Eileen Gu finds gold on the halfpipe to make it 6 medals in 6 Olympic events over her career
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — 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 sure things in sports. Especially when the athletes flip 15 feet over rock-hard snowscapes for a living. But that gold ribbon Gu tied into a bow in her hair after her curtain-closing Olympic performance on the mountain did, in fact, 6...
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Sat, 21 Feb 2026
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- Cameron Boozer and No. 3 Duke knock off No. 1 Michigan 68-63 as top 2 teams lose on same day
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- Michigan, Duke, Arizona, Iowa State headline preliminary seeds from NCAA selection committee
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- Thames leads second-half rally, No. 18 Saint Louis beats VCU 88-75 as benches empty
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- Magic use 3-point flurry to hand the Kings their franchise-record 15th straight loss
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026
- Rory McIlroy handles the rain and then wind to share clubhouse lead at Riviera
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- Alysa Liu dazzles to win figure skating gold, ending a 24-year Olympic drought for US women
- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talks anti-tanking options with GMs, AP sources say
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- Winter Olympics recap: US beats Canada in OT for women's hockey gold medal, Stolz stunned in 1,500
- NCAA official says March Madness expansion will not be discussed until after this year's tournaments
- If you've gotten tired of watching curling, imagine how the athletes feel
- Jordan Stolz's Olympic gold streak ends with loss to China's Ning Zhongyan in the 1,500
- Without nationwide rules, South Carolina lawmakers move to keep college athlete payments secret
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- Georgia is facing more reckless driving problems following the arrests of Cole and Ikinnagbon
- Connor McDavid is ready to take Canada's leadership mantle from Sidney Crosby
- Canada is not ruling out Sidney Crosby for its semifinal or the rest of the Olympics
- Biathlons military legacy lives on as Olympic athletes combine sport and service
- Mikaela Shiffrin remembers her late father after winning Olympic slalom gold
- Bruce Meyer elevated to baseball players' association interim executive director
Wed, 18 Feb 2026
- Darius Acuff Jr. scores 49 points against Alabama and nearly delivers in OT for Arkansas
- Kings' Sabonis, LaVine out for rest of season after surgeries
- US defeats Sweden and Canada beats Czechia in OT to reach the semifinals at the Olympics
- Charlotte's LaMelo Ball not injured after 2-car crash in downtown Charlotte, AP source says
- Lawsuit alleges Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice physically assaulted former girlfriend
- Riviera has a long history and a long par 3 for Genesis Invitational
- Frustrated college basketball coaches aren't holding back on publicly criticizing their teams
- Green Bay's Doug Gottlieb gets 1-game suspension from Horizon League after criticizing officiating
- Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz fight pitch-rigging case as spring training starts
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- Mikaela Shiffrin came to the Olympics looking for peace in her skiing. She found gold along the way
- Sports helped shape Jesse Jackson's career and inspired the ex-quarterback to fight for equal rights
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- In a golden masterclass, Norway's Klaebo extends Winter Olympics medal record
- Kyrie Irving won't play this season for the Mavericks as he continues recovery from knee injury
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- Benfica's Prestianni denies racially insulting Real Madrid's Vincius in Champions League game
- Quirky curling has turned into a betting magnet at the Milan Cortina Olympics
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- Texas Tech star JT Toppin injures lower right leg in loss to Arizona State
- Arizona State upsets No. 13 Texas Tech 72-67 as Red Raiders lose star forward JT Toppin to injury
Tue, 17 Feb 2026
- Union offers WNBA new CBA proposal, slightly lowering revenue share numbers, AP source says
- No. 18 Saint Louis loses 81-76 at Rhode Island, ending 18-game win streak
- Tony Clark resigns as MLB players' union head as possible cap fight looms
- Madrid game at Benfica halted for several minutes as Vincius says opponent racially insulted him
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- Alysa Liu surges into medal range as US teammates stumble in Olympic short program
- Japans Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games
- Giancarlo Stanton thinks Yankees career incomplete without World Series title
- Mark Cuban says the NBA should embrace tanking and criticizes recent punishments for teams
- Doug Moe, the rumpled, irreverent coach of the high-scoring Denver Nuggets, dies at 87
- Judge grants hearing, expresses concerns ex-Michigan coach Moore may have had due process violated
- Tiger Woods isn't ruling out a return to the Masters. Ryder Cup captaincy also uncertain
- Twins right-hander Pablo Lpez has a major elbow injury that likely will need season-ending surgery
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- Defending champion Sweden out of Olympic medal contention in men's curling after 'horrible week'
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- Jessica Pegula will lead the WTA Tour's efforts to improve the women's tennis calendar
- Nate Heise hits go-ahead 3-pointer in No. 6 Iowa State's 70-67 win over No. 2 Houston
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- Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3 more wounded
- Dolphins releasing star receiver Tyreek Hill in major roster cuts
- Eileen Gu wins silver for 5th Olympic medal. Canadian Megan Oldham's gold is her 2nd of the Games
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- Bold new US trio eyes Olympic figure skating gold while serving as role models for a new generation
- Sweden has arguably the toughest path to men's hockey gold at the Olympics
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- Arsenal routs Wigan 4-0 on no-surprise Sunday as Premier League teams advance to 5th round
- Dani Carnegie's 29 sparks Georgia's stunning 76-74 upset of No. 5 Vanderbilt
- Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly home to the US with more surgeries to come, team official tells AP
- Anthony Kim wins LIV Golf Adelaide in a remarkable career comeback
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