By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — For Kelly Curtis, representation absolutely matters. And in her first Olympic appearance, she became a trailblazer. Curtis finished 21st in the women's skeleton event, her run at the Beijing Games ending Saturday. The result isn't why ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Many thought Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron deserved to stand atop the podium four years ago in Pyeongchang, when they were edged by their longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in one of the tightest Olympic ice dance ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — It's no secret the young United States men's hockey team is fast and skilled. Turns out the kids can hit, too. Answering all the questions raised about their youth and inexperience, the U.S. went toe to toe with Canada in a bruising ...
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of the lawyers that will judge Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday is an American who was once picked by Maria Sharapova's legal team for her appeal over a similar performance-enhancing ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White bent down to one knee, set his snowboard on its edge and raised his left hand toward the sky. The crowd, never huge to begin with in this pandemic era, had thinned to four or five dozen — most of them who knew ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ayumu Hirano saved his best for last. By doing so, the Japanese rider might have saved snowboarding from a good, old-fashioned judging mess. Hirano linked his trendsetting, once-thought-impossible triple-cork trick to four more ...
