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U.S. bobsledding star Elana Meyers Taylor, the lone woman to win three Olympic bobsled medals for the Americans, said Saturday she recorded two negative COVID-19 tests and was cleared to compete at the Winter Games....Read More

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands broke an Olympic record that stood for two decades to win the gold medal in the women’s 3000m speedskating event Saturday at the Winter Games in Beijing....Read More

China captured its first gold of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday as the 2022 Winter Games kicked off its first full day of medal events....Read More

American snowboarding star and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White confirmed Saturday that he will retire after the Beijing Games....Read More

Beijing made history Friday as the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, with an Opening Ceremony taking place under COVID-19 restrictions and diplomatic boycotts....Read More

Jake Sanderson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a top prospect, is one of three Team USA hockey players in COVID-19 isolation, just days before 2022 Winter Games play, USA Hockey...

With spring training nearing and lockout negotiations at a standstill, Major League Baseball has requested the assistance of a federal mediator to help resolve the labor issues between the league and the players’ union....Read More

Doug Pederson, who led the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl championship during the 2017-18 season, was hired as the next head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars....Read More

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says he will meet with Chinese tennis Peng Shuai, who in November accused a Chinese official of sexual harassment....Read More

Forwards Kendall Coyne Schofield and Alex Carpenter each scored twice to lead the defending gold medalist U.S. women’s ice hockey team to a dominant win over Finland in its 2022 Winter Games debut Thursday in Beijing....Read More