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Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Olympic crash Lindsey Vonn says a crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics nearly cost her her left leg. Vonn detailed the extent her injuries in an Instagram post.

Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following her Olympic crash.

It is with a heavy heart that we relay the news of the passing of legendary Pirates and National Baseball Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski.
Maz was a 7-time All-Star who hit the greatest home run in baseball history. He was a beloved member of the Pirates family and he will be deeply missed.

4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations Lawyers say Trump is sending migrants to Cameroon who originated elsewhere. AP freelancers, among others, were detained while reporting on the deportees.

Four journalists, including three working for the Associated Press, were detained in Cameroon while reporting from a facility where migrants deported by the Trump administration are held, according to two lawyers.

Mikaela Shiffrin came to the Olympics looking for peace in her skiing. She found gold along the way Mikaela Shiffrin's fourth trip to the Olympics came with a golden ending. The skiing star won the slalom on the world's biggest stage for the first time in 12 years with a triumphant performance in Co...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is well-versed in the bargain the Olympics forces athletes to make.

The risk that comes with laying yourself bare on the world stage.

On Wednesday, Shiffrin may have finally found peace.

Gold too.

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Mikaela Shiffrin came to the Olympics looking for peace in her skiing. She found gold along the way Mikaela Shiffrin's fourth trip to the Olympics came with a golden ending. The skiing star won the slalom on the world's biggest stage for the first time in 12 years with a triumphant performance in Co...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is well-versed in the bargain the Olympics forces athletes to make.

The risk that comes with laying yourself bare on the world stage.

On Wednesday, Shiffrin may have finally found peace.

Gold too.

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US star Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought Mikaela Shiffrin’s eight-year Olympic medal drought is over. The American skiing standout has put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom by 1.50 seconds.

American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold in women’s slalom, breaking an eight-year medal drought at the Winter Games.

Slalom is Mikaela Shiffrin's last shot at an Olympic medal in Italy. Good news? It's her best event Mikaela Shiffrin enters the Olympic slalom still chasing her first medal at Milan Cortina. The 30-year-old finished fourth in the combined and 11th in the giant slalom earlier in the Games.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin likes to invoke the adage from tennis great Billie Jean King that “pressure is a privilege.”
Even if, at times, it doesn’t quite feel like it.

On the GOATs last shot at an elusive Olympic medal in Italy.

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After I wrote this I ran into a few American curling fans who described this thing as “Boop Gate” and now, as an owner of two cats, I’m super annoyed I didn’t think of it first.

Is there such a thing as bad publicity? At the Olympics, curling is finding out ... probably not Curling is hoping to take advantage of its moment in the Olympic spotlight. The sport made headlines over the weekend when Canada’s Marc Kennedy was accused of making an illegal “double touch" while r...

Curling has spent decades trying to figure out a way to raise its profile.

All it took was a graze of a finger on a piece of granite, an allegation and expletive-laden response.

Social media and the spotlight that only the Games provide did the rest.

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Batman Returns: A.J. Burnett accepts invitation to Pirates camp to mentor pitchers BRADENTON, Fla. – The request for help came in the form of a phone call instead of a bat signal, but A.J. Burnett was ready to respond to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an instant. Burnett said he wa...

Batman Returns: A.J. Burnett accepts invitation to Pirates camp to mentor pitchers
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Mikaela Shiffrin's giant slalom at Milan Cortina ended without a medal but plenty of optimism Mikaela Shiffrin sees her 11th-place giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Olympics as proof she is back in the fight.

The leaderboard said Mikaela Shiffrin finished 11th.

The reality? The speed in the giant slalom she feared may never return is coming back.

And in a day at the Olympics in her sport was the true winner, that’s enough.

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Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly back to the US with more surgeries to come, team official tells AP The chief of the U.S. Ski Team says Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly back to her home country a week after her terrifying head-over-heels crash in the Olympic downhill.

The chief of the U.S. Ski Team says Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly back to her home country a week after her terrifying head-over-heels crash in the Olympic downhill.

Mikaela Shiffrin throws herself back into the brink today, whatever narratives may come of it — accurate or inaccurate— be damned.

“May we all champion one another, tread lightly on what we don’t fully comprehend, and have the fortitude to keep showing up.”

For Winter Olympic favorites, the pursuit of gold brings risk for their legacies, unfair or not Olympic stars are learning that the same spotlight that elevates their sport can also potentially tarnish their legacies.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest.

Still, for stars who arrived here as the bold-faced names in their sport and heavy medal favorites, the pursuit of gold is complicated.

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For Winter Olympic favorites, the pursuit of gold brings risk for their legacies, unfair or not Olympic stars are learning that the same spotlight that elevates their sport can also potentially tarnish their legacies.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin signed up for this. So did Ilia Malinin, Scotty James and all the rest.

Still, for stars who arrived here as the bold-faced names in their sport and heavy medal favorites, the pursuit of gold is complicated.

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ICYMI: The operas that Italians began creating 400 years ago are designed to make you feel.

To have the rest of the world melt away as you get lost in a story sung in a language you might not understand, but whose stakes are unmistakable.

And so it is at these Olympics.

ICYMI: The operas that Italians began creating 400 years ago are designed to make you feel.

To have the rest of the world melt away as you get lost in a story sung in a language you might not understand, but whose stakes are unmistakable.

And so it is at these Olympics.

Bravo! Act I of the Winter Olympics' visit to Italy has been filled with drama, catharsis and tears The Winter Olympics in Italy feel like an opera, with big emotions driving the story as much as the sport.

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Baseball won’t sleep on Paul Skenes, even if Pirates ace has ‘no more made-up pitches’ BRADENTON, Fla. — Whether Paul Skenes was straight-faced serious or acting intentionally ignorant to protect a new pitch before its unveiling in a game, only the Pittsburgh Pirates ace knows. Bu...

Baseball won't sleep on Paul Skenes, even if Pirates ace has 'no more made-up pitches'
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At the Winter Olympics, athletes share the stage with nature. That's just how they want it Athletes at the Winter Olympics find themselves meeting Mother Nature on her own terms while trying to conquer her at the same time.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Eileen Gu isn’t trying to sound zen about all this. It just sort of comes out that way.

"It's a very enlightened experience in a way."

On often intimate dance between athletes and nature at the Winter Olympics.

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At the Winter Olympics, athletes share the stage with nature. That's just how they want it Athletes at the Winter Olympics find themselves meeting Mother Nature on her own terms while trying to conquer her at the same time.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Eileen Gu isn’t trying to sound zen about all this. It just sort of comes out that way.

"It's a very enlightened experience in a way."

On often intimate dance between athletes and nature at the Winter Olympics.

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Lindsey Vonn's father tells AP her Olympic crash marks 'the end of her career' if he has any say Lindsey Vonn's father says she will no longer race if he has any say. The American skiing superstar broke her leg in the Olympics downhill over the weekend.

Lindsey Vonn's father tells AP that he hopes his daughter is done with ski racing after her fall in the Winter Olympics downhill.

Lindsey Vonn's legend was built on pushing the limits. Her brief time in Cortina was no different Lindsey Vonn's quest for an Olympic gold at age 41 came after years of building her legacy on a combination of perseverance, risk and staying true to herself.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn was over the limit. Beyond it, really.

Because of course she was.
There is only one speed for Vonn: as fast as she possibly can, for as long as she possibly can, as relentlessly as she possibly can.

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Lindsey Vonn's legend was built on pushing the limits. Her brief time in Cortina was no different Lindsey Vonn's quest for an Olympic gold at age 41 came after years of building her legacy on a combination of perseverance, risk and staying true to herself.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn was over the limit. Beyond it, really.

Because of course she was.
There is only one speed for Vonn: as fast as she possibly can, for as long as she possibly can, as relentlessly as she possibly can.

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2026 Winter Olympics live updates: Lindsey Vonn crashes early in the Olympic women’s downhill Lindsey Vonn is preparing to race the Olympic downhill on Sunday at the Milan Cortina Winter Games after completing two successful training runs in a row on Saturday. What to know and how to watch the race.

BREAKING: Breezy Johnson wins gold in women's downhill at Milan Cortina Olympics, the first medal for the U.S., after Lindsey Vonn crashes.

Mikaela Shiffrin arrives at her fourth Olympics hardly burdened by the ghosts of Beijing Skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin is leaning into the challenge of her fourth Olympics. The three-time Olympic medalist is four years removed from a disappointing performance in Beijing, where she failed t...

Maybe you'll be thinking about what happened to Mikaela Shiffrin in Beijing when the most decorated skier of all time steps into the starting gate in Cortina.

Shiffrin gets it. She really does. But it's just part of the story. It's hardly all of it.

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France captain Pierre-Edouard Bellemare soaks up finally making the Olympics at 40 Hockey was not on free television in France much when Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was growing up there.

Growing up in France, the Olympics was the only time Pierre-Edouard Bellemare could watch hockey on TV.

“If you ever made the Olympics, it’s an accomplishment of a lifetime.”

At almost 41, Bellemare made it. He is France’s captain in Milan and soaking it all in: apnews.com/article/mila...

A nod to the past brought Sidney Crosby to tears. The Penguins captain is smiling about the present Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby didn't try to fight back the tears during a tribute to the 2016 team that won the Stanley Cup.

Spend your life doing something, and things get blurry.

It wasn’t until Sidney Crosby watched a tribute to the 2016 Penguins team on Saturday that some of the moments he’d thought were lost to time recrystallized in high definition.

So did the tears.

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A nod to the past brought Sidney Crosby to tears. The Penguins captain is smiling about the present Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby didn't try to fight back the tears during a tribute to the 2016 team that won the Stanley Cup.

Spend your life doing something, and things get blurry.

It wasn’t until Sidney Crosby watched a tribute to the 2016 Penguins team on Saturday that some of the moments he’d thought were lost to time recrystallized in high definition.

So did the tears.

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Olympic gymnastics medal dispute between US and Romania in Paris goes back to Swiss court A gymnastics medal disputed by the United States and Romania at the 2024 Paris Olympics is heading for a fresh legal review in a Swiss court.

Good news for Jordan Chiles in hopes of having the 2024 bronze on floor restored.

"There is a likelihood for the audio-visual recording of the final on 5 August 2024 to lead to a modification of the contested award in favour of the applicants."

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