MILAN — Like a shock to the system, hockey at the Olympics goes from nobody getting eliminated in group play to a single-elimination knockout round until one team is left standing. It’s Game 7 every time. “The anxiety just goes up a little bit,” said Drew Doughty, a three-time ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Alpine skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin has one last chance to claim a medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and the United States and Canada are back on the ice for the quarterfinals in men’s hockey. Here is a guide of what to look out for today: Shiffrin eyes ...

LIVIGNO, Italy — The difference between silver and gold in Olympic men’s big air was a matter of who did a trick called a “nose butter” better. The fact anyone can do it at all was only one of the amazing things to come out of a contest that will be long remembered by anyone who saw ...

MILAN — Marie-Philip Poulin won’t dispute how good the Americans have looked in romping through the women’s hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games. And Canada’s captain will readily acknowledge her team has yet to come close to playing its best. What’s matters to Poulin, who ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Three people, including the suspect, were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday, authorities said. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims were hospitalized in critical condition. The shooter died from an apparent ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Elana Meyers Taylor’s two young sons watched her leap into the air, throw her fists skyward, wave the American flag, then fall to her knees and start to cry. In time, they’ll understand what they saw. They saw history. The 41-year-old U.S. bobsledder — ...