Tag: Olympic games
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
Feb. 27
1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL...
How and why the IOC could find a 2032 Olympic host so soon
GENEVA — After years of costly and time-consuming competitions to host the Olympics, the race to stage the 2032 Summer Games might just have...
AP Sportlight
Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey...
Efrain Álvarez on US, Mexico rosters for Olympic qualifying
<p>MIAMI — Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Efrain Álvarez is on the 48-man preliminary roster for both the United States and Mexico for the Olympic...
Efrain Álvarez on US, Mexico rosters for Olympic qualifying
MIAMI — Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Efrain Álvarez is on the 48-man preliminary roster for both the United States and Mexico for the Olympic...
Humphries applies for citizenship, with Beijing 2022 in mind
<p>Kaillie Humphries, the reigning world champion and presumed Olympic favorite in both women’s bobsled and monobob, has applied for an expedited process of obtaining...
USA Basketball ends AmeriCup prelims 6-0, tops Mexico 96-75
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — This team that USA Basketball assembled for its final two FIBA AmeriCup qualifying games knew it would be together...
Olympic ‘kingmaker’ faces 5-day forgery trial in Swiss court
GENEVA — The so-called “kingmaker” of Olympic elections goes on trial Monday accused of forging documents that his accusers allege were used to implicate...
AP Sportlight
Feb. 22
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th...
Rower Stone pursuing Olympics that delayed medical career
AUSTIN, Texas — With every pull of an oar in the water, Gevvie Stone gets closer to a hopeful return to the Olympics and...