Olympics
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Rink royalty from Northbrook: He's a 2-time Olympian, she's a North American champFeb 17, 2022 4:30 am - When they picked up the phone, Chuck and Donna Burke were home at Covenant Living of Northbrook, watching Olympic speedskating. Naturally. Much of their lives centered a...
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Canada beats U.S. women 3-2 for hockey gold medalFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Canada's Captain Clutch, Marie-Philip Poulin, delivered at the Olympics again. Poulin scored twice, including her third gold-medal clinching goal, and Canada ...
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Shcherbakova wins figure skating gold as Valieva collapses
Feb 17, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night. It just wasn't the one anyone expected. Even the fact that ...
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Shiffrin skis out again, will leave Beijing with no individual medalsFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined on Thursday and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics. She will leave the 2022 Games...
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South Korea's Choi wins 1,500 in Olympic short track
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Choi Minjeong of South Korea successfully defended her Olympic title in the 1,500-meter short-track speedskating race on Wednesday. She won in 2 minutes, 17.78...
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Skiing with soul, Hall, Goepper go 1-2 in Olympic slopestyle
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - The medals were great. Every bit as important to American slopestyle skiers Alex Hall and Nick Goepper: They did it their way. Hall and Goepper took...
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Slovakia stuns US in shootout, Americans out of Olympics
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Minutes after failing to score in the shootout as the Americans' last chance to stay alive at the Olympics, captain Andy Miele took off his gloves to wipe the ...
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Wednesday's Olympic Medalists
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - By The Associated Press ALPINE SKIING Men's Slalom GOLD - Clement Noel, France SILVER - Johannes Strolz, Austria BRONZE - Sebastian Foss-Solevaag, Norway --- BIATHLON Wo...
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China's Qi quint-twists to gold in Olympic men's aerials
Feb 16, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Qi Guangpu of China finally flipped his way onto an Olympic podium in men's aerials, winning a gold medal Wednesday after near misses in Sochi and P...
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Constable: This month's big events are winding down, but here's some news you might have missedFeb 15, 2022 4:20 am - The Super Bowl is history. Valentine's Day is over. The Olympics are winding down. But those events are a trifecta for public relations companies trying to draw attentio...