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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

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’ve held a call with athletes who are in isolation hotels because they tested positive for the coronavirus. They discussed ongoing issues the athletes may be having with their living conditions. Organizers were not able to immediately say how many athletes are currently in the isolation hotels but say

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The United States has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics in biathlon. American biathlete Leif Nordgren has competed in the last two Winter Games and says he regularly hears people ask if this will be the year. Hopes were high at the 2018 Pyeongchang

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz finally has the one major victory missing from his overflowing collection of downhill achievements by taking Olympic gold. The diminutive Swiss skier mastered a tricky course that had never been raced before by the world’s best and finished a slim 0.10 seconds ahead of

BEIJING (AP) — Beat Feuz of Switzerland is in first place in the Olympic men’s downhill and is on the brink of capturing gold with only lower-ranked skiers remaining. The 41-year-old Johan Clarey of France is in second and two-time Olympic champion Matthias Mayer of Austria is in third. A victory would give Feuz the

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks fired a longtime minor-league trainer in November after he was accused of sexual harassment. The Blackhawks say the alleged harassment by Rockford IceHogs trainer D.J. Jones occurred in 2014. The allegations were reported to the Blackhawks on Oct. 27. That was one day

BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu has made the finals in women’s big air. The American-born freestyle skier spurned Team USA for China ahead of the Beijing Games. She risked missing the finals in women’s big air when she lost a ski on her second run and crashed into do-or-die position entering Round 3. Gu scaled

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu’s goal of three Olympic medals nearly blew away in the wind. The American-born freestyle skier who spurned Team USA for China ahead of the Beijing Games risked missing the finals in women’s big air when she lost a ski on her second run and

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva walked almost tentatively through Capital Indoor Stadium, juggling her pink-cased cellphone, her ice skates with the fuzzy pink blade guards and the stuffed mascot of the Beijing Games, Bing Dwen Dwen. Then they all fell in a pile on the floor. She managed to

BEIJING (AP) — American figure skater Vincent Zhou has tested positive as part of regular COVID-19 screening at the Beijing Olympics He struggled through a poor free skate for the U.S., which eventually won the silver in the team event. Zhou is undergoing additional testing Monday to confirm his status. If the results are negative,

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, Jrue Holiday added 27 and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away in the second half to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 137-113. The Bucks had three players with double doubles. Antetokounmpo pulled down 10 rebounds, Holidway had 13 assists and Bobby

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After playing in the Pro Bowl on Sunday, Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested and accused of beating someone the night before in a Las Vegas nightclub. Kamara had four catches for 23 yards for the NFC in the game, then was taken into custody and booked at the Clark