LIVIGNO, Italy — There will be one supporter of Team USA – and more specifically two-time Olympic women’s snowboard halfpipe champion Chloe Kim – in the Italian Alps that NFL fans will surely recognize.

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, fresh off unanimously winning the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year campaign in which he set the single-season record for sacks, will be at Livigno Snow Park for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics to cheer on Kim; the two have been linked together since May 2025 and confirmed their relationship in November, according to People Magazine.

Garrett headed to Italy after his Super Bowl week media responsibilities. Kim’s qualifier is Wednesday, Feb. 11.

‘Honestly, Myles is such an incredible athlete,’ she said. ‘I’m constantly inspired and in awe of him and how hard he works and how incredibly kind he is. He genuinely is one of the kindest people I think I’ve ever met. I’m really lucky to be part of his life and lucky that he’s part of mine. Yeah, we’re happy.’

Kim posted a message of congratulations on her Instagram story after Garrett received his award at the 2026 NFL Honors. Garrett told People Magazine that he is trying to be Kim’s ‘rock’ and reciprocate the level of support she showed him all season.

‘We’re both just so supportive of one another,’ said Garrett, who claims he is more romantic than his partner. ‘She’s always texting, she’s always calling to see how I’m doing during the year and I’m doing the same right now, checking on her, seeing how she’s feeling, emotionally and physically.’

The two push each other competitively within their own sports and with each other, Garrett said.

‘It’s so competitive,’ he told People. ‘When we get into our sports, even when we play games against each other.’

MILAN — It wasn’t all great for Team USA figure skating to win gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

U.S. skaters had their skates messed up after the medal ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 8, and needed to get them fixed, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

The issue was a result of the medal podium, as it was not covered in carpet or a similar soft surface, the person said, leading to scratches and potential damages to the skates.

Typically, skaters put on skate guards whenever they are not on the ice to prevent damage. All the medalists came onto the ice for the medal ceremony, but there were not skate guards for them to put on when they stepped on the podium, leaving them without a chance to protect the blades.

Team USA did do a jump on the podium. 

It’s unknown the severity of damage to some skates, or who was affected, but damage to blades at the Olympics is not an ideal scenario.

Issues with blades could lead to having to change skates, a doomsday scenario for skaters since it usually takes some time to break them in before they feel comfortable with them. 

The ice dance pairs will skate on Monday, Feb. 9.

Eagle-eyed Olympics-watchers might notice something a little different with American skier Mikaela Shiffrin at these Milano Cortina Winter Games.

Nothing with her skiing, mind you.

But if the TV cameras try to get a little up close and personal while she’s competing on the slopes of Cortina, you might see something missing.

As Shiffrin explains in an Instagram reel she apparently recorded from her hotel room in Italy, she recently ‘went a little bit too far’ with her personal grooming. Now there’s, in her words, ‘a high likelihood that I’m going to cross the finish line and I’ll just have half an eyebrow.’

Shiffrin’s split-second decision-making on the slopes has helped make her one of the greatest skiers in history. But her spontaneous decision to shave part of her eyebrow may not have been one of her best.

Despite that little setback, Shiffrin will begin her quest for gold in three events at the Milano Cortina Games starting Tuesday in the women’s team combined.

When is Mikaela Shiffrin competing at 2026 Winter Olympics?

Here’s a look at when Shiffrin is competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics:

Feb. 10: Women’s team combined (slalom) | 8 a.m. ET
Feb. 15: Women’s giant slalom run 1 | 4 a.m. ET
Feb. 15: Women’s giant slalom run 2 | 7:30 a.m. ET
Feb. 18: Women’s slalom run 1 | 4 a.m. ET
Feb. 18: Women’s slalom run 2 | 7:30 a.m. ET

How to watch Mikaela Shiffrin at 2026 Winter Olympics

Here’s how to watch Shiffrin at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy:

TV channel: NBC, USA Network
Streaming: Peacock

Each Olympic event can be viewed live with Peacock, NBC’s exclusive streaming service, or NBCOlympics.com. NBC and USA Network will also air highlights and select live events on TV.

LIVIGNO, Italy — A pair of heavyweights, at the top of their game, going haymaker for haymaker, trick for trick, epic run for epic run.

The women’s free ski slopestyle duel between Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu of China lived up to the hype until Gu fell immediately off the first rail on her third run — an element that gave her trouble in the qualifier two days ago, too.

And so it ended the same way as the final from four years ago – with Gremaud taking home gold again and Gu settling for a stellar silver.

Gu’s first run resulted in a 86.56, better than Gremaud’s gold run in China in 2022. Gremaud came in three points below that at the end of Round 1, but Gu stumbled early in the second of three finals runs, opening the door for Gremaud, who answered with a 86.96 to top the leaderboard.

Canada’s Megan Oldham took bronze with a 76.46. The United States’ Avery Krumme, the lone American to make the 12-person finals, finished 11th.

MILAN, Italy – In some circles, Jutta Leerdam is best known as Jake Paul’s fiancée. But here at the 2026 Winter Olympics, she is a speed skating star.

Leerdam, a 27-year-old from the Netherlands, will compete in the women’s 1,000 meters at 11:30 a.m. ET Monday, Feb. 9. Peacock will provide coverage.

In a field of 30 speed skaters that includes American Erin Jackson, Leerdam is expected to win a medal. It would not be her first.

She won a silver in the 1,000m at the 2022 Winter Olympics and and has captured six European championships and seven world championships.

During the 2025-26 season, she won two out of the first three World Cup events and three out of the first five.

Jake Paul delivers flowers  

On Sunday, Paul posted a video on his Instagram page showing him presenting flowers to Leerdam at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

“Thank you for coming,’’ Leerdam told Paul after kissing him.

Paul, indicating he was addressing the couple’s future children, looked at the camera and said, “Hey little kids. You guys are not even born yet but we’re making a video for you. …Your mom is about to go for gold.’’

The couple started dating in the spring of 2023 and got engaged in March 2025.

In recent years, Leerdam has supported Paul during his boxing matches. Now Paul will be the cheerleader.

He is expected to be among the spectators at Milano Speed Stadium to watch Leerdam’s first race of these Olympics. Leerdam also will compete in the 500m Feb. 15, when Jackson, the American star, will try to defend her Olympic title in the event.

How to watch Jutta Leerdam in Olympic speedskating 1,000 meters

The women’s 1,000-meter speedskating race begins at 5:30 p.m. ET. The race and will be televised on USA Network and can be streamed on Peacock.

Stream Olympic speedskating on Peacock

LIVIGNO, Italy — There will be one supporter of Team USA – and more specifically two-time Olympic women’s snowboard halfpipe champion Chloe Kim – in the Italian Alps that NFL fans will surely recognize.

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, fresh off unanimously winning the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year campaign in which he set the single-season record for sacks, will be at Livigno Snow Park for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics to cheer on Kim; the two have been linked together since May 2025 and confirmed their relationship in November, according to People Magazine.

Garrett headed to Italy after his Super Bowl week media responsibilities. Kim’s qualifier is Wednesday, Feb. 11.

‘Honestly, Myles is such an incredible athlete,’ she said. ‘I’m constantly inspired and in awe of him and how hard he works and how incredibly kind he is. He genuinely is one of the kindest people I think I’ve ever met. I’m really lucky to be part of his life and lucky that he’s part of mine. Yeah, we’re happy.’

Kim posted a message of congratulations on her Instagram story after Garrett received his award at the 2026 NFL Honors. Garrett told People Magazine that he is trying to be Kim’s ‘rock’ and reciprocate the level of support she showed him all season.

‘We’re both just so supportive of one another,’ said Garrett, who claims he is more romantic than his partner. ‘She’s always texting, she’s always calling to see how I’m doing during the year and I’m doing the same right now, checking on her, seeing how she’s feeling, emotionally and physically.’

The two push each other competitively within their own sports and with each other, Garrett said.

‘It’s so competitive,’ he told People. ‘When we get into our sports, even when we play games against each other.’

You can’t tell the baseball players without a program … and you can’t find spring training camps without a map.

Of course, you probably could do both just fine on your own, but why make things difficult?

The 30 Major League Baseball teams’ spring headquarters are split evenly between Florida and Arizona. The 15 clubs in the Grapefruit League are more spread out than those in the Cactus League, making trips between the different parks a bit longer drive, on average.

Still, baseball fans who want to hit the road and watch their favorite teams at spring training have any number of options.

Florida spring training map, Grapefruit League sites

Atlanta Braves – North Port
Baltimore Orioles – Sarasota
Boston Red Sox – Fort Myers
Detroit Tigers – Lakeland
Houston Astros – West Palm Beach
Miami Marlins – Jupiter
Minnesota Twins – Fort Myers
New York Mets – Port St. Lucie
New York Yankees – Tampa
Philadelphia Phillies – Clearwater
Pittsburgh Pirates – Bradenton
St. Louis Cardinals – Jupiter
Tampa Bay Rays – Port Charlotte
Toronto Blue Jays – Dunedin
Washington Nationals – West Palm Beach

2026 REPORT DATES: When pitchers, catchers and full squads are due in camp

Arizona spring training map, Cactus League sites

Arizona Diamondbacks – Scottsdale
Athletics – Mesa
Chicago Cubs – Mesa
Chicago White Sox – Glendale
Cincinnati Reds – Goodyear
Cleveland Guardians – Goodyear
Colorado Rockies – Scottsdale
Kansas City Royals – Surprise
Los Angeles Angels – Tempe
Los Angeles Dodgers – Glendale
Milwaukee Brewers – Phoenix
San Diego Padres – Peoria
San Francisco Giants – Scottsdale
Seattle Mariners – Peoria
Texas Rangers – Surprise

SANTA CLARA, CA − In the event you didn’t believe the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 walkover against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 was a captivating football game, then you must have missed Rashid Shaheed’s record-setting performance.

That’s right, Seattle’s No. 3 wideout and return man extraordinaire did something never seen on Super Sunday – etching his name into the record book with … six fair catches. That’s the kind of game it was Feb. 8, numerous punts and kicks, not a boatload of highlights. Seahawks kicker Jason Myers also established a new Super Bowl mark by drilling five field goals.

As for the Patriots? Their record 12th Super Bowl appearance also resulted in their sixth loss in the Roman Numeral showcase − breaking their tie with the Denver Broncos for most by any franchise.