It could be a Monty Python skit from 40 years ago: A demented U.S. president demands that Norway award him the Nobel Peace Prize (which he initially spells “Noble,” and which isn’t Norway’s to give ...

Actor and Monty Python alum John Cleese questioned whether the World Cup should be held in the US after an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota. Renee Good was killed while operating a ...

NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time since the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Countries' hockey federations had until Dec. 31 to submit their final rosters for the ...

The last time a new discipline was introduced to the Winter Olympics American Idol had just premiered. Skeleton debuted at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and for 24 years the status quo ...

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be held in February. The men's hockey tournament will run from Feb. 11-22 and include NHL players for the first time since 2014. Here's a look at ...

Finland unveiled its roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on Jan. 2, naming a group that will try to bring the country its second straight gold medal. Finland, which won gold at the ...

NPR is sending a team of journalists to Italy for the Winter Olympics! We'll be based in Milan for much of February, covering more than a dozen sports, hundreds of athletes and countless other ...

You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of these flips and spins ...

The group includes three returners and 13 Olympic newcomers.

The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started ...

Some of the best athletes from around the globe will soon compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics. More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries will compete in one of 16 Olympic disciplines and six ...