Month: February 2022

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals got to the Super Bowl with help from a couple of coaching decisions by their conference title game opponents that backfired. If the Super Bowl comes down to a crucial fourth-down choices by Rams coach Sean McVay or Bengals counterpart Zac

BEIJING (AP) — Jamaican bobsledder Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian has lost an appeal to be given an entry into the two-woman bob competition. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed her challenge to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s qualification ranking system. The United States-born athlete represented Jamaica in two-women bob at the past two Winter Olympics

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games. It was the first time she failed to finish a giant slalom since just before she won that race at the 2018 Olympics. The

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has given a controlled interview to a French newspaper about the social media posting that sparked a storm of international concern over her well-being. L’Equipe said it spoke to the tennis player on Sunday in a Beijing hotel, in an hour-long interview

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’ve held a call with athletes who are in isolation hotels because they tested positive for the coronavirus. They discussed ongoing issues the athletes may be having with their living conditions. Organizers were not able to immediately say how many athletes are currently in the isolation hotels but say

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The United States has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics in biathlon. American biathlete Leif Nordgren has competed in the last two Winter Games and says he regularly hears people ask if this will be the year. Hopes were high at the 2018 Pyeongchang

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz finally has the one major victory missing from his overflowing collection of downhill achievements by taking Olympic gold. The diminutive Swiss skier mastered a tricky course that had never been raced before by the world’s best and finished a slim 0.10 seconds ahead of

BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz of Switzerland is in first place in the Olympic men’s downhill and is on the brink of capturing gold with only lower-ranked skiers remaining. The 41-year-old Johan Clarey of France is in second and two-time Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria is in third. A victory would give Feuz the