The 2026 women’s hockey world championship will be held in April, two months after the Olympic Games conclude in Milan-Cortina, Italy. There wasn’t a women’s championship in the same calendar year as a Winter Games until 2022, when Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, hosted the tournament Aug. 25 to Sept. 4. International Ice Hockey Federation women’s … Read more
Organizers for the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday unveiled a sleek and minimalistic metallic design for the torches that will be used in the traditional relay ahead of next year’s Winter Games. The torches will be made primarily out of recycled materials, with a design system that lets the fuel canister be refilled up to 10 … Read more
American director Don Mischer, a virtuoso of live TV spectacles, dies at 85. Don Mischer, a 15-time Emmy recipient and Peabody Award honoree, produced some of the biggest star-studded events in live television — masterminding broadcasts of the opening ceremonies of two Olympics, six Super Bowl halftime shows and the inaugural celebration of President Obama. … Read more
Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s soccer. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 … Read more
Overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, five days after breaking multiple bones in her left leg in a giant slalom crash and undergoing surgery. “I still don’t know how long it will take [to return],” Brignone told reporters as she sat in a wheelchair before leaving the … Read more
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a Grand Avenue Cultural District to boost the visibility of the arts scene in a corridor of downtown that includes the Broad museum, Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, REDCAT and the Colburn School. The Music Center spearheaded the effort, … Read more
A gold medal at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games for 15-year-old Cory Beardy had friends, family and supporters cheering last week. Beardy, a cross-country skier from Shamattawa First Nation who lives in Thompson, Man., won gold for Canada in the 4x1K relay – free technique, with teammates John O’Neil, Sarah McCarthy and Marley Gayler. He took part in multiple … Read more
The schedule for completing the arena that will be used for many hockey games at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy will be “very tight,” organizers told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week at the organization’s 144th Session in Greece. The Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, which is slated to be able to host … Read more
Comcast and the International Olympic Committee have agreed on a new deal that expands the company’s broadcast reach and extends its media rights for the Olympic Games through 2036. In a Thursday news releasethe committee said the roughly $3 billion agreement elevates Comcast from a media rights holder to a “strategic partner.” Comcast and the … Read more
Comcast Corp. and NBCUniversal have secured U.S. rights to broadcast the Olympics Games through 2036 with a $3-billion arrangement. The new deal, which kicks in this year, solidifies Comcast’s longstanding partnership with the International Olympic Committee and gives the Philadelphia media giant expanded digital rights for its broadcast and streaming platforms, including NBC and Peacock. … Read more
