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The gold medal is pictured after the U.S. beat Canada in the men's ice hockey final Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

2026 Winter Olympics: Meet the 33 medalists from the United States

By baiduhai

February 22, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Emily Harbaugh, from left, Martha Willis and Kristen Glogowski carry signs that reflect the glum mood at a Daley Plaza party after Chicago’s ouster as an Olympics host candidate on Oct. 2, 2009. The city got only 18 out of 94 votes. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: City loses bid to host 2016 Summer Olympics in first round of voting

By Kori Rumore

October 2, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 2, according...

Simone Biles during her floor routine on Aug. 5, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Simone Biles remains undecided about the 2028 Olympics, but the lure of competing in LA is very real

By Will Graves

September 29, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

Simone Biles understands the constant speculation about whether she has one more run at Olympic...

Alexa Gasparotto of Glenview performs a solo at Winterfest at the Glenview Community Ice Center on Feb. 1, 2025 in Glenview. A few days earlier, she had placed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.(Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Glenview athlete competed in Wichita before ice skaters who died in DC plane crash

By Karie Angell Luc

February 4, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

Glenview figure skater Alexa Gasparotto placed at U.S. Nationals before skaters who later died in...

FILE – Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, moves the ball while defended by Golden State Warriors forward Gui Santos during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

LeBron James, Lindsey Vonn, Cristiano Ronaldo keep going; Faster, stronger and longer, with plenty of help

By Stephen Wade

February 1, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Elite athletes are competing longer and at a higher level than ever before. LeBron James...

Roses are played next to photographs of aircraft crash victims from The Skating Club of Boston displayed on Jan. 30, 2025 in Norwood, Massachusetts. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

14 from ‘close-knit’ figure skating community killed in American Airlines crash, with 6 of them from Boston club

By Dave Skretta

January 30, 2025 at 8:19 p.m.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston were among...

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

By Barry Wilner

January 30, 2025 at 7:55 p.m.

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95.

Photographs of aircraft crash victims from The Skating Club of Boston are displayed rinkside on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Norwood, Mass. From left are skater Jinna Han, skater Spencer Lane and coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Column: For the figure skating community, plane crash has an unimaginable link to past tragedy

By Philip Hersh

January 30, 2025 at 6:28 p.m.

The figure skaters who died in Wednesday's plane crash are mourned not just because they...

Figure skater Alina Bonillo, 17, of Chicago, practices at the Robert Crown Community Center on Jan. 7, 2025. Bonillo, who won the Midwestern Sectional competition in November, is the top-ranked Illinois-based figure skater. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Shining a light on Illinois women athletes: Meet skater Alina Bonillo

By Stacey Wescott

March 7, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

Alina Bonillo's mom, Larissa Zamotina Bonillo, a Russian national medalist, skated and coached throughout her...

FILE – U.S. Center for SafeSport Chief Executive Officer Ju’Riese Colón testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

SafeSport Center adds morals clause, strengthens vetting after ex-investigator’s arrests

By Eddie Pells

January 21, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add a morals clause to its code of conduct...

Travis County, Texas Fire Engine 102 is stationed at the Asiliomar Bluffs as the sun rises over homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 2025. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

LA’s Olympic venues spared by wildfires, but the city’s rebuild could affect the run-up to the 2028 Summer Games

By Beth Harris

January 17, 2025 at 5:55 p.m.

The run-up to Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics will coincide with massive rebuilding...

This Nov. 2024 image provided by RR Auction shows a rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics at the intake office of RR Auction, in Amherst, N.H. (RR Auction via AP)

A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction

By Michael Casey

January 17, 2025 at 12:33 p.m.

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at...

American Olympic champion Noah Lyles holds this gold medal before an interview in Paris on Aug. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after they have quickly deteriorated

By Samuel Petrequin

January 14, 2025 at 7:09 a.m.

Some of the medals from the Paris Olympics seem to be quickly losing their shine.