Former Canadian National Hockey League star Theo Fleury said enthusiasm for ending the vaccine mandates and lockdowns feels like an “Olympic year,” with scores of people joining the truckers’ protests. “It’s probably the biggest event that’s happened in our country in 150 years, you know, we’ve never seen anything like this,” Fleury told the host…
Canadian Hockey Star: Ottawa Protest Against Mandates ‘Biggest Event’ in Over a Century
Top 25 Roundup: Virginia Stuns No. 7 Duke in Closing Seconds
Reece Beekman drained a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left to give Virginia a shocking 69–68 victory against No. 7 Duke on Monday night at Durham, North Carolina. Jayden Gardner scored 17 points with eight rebounds, Kadin Shedrick dumped in a career-high 16 points off the bench and Armaan Franklin had 11 points for Virginia (15–9,…
Doncic Gets Triple-Double Despite Fouls, Mavericks Top Hawks
DALLAS—Luka Doncic went to the bench with five fouls just 53 seconds into the third quarter. Dallas’ second-best point guard joined him a little bit later for the same reason. The Mavericks never lost the lead against Trae Young and Atlanta, beating the Hawks 103–94 on Sunday night. Doncic had another triple-double—18 points, 10 rebounds…
Barstool Sports Founder Sues Business Insider Over Alleged Defamation
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has sued Business Insider, alleging the media company defamed him. Portnoy, 44, says two articles, one published in 2021 and another published this year, were an attempt to smear his reputation and included falsehoods. The articles say Portnoy engaged in rough sex with multiple women and filmed some of them…
The Last Run: White Says Olympics Will Be His Final Contest
February 5, 2022
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China—This really is it for Shaun White. The three-time gold medalist made it clear that not only will the Beijing Games be his last Olympics, they’ll mark his final contest, too. During a reflective, sometimes emotional news conference Saturday, not far from the halfpipe where he’ll take his last competitive ride, the 35-year-old said…
Men’s Downhill Highlights First Day of Olympic Medals
BEIJING—The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men’s downhill—one of the marquee events of NBC’s prime-time coverage Saturday—and fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug looks poised to add to the three Olympic medals she’s already won in…
A Hug, a Wave, a Big Win for American Mixed Doubles Curlers
BEIJING—American mixed doubles curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys survived an extra end against Sweden for a much-needed victory in the Olympics on Friday, quickly hugged and then found two friendly faces to wave to in a far corner of the eerily quiet and mostly empty Ice Cube. Masked faces, of course, but definitely friendly…
Nathan Chen, US Lead Team Figure Skating at Beijing Olympics
BEIJING—It was supposed to be a foregone conclusion that Russia’s powerful stable of figure skaters, including world champions in three of the four disciplines, would run away with the team gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Nathan Chen and the rest of the Americans must have taken exception. The three-time world champ’s winning short program…
Serbian Prosecutors: Djokovic’s COVID-19 Test Was Valid
Serbia’s state prosecutors on Wednesday rejected suggestions that Novak Djokovic used a fake positive test for COVID-19 to try to enter Australia and compete in the Australian Open. The prosecution office said in a statement that it had received a request for criminal proceedings against unnamed individuals who allegedly forged two PCR certificates, which were…
Skeleton Medalist Out of Beijing Olympics With Virus
February 3, 2022
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MOSCOW—Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus and other athletes are also in doubt, Russian officials said Monday. “Yesterday it became clear that there was no longer a chance of making it,” Tregubov wrote on Instagram. He said he felt…
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