Olympics

Fun Olympic-themed activity pages you can do while you are watching the Winter Games!

The 2022 Winter Olympics kick off on Feb. 4 and run through Feb 20. Some preliminary events will start on Feb. 2, which means there will be 19 days filled with 109 events across 15 disciplines in seven winter sports. Check out our Winter Olympics 2022 guide with fun facts, dates and more — and keep an eye out for our Winter Olympics newsletter,…

Taylor got a lesson in Krav Maga at Kohler Elite Karate in Glastonbury.

There’s one word that always grabs the world’s attention in sports: scandal

A Texas man is the first person to be charged under a federal law banning doping schemes at international sporting events, with prosecutors alleging he helped two athletes cheat in their preparations for the Tokyo Olympics last year.

U.S Figure Skating chose Nathan Chen, Jason Brown, and Vincent Zhou to represent the men’s U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

U.S. Figure Skating named Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, and Alysa Liu to represent the United States at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games next month.

Michelle Kwan welcomed her first child, a daughter named Kalista Belle Kwan, she shared on Jan. 5. “I’m always full of surprises and tend to keep my personal life private,” the skater said.

USA Luge slider Jayson Terdiman turned 33 this week, and he spent some of his birthday getting an injection of platelet-rich plasma to relieve tendinitis in his right elbow.

NHL players will not participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics after the league and players association agreed to opt out of the Winter Games.

Gymnast Jordan Chiles was a sudden addition to the U.S. team at the Tokyo Olympics, which won the silver medal after Simone Biles sat out. Chiles almost didn’t stay on her Olympian path after facing abuse from a coach and body shaming, but found strength in her faith — and now she’s a 20-year-old medalist preparing to tear it up...

The president of the newly renamed International Boxing Association says his sport will reform a judging system tainted by manipulation to regain its place on the program for the 2028 Olympics.

Basketball fans hoping to buy something from Bill Russell’s memorabilia collection should expect some big-name competition. Hall of Famers Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley say they’re interested in bidding on items that Russell — a civil rights icon and the most decorated champion in team sports history — is selling off. An online auction with 429 lots began last week…

U.S. Olympic ice dancing duo Alex and Maia Shibutani, aka the Shib Sibs, worked on a book they hope will help Asian American kids feel seen.

The second season of NBCLX podcast My New Favorite Olympian is debuting on Wednesday, Dec. 8. Here are some of the barrier-breaking guests you’ll learn more about this season. New episodes drop on Wednesdays in December, January and February.

Logan Edra, better known as Logistx, recently won the Red Bull BC One B-Girl World Championship. But she’s just getting started – she’s training for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she wants to compete in the first-ever Olympic breakdancing events. Edra says it’s an exciting time for the sport, also referred to as breaking – with a growing number of women...

Sen. Tom Cotton said on Thursday that he is calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China.

For men’s health awareness month, Olympians weigh in on how they are coping with mental health struggles after an unprecedented Olympic offseason due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We caught up with Olympic recordholder Usain Bolt about what he’s been up to since retiring from competition – and which superheroes he thinks he could beat in a race. Bolt has been enjoying time with family and working on some songs.

Three activists protesting human rights abuses in China have sneaked into the archaeological site where the flame lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is being held and ran toward the Temple of Hera holding a Tibetan flag and a banner that read “No genocide games.”