Tag: 2026 Winter Olympics
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Lindsey Vonn is preparing to fly home to the US with more surgeries to come, team official tells AP
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — American Lindsey Vonn was preparing to fly back to her home country on Sunday after her terrifying head-over-heels crash in the Olympic downhill, the U.S. Ski Team’s chief told The Associated Press. Sophie Goldschmidt, president and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, said the team’s medical staff has…
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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic struggles continue with a fourth-place finish in the team combined
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin extended her Olympic slump with a fourth-place finish in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg. Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories — 71 of them in slalom, also a record — has…
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Lindsey Vonn says she has complex tibia fracture requiring multiple surgeries after Olympic crash
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn sustained a “complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly” after her devastating crash in the Olympic downhill, the skier said in a social media post late Monday. Vonn posted on Instagram about her left leg injuries following her fall in…
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It’s time to credit Nuggets coach David Adelman | The Starting Lineup
Turn on the game! Three must-see events this week: 1. Super Bowl LX (4:30 p.m. Sunday, NBC) — Will the Seahawks and Patriots deliver after the most boring Super Bowl week in recent memory? 2. Cleveland Cavaliers at Nuggets (7 p.m. Monday, Altitude) — The Nuggets must make sure new Cavs guard James Harden stays…
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Capitol M: Olympic version | Week of Feb. 7, 2026
The lighter side of the state Capitol, usually. Sen. Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, who turns 50 this year, is sporting eyeglasses for the first time. He blames the lege. “With 700 bills to read a year, my eyes are failing me,” he quipped. Salute to Colorado’s Olympians, and one in particular With the Winter Olympics underway…