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Olympic legacy can take many forms. In a traditional sense for host cities, that might be the venues left behind. It might be community initiatives meant to get youth and members of the community inspired to move or be healthy. And in at least one case, there was a direct path from the 2002 Olympic […]
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MILAN — I’m usually up for an adventure. But when it came to navigating the roughly 250 miles from Milan to Cortina for the Olympic Winter Games, that sense of adventure got hit with a dose of reality. As credentialed media, the IOC assigned SportsTravel a hotel in Milan as well as one in Cortina. […]
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Editor’s Note: This is part of SportsTravel’s ongoing Olympic preview week. Check back each day this week for more. February 2: What to expect at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, by Jason Gewirtz February 3: Previewing each venue — and whether they’ll all be ready, by Paul Stevens February 4: Looking back 20 years at […]
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Editor’s Note: This story is part of SportsTravel’s Olympics preview, which began Monday with Jason Gewirtz’s overview of the top storylines to watch for this month at the Games in Italy. The 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milan Cortina are fast approaching (February 6–22 and March 6–15) and final preparations for the events […]
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Editor’s note: This is the first piece in SportsTravel’s weeklong Olympic preview. Check back each day for coverage of the event, the venues and the opening ceremony as well as a look back at the last time Italy hosted the Winter Games 20 years ago. And stay tuned during the Games, where SportsTravel publisher Jason […]
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. This will be a bumper year for global sports events, with both the Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina and the FIFA World Cup in North America this summer. That will put a spotlight not just on athletes but on new and renovated venues, from […]
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It’s finally here. Six years after winning the right to host the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup, the tournament will finally kick off this summer across North America. While that event’s return to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years will be the signature domestic sporting event of 2026, there’s plenty more on […]
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Basketball belongs to the world. More than three decades have passed since the U.S. Olympic “Dream Team” in 1992 turbocharged the sport’s global growth, and basketball now has the second highest participation in the world. Each of the past seven NBA MVP winners was born outside the United States, international tournaments are more competitive than […]
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After seven years without an NBA London Game, British basketball fans in the UK could have been forgiven for a lack of interest in a regular-season game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic. However, even long before a reported sellout crowd filled O2 Arena for a 5 p.m. local time tip-off on Jan. 18, […]
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Silicon Valley in Northern California and Steeltown in Western Pennsylvania may not appear to have much in common on the surface. But in 2026, Santa Clara and Pittsburgh are going to enter a small fraternity of destinations that are doing something extraordinary: hosting the NFL’s two marquee events. For Santa Clara, Super Bowl LX on […]
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