regulation.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron missed out on ice dancing gold by the slimmest of margins four years ago in Pyeongchang. The French duo didn’t even make it close in Beijing. The last on the ice for the free dance, Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 points

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Eileen Gu has made it through to the slopestyle finals in freestyle skiing at the Olympics. She overcame a number of bobbles in her first qualifying run to nail down a solid second trip down the mountain and secure her spot in the top 12.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kaillie Humphries has captured a third Olympic gold medal in bobsledding and her first for the United States. The former Canadian bobsledder was an easy winner of the inaugural women’s monobob event. It was the first gold by any country other than Germany in seven events

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly acquired Norman Powell is out indefinitely for the Los Angeles Clippers with a broken bone in his left foot. The team says he fractured the medial sesamoid bone in his foot in Thursday’s loss at Dallas and no surgery is planned at this time. Powell joins injured All-Stars Kawhi Leonard

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A sea of yellow flags flew onto the field in the final two minutes with the Super Bowl at stake. After the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals were flagged only twice in the first 58 minutes, penalties on three consecutive plays helped determine

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Cooper Kupp was helpless when the Los Angeles Rams went to the Super Bowl three years ago, only able to watch after tearing a knee ligament earlier in the season. Kupp nearly did it all on the final drive of the Rams’ return trip