Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days later with thousands of people there to cheer on both moments.

It wasn’t that long ago that Alex Condon was a point guard.

The U.S. Olympic team received its biggest donation ever — $100 million — to fund $100,000 payments and matching life insurance benefits for anyone who earns a spot on Team USA beginning next year.

A big crowd gathered in Radford on Saturday for the New River Polar Plunge!

Virginia Tech’s finest are preparing to brave the icy waters of the new river this weekend.

Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history.

Why go for silver, when you can go for the ‘cold?’ That’s the question we’re asking, as we gear up for the New River Polar Plunge.

The 4 Nations Face-Off was a one-off, a tournament with no past and no future, a trimmed-down version of the World Cup of Hockey staged because the NHL’s best players have waited so long for something of its kind.

Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday night as the North American rivals turned what had been a tune-up for the 2026 Olympics into an geopolitical brawl over anthems and annexation as much as international hockey supremacy.

The 4 Nations Face-Off has already delivered an instant classic international hockey game with the fight-filled preliminary round matchup between the United States and Canada last week in Montreal.

The general manager of the U.S. team in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament said he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to the championship game between the United States and Canada on Thursday night.

A transport strike during an official test event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics highlighted why organizers are negotiating with trade unions to avoid a similar scenario during next year’s Winter Games.

Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions.

Victor Wembanyama has already gone up against the U.S. in international events, most notably last year’s Paris Olympics when he led France’s march to the gold medal game against the Americans.

A year before the Winter Olympics the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember.

This will be an actual All-Star matchup.

Noah Lyles and Tyreek Hill moved one step closer to settling things on the track.

Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are one step closer to going into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen has set a world record in the indoor mile, beating Yared Nuguse’s mark set just five days earlier at the Millrose Games.

Connor McDavid played in the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, but it was with the 23-and-under Team North America, not Canada.

A group led by Donald Trump Jr. is infusing funding and some political muscle into the Enhanced Games, a sports festival that would hold track, swimming and other events free of anti-doping measures.

It’s not just downhill and super-G that Lindsey Vonn wants to compete in at the age of 41 at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee says the first Olympic Esports Games will be hosted in Riyadh in 2027.

Born in Newport News, Virginia, Gabby Douglas is one of the many incredible Olympians that the Commonwealth has created.

She helped Salt Lake City secure hosting rights for the 2034 Winter Olympics and designed her own skiwear and goggles lines.

Marco Odermatt has won gold in the men’s super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships as the Swiss skier justified his status as the big pre-race favorite.

The final numbers from trade-deadline time: no fewer than eight current and past All-Stars, some of them recent All-NBA selections, some among the league’s highest scorers and even three Olympic gold medalists, all of them headed to new homes.

The one-year countdown to the Milan Cortina Olympic Games is on.

Norvel Lee was first introduced to the public and rose to prominence after he won the light heavyweight gold medal for boxing in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, but the Botetourt native’s accomplishments in life span far beyond the world of boxing.

President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee.

Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed heavyweight bout in women’s boxing to remain undefeated.

20 Special Olympics Basketball teams hit the hardwood this weekend at Roanoke College.

International Tennis Hall of Fame member Pam Shriver has her trophies back.

International Skating Union President Jae Youl Kim has held back tears while announcing they will honor athletes and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.

The history of the Skating Club of Boston is the history of American figure skating.

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

Behind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters.

Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who stepped down from the U.S. national team late last year after winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, was named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.

The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche.

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of memorabilia from previous Games.

Lindsey Vonn is just getting started on her comeback to ski racing at age 40 with her new titanium knee.

Danielle Collins has gotten into a back-and-forth with a booing crowd at the Australian Open after eliminating a local player.

Naomi Osaka is back in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022 and she got there with wins at the Australian Open over two women who blocked her path last year.

Some of the medals from the Paris Olympics seem to be quickly losing their shine.

Novak Djokovic’s first match with former rival Andy Murray as his coach turned into a first-round victory at the Australian Open.

Hady Habib’s history-making run at the Australian Open will continue.

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made the most of the indoor conditions under a roof at Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets while it poured with rain outside.

Los Angeles sports organizations are uniting to launch an “LA Strong” custom logo and apparel line that will raise money for organizations assisting those impacted by this week’s devasting wildfires.

U.S. rugby star Ilona Maher is set to make her first start for the Bristol Bears on Sunday at the Exeter Chiefs.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have known each other for a quarter of a century.

Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Katinka Hosszu of Hungary has announced her retirement.

The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog’s handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others.

Novak Djokovic says he still feels a bit of trauma when he travels to Australia.

Ticket sales have broken a record ahead of U.S. rugby star Ilona Maher making her debut for the Bristol Bears women’s team.

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died at age 103.

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory.

Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro have been awarded New Year Honors that celebrate artists, athletes, politicians and others who make notable contributions to British society.