LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The best snowboard contest in history came down to one trick. Half a spin, really. Scotty James built up speed, launched himself above the coping of the halfpipe and took his Olympic hopes and dreams for a twirl through the clear, night sky Friday. He was trying ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a helmet that honors more than 20 ...

MILAN (AP) — The U.S. goal song — "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach's challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by ...

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Jessie Diggins of the United States battled through injury to claim bronze Thursday in the women's 10‑kilometer interval start, a race dominated by Sweden's Frida Karlsson as she won her second gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Diggins, racing in her final season, ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Chloe Kim fell short in her bid to become the first Olympic snowboarder to win three consecutive gold medals, finishing second to Choi Gaon of South Korea in the women's halfpipe on Thursday. Choi dethroned the two-time defending champion after she bounced back from ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — When the powder settled on the Olympic moguls course, Elizabeth Lemley was basking, true to her nickname, in the glow of a gold medal. The 20-year-old American freestyle skier, called "Lizard" by her teammates, had slid and leapt over the slope's icy bumps to land an ...