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A Look Ahead to the 2030 French Alps Olympic Winter Games

The Olympic Flame at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina may have just been extinguished, but attention is already turning to the next edition: The 2030 Olympic Winter Games in the French Alps. The 2026 event broke new ground in multiple ways. From a social perspective, Olympic digital platforms surpassed 100 million users for the […]

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LA28 Surpasses 5M Registrations Milestone in Ticket Draw

Following the conclusion of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, LA28 has announced that it has surpassed five million registrations for the LA28 Ticket Draw. Since the ticket draw registration option opened on January 14, LA28 said that it had received an “unprecedented” number of registrations, including 1.5 million within the opening 24 hours, […]

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Breezy Johnson,Emma Aicher,Sofia Goggia
United States' Breezy Johnson, center, gold medal in an alpine ski women's downhill race, celebrates on the podium with silver medalist Germany's Emma Aicher, left, and bronze medalist Italy's Sofia Goggia, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

U.S. Olympic Medalist Tracker: Their Road to Glory

The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are taking place in Italy, thousands of miles away from the hometowns of the Team USA athletes who have journeyed there in search of fulfilling a dream. Of course, some members of the United States’ contingent have had a longer road than others to get to the pinnacle of their […]

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Tabby Stoecker, left, and Matt Weston, right ((AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

GB Olympic Medallist Tracker: Their Road to Glory in Italy

[Editor’s Note: For the U.S. Medalist Tracker, click here.] The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are taking place in Italy, hundreds of miles away from the hometowns of the Team GB athletes who have journeyed there in search of fulfilling a dream. Of course, some members of the British contingent have had a longer road than […]

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Sophie Goldschmidt has been president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard since 2021. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With U.S. Ski & Snowboard President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Dean Gemmell, USA Curling Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Aron McGuire, USA Bobsled/Skeleton Ted Morris, US Speedskating CORTINA — Skiing and snowboard are, of course, […]

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Ted Morris is executive director of US Speedskating. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With US Speedskating Executive Director Ted Morris

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Dean Gemmell, USA Curling Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Aron McGuire, USA Bobsled/Skeleton MILAN — Speedskating in the […]

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Blue Jays fans can't get a videoboard proposal at Rogers Centre, but it can be done at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, as this fan did, for $115. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

An Expensive Proposition: What it Costs to Pop the Big Question at a Game

Ahead of Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Sportsbook Review has analyzed sporting venues across MLB, the NBA, NFL and NHL to find which ones are the most affordable when it comes to making a marriage proposal on a videoboard. For starters, not every venue makes such magical moments possible. MLB has 21 stadiums that permit proposals, […]

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The Starbucks Winter House in Milan is a hospitality experience provided by U.S. Figure Skating, USA Hockey and US Speedskating. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

Three U.S. NGBs Build Hospitality Experience in Milan

Spread out. That’s been a key term at the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games, where events are being held in four regions of Northern Italy, each hours apart from each other. While there are plenty of sports on the overall program, the city of Milan is only hosting three of them: figure skating, hockey and […]

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Dean Gemmell is CEO of USA Curling. (Photo by Jason Gewirtz)

SportsTravel Catches Up With USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell

Jason Gewirtz has been on the ground in Italy throughout the Winter Olympics, talking with CEOs of various U.S. national governing bodies. Check out each interview here: Matt Farrell, U.S. Figure Skating Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Pat Kelleher, USA Hockey Ted Morris, US Speedskating   CORTINA — Every four years, curling becomes the […]

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The signing ceremony of the host city contract for the 2029 Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Credit: OCA)

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Replaces NEOM as 2029 Asian Winter Games Host City

The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 10th Asian Winter Games in 2029 will be staged in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, which replaces the planned city of NEOM in Saudi Arabia as the host of the event. It comes just weeks after the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the OCA had confirmed that […]

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