Olympics
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How to watch ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is ski jumping? Ski jumping is one of the Nordic Olympic sports. Competitors slide down a ramp and launch themselves into the air, trying to maintain perfec...
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How to watch snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is snowboarding? A: Snowboarding is a relatively new sport, invented in the 1960s and '70s. The sport quickly grew and was on the program for the inaugural ...
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How to watch Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is Alpine skiing? A: Alpine skiing - also known as downhill skiing - is a race between skiers, the mountain and the clock. While the length of the course, n...
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How to watch short-track speedskating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is short-track speedskating? Short-track speedskating is a high-octane sport in which passing and crashing are common. It's also relatively new to the Olymp...
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NBC's Mike Tirico: Trying to be Bob Costas 'would be stupid'Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - For 11 straight Summer and Winter Games - dating back to 1992 - Bob Costas served as the familiar and reliable face of the Olympics. But Costas is sitting out the Pyeong...
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During Opening Ceremonies, Pyeongchang Organizing Committee computer servers hackedFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - As the Winter Olympics formally opened with Friday's Opening Ceremonies, the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee said its servers were being hack...
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How to watch cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is cross-country skiing? A: Everyone recognizes traditional cross-country skiing when they see it. In the Olympics, the races are much faster, of course, an...
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Speedskater Shani Davis skips Opening Ceremonies after being passed up as US flag-bearerFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - Speedskater Shani Davis skipped the Olympic Opening Ceremonies because he was not named the U.S. delegation's flag-bearer. Luger Erin Hamlin was selected as the flag-bea...
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Why McDonald's role in Olympics will be the smallest in decades
Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - McDonald's has long been a fixture at the Olympic Games, mobbed by hungry athletes and promoted in flashy ads reserved for the Games' corporate partners. But for the fir...
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What to watch: Saturday's Olympic schedule
Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Saturday, Feb. 10 What to watch: American Red Gerard was atop the snowboard slopestyle World Cup rankings in 2017, and he's there again going into Pyeongchang: The ...