Month: February 2022

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The race is on to snap up scarce 2022 Winter Olympics souvenirs. Dolls of mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in a winter coat, sold out after buyers waited in line overnight in freezing weather. People showed up with stools outside the Gongmei Emporium on the Wangfujing

BEIJING (AP) — China’s U.N. ambassador has fired back at his U.S. counterpart over her remarks about sending a member of the Uyghur ethnic group to help deliver the Olympic flame and the Beijing Games. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in an interview with CNN that the choice was an attempt to “distract” from the issue

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Canada’s Eric Staal and Owen Power and the Czech Republic’s David Krejci are among the players to watch at the Olympics without an NHL presence. Staal and Krejci are among the Beijing Olympians who have won the Stanley Cup. Power was the top pick of the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals got to the Super Bowl with help from a couple of coaching decisions by their conference title game opponents that backfired. If the Super Bowl comes down to a crucial fourth-down choices by Rams coach Sean McVay or Bengals counterpart Zac

BEIJING (AP) — Jamaican bobsledder Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian has lost an appeal to be given an entry into the two-woman bob competition. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed her challenge to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s qualification ranking system. The United States-born athlete represented Jamaica in two-women bob at the past two Winter Olympics

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games. It was the first time she failed to finish a giant slalom since just before she won that race at the 2018 Olympics. The

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has given a controlled interview to a French newspaper about the social media posting that sparked a storm of international concern over her well-being. L’Equipe said it spoke to the tennis player on Sunday in a Beijing hotel, in an hour-long interview

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With poise and precision, American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the discipline with a score of 129.17. That was less than a point ahead of the world champion Russians, who had been penalized a point for an overly long lift. That gave Team USA

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot took home the Olympic gold medal in men’s slopestyle just over three years removed from being diagnosed with cancer. Parrot was technically superior on his second of three runs and scored a 90.96 to hold off the field. He tossed his