One person was killed and 32 others injured when an Iowa Lakes Community College bus carrying the school’s baseball team crashed on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The single-vehicle crash happened on an Iowa highway around 11 a.m. local time.

The identity of the deceased has not been released. The college released a statement in the afternoon that confirmed the team’s involvement in the crash, according to KCCI.

A total of 33 people were on the bus when it went off the road and overturned in a ditch, according to the Iowa State Patrol.

‘The safety and well-being of our students and staff remain our highest priority,’ the college said in a release, according to KTIV. ‘The College is actively supporting those affected and communicating directly with families.’

One person died at the scene, but the Calhoun County IA Emergency Management Agency declared the crash a mass casualty incident because of the number of injuries involved in a release posted on Facebook.

Those injured were transported by air or ground ambulance to various hospitals in the local area, according to a statement by the Iowa State Patrol. The crash remains under investigation.

Iowa Lakes CC was scheduled to play against North Arkansas College in a series of games to finish out the week. The slate of games has been canceled following the accident. The game against Central Christian JV in McPherson, Kansas, on Feb. 26 has not been postponed.

Brigham Young football’s Parker Kingston is facing a first-degree felony rape charge, according to a news release from the Washington County (Utah) Attorney’s Office issued on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

He was added to the Washington County Sherriff’s Office inmate roster on Feb. 11.

Kingston is being held in a Washington County jail without bail, according to the announcement. The charge stems from an incident on Feb. 23, 2025, in St. George, Utah, which is over 250 miles south of BYU’s campus in Provo, Utah. The alleged victim — 20 years old at the time — made a report of sexual assault to officers at St. George Regional Hospital.

The St. George Police Department said it conducted interviews with those involved and other witnesses. Kingston is set to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. MT on Feb. 13.

BYU acknowledged the arrest in a statement to the USA TODAY Network.

“BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston,’ the statement read. ‘The university takes any allegation very seriously and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment.”

Kingston, a redshirt junior last season, caught 67 passes for 928 yards with five touchdowns in 2025, along with 25 carries for 125 yards with three touchdowns. He was a second-team All-Big 12 selection.

The charges come less than a year after former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff faced sexual assault allegations in a civil lawsuit that was later dropped. Retzlaff transferred to Tulane after facing a seven-game suspension for breaking BYU’s Honor Code.

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn has had a third surgery, calling it ‘successful’ and giving a promising update on her recovery.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Vonn said she is making progress, even though it is slow. She included three photos, including one that shows her injured left leg in a gruesome-looking device likely meant to stabilize it. There also appear to be stitches in her leg below the knee.

Vonn suffered a complex tibial fracture in her left leg when she crashed during the Olympic downhill Sunday, Feb. 6.

‘I had my 3rd surgery today and it was successful. Success today has a completely different meaning than it did a few days ago,’ Vonn wrote. ‘I’m making progress and while it is slow, I know I’ll be ok.’

Vonn appears to be in good spirits, despite the circumstances. She was giving a slight smile and a thumbs up in the photo showing the stabilizer and, in another, she’s laughing as she talks with a member of her medical team at Ca’Foncello Hospital in Terviso.

Vonn said she was thankful for the ‘incredible’ medical staff, friends and family who’ve been with her the last four days. She called the outpouring of support she’s gotten from people around the world ‘beautiful,’ and included a photo of multiple bouquets and floral arrangements.

She also thanked her U.S. Olympic teammates for ‘inspiring me and giving me something to cheer for.’

Despite being in the hospital, Vonn clearly has been monitoring results at the Games. Shortly after their events ended, she posted Instagram stories congratulating Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan for their bronze in the team combined on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle for his silver in the super-G on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

What happened to Lindsey Vonn?

Vonn hooked the fourth gate with her right arm, which sent her spinning and hurtling into the hard, packed snow. She tumbled end over end several times before coming to a stop.

‘Things just happen so quick in this sport,’ U.S. teammate Bella Wright said after the race. ‘It looked like Lindsey had incredible speed out of that turn, and she hooked her arm and it’s just over just like that.’

The three-time Olympic medalist remained prone in the snow, and she could be heard wailing in pain. The gasps and groans from fans faded into shocked silence as medics worked on her. Vonn remained on the course for approximately 13 minutes before being loaded into a helicopter.

What is Lindsey Vonn’s injury?

In an Instagram post on Monday, Vonn shared the devastating news that she suffered a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries.

A tibia fracture is a break in the shin bone that is an emergency needing immediate treatment. ‘Your tibias are some of the strongest bones in your body. It usually takes a lot of force to break one,’ according to the Cleveland Clinic. ‘You probably won’t be able to stand, walk or put weight on your leg if you have a broken shin bone.’

A complex fracture involves multiple breaks in a bone and damaged soft tissue, according Yale Medicine. Symptoms include extreme pain, numbness and, sometimes, a bone that protrudes through the skin. Treatment involves stabilization and surgery.

Lindsey Vonn crash video

NBC broadcasts the Olympics and posted video of Vonn’s crash.

USA TODAY Sports’ Samantha Cardona-Norberg breaks down Linsdey Vonn’s crash just after it happened.

Fans went silent as soon as Vonn crash, reacting with shock, grief and later support as the helicopter lifted her into the sky. USA TODAY Sports talked to some fans after the crash.

Is Lindsey Vonn OK?

Vonn was in obvious pain after the crash, but she was moving her arms, head and neck.

About 18 minutes after the crash, the helicopter slowly began flying toward Cortina. ‘Let’s let Lindsey Vonn hear us!’ the American announcer said as the chopper flew away with her, and the crowd cheered and applauded.

Vonn’s sister Karin Kildow was at the course today for the downhill and spoke to NBC reporters during their live broadcast:

‘I mean that definitely was the last thing we wanted to see and it happened quick and when that happens, you’re just immediately hoping she’s okay. And it was scary because when you start to see the stretchers being put out, it’s not a good sign,’ Kildow said. ‘But she really … She just dared greatly and she put it all out there. So it’s really hard to see, but we just really hope she’s okay.

‘She does have all of her surgeons and her PT staff here and her doctors, so I’m sure they’ll give us a report and we’ll meet her at whatever hospital she’s at.’

Lindsey Vonn torn ACL

It was second time in as many weeks Vonn left a mountaintop on a chopper. She fully ruptured her left ACL, sustaining meniscus damage and bone bruising, in a downhill crash on Jan. 30, in the final World Cup event in that discipline prior to the start of the Olympics.

Vonn is also skiing with a partial replacement of her right knee. She had dominated the sport before the crash, making the podium in all five downhill races this season and winning two of them.

Despite the latest injury, Vonn was determined to race at her fifth and final Olympics. She said her knee felt stable and strong, and she had spent the last week doing intense rehab , pool workouts, weight lifting and plyometrics. She skied both training runs, posting the third-fastest time in the second run before it was canceled because of fog and snow.

The Baltimore Orioles finally added a free agent pitcher to their rotation, agreeing to a one-year, $18.5 million contract with right-hander Chris Bassitt, ESPN first reported.

Bassitt, who turns 37 Feb. 22, was a reliable cog in the Toronto Blue Jays’ rotation the past three seasons, posting a 3.89 ERA and pitching at least 170 innings each season.

That reliability was certainly attractive to the Orioles, who will be relying on a trio of starters who underwent elbow surgery over the past three years.

Bassitt will slide somewhere between Kyle Bradish, lefty Trevor Rogers and trade acquisition Shane Baz in the Orioles rotation. Innings eater Dean Kremer moves to the fifth spot.

Bassitt also performed well out of the bullpen in the Blue Jays’ run to Game 7 of the World Series, giving up just one earned run in seven postseason appearances. He also reached the playoffs with Oakland and the New York Mets.

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MILAN — The U.S. ice dance pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the silver medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. They finished with a total of 224.39 points after scoring a 134.67 in their free dance.

The married couple, who have been skating together for a decade, trailed the French pair of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron by 0.46 of a point entering Wednesday’s free dance, needing to come from behind to win. They skated second to last in the lineup, just ahead of Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry, who went on to score a 135.64 in the free dance to total 225.82 points for gold.

‘It’s a little bittersweet because we are so, so happy with how we performed this week,’ Chock said. ‘We really gave it our all, and I wouldn’t change anything about how we approached each performance, what we delivered in each performance. We really gave it our best and that’s what we set out to do coming to these games. So I think we’ve got a lot to be proud of and a lot to be grateful for because we’ve had an incredible career, and we’ve been so well supported by our families and our coaches and by each other. And sometimes that’s just how it shakes out.’

It is the first ice dance Olympic medal for Chock and Bates, who won gold with Team USA on Sunday. The pair also won team gold at the 2022 Games.

‘It was our gold medal performance,’ Bates said. ‘It was the best that we could skate. It was a personal best score. It was a fourth performance over six days. It took a lot of mental strength and discipline to be locked in and to continue to go out and skate well, and we did everything where we could. Like Maddie said, I think there’s so many emotions that come through after a week like this, but I think when things settle, we’ll be super proud and look back on our time here and be happy with everything that was up to us. We really did our best.’

Although these Games are expected to be the last for Chock and Bates, they said after the ice dance competition concluded that their decision is to be determined.

 ‘It’s really hard to say what the career plans will be,’ Bates said. ‘TBD.’

Also competing Wednesday were the U.S. duos of Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, and Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, all making their Olympic debuts at these Games. Zingas and Koles earned a 206.72 for fifth place. Carreira and Ponomarenko scored a season-best in their free dance to bring their total score to 197.62 for 11th place.

“They’ve had an amazing career and I mean for the last three seasons, they’ve demonstrated technical proficiency, artistic excellence,’ Zingas said of Chock and Bates. ‘I’m in awe of her all the time, and I think they skated fabulously today. It’s disappointing to me that they didn’t get the gold for me … They’re my favorites and if it was my gold to give, I’d give it to them. But it’s not my gold to give. And I thought they were amazing in both segments of this competition. And I’ll always support them and hopefully I can learn a lot from them.”

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Figure skating free dance live results, updates

Here are final scores and standings for the Olympic ice dance competition.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron (France): 225.82 total score, 135.64 free dance, 90.18 rhythm dance.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates (United States): 224.39 total score, 134.67 free dance, 89.72 rhythm dance.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (Canada): 217.74 total score, 131.56 free dance, 86.18 rhythm dance.
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri (Italy): 209.58 total score, 125.30 free dance, 84.28 rhythm dance.
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik (United States): 206.72 total score, 123.19 free dance, 83.53 rhythm dance.
Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius (Lithuania): 204.66 total score, 121.71 free dance, 82.95 rhythm dance.
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (Great Britain): 204.32 total score, 118.85 free dance, 85.47 rhythm dance.
Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Bruissaud (France): 203.68 total score, 121.43 free dance, 82.25 rhythm dance.
Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck (Spain): 201.49 total score, 122.96 free dance, 78.53 rhythm dance.
Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha (Canada): 199.80 total score, 120.14 free dance, 79.66 rhythm dance.
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko (United States): 197.62 total score, 119.47 free dance, 78.15 rhythm dance.
Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis (Finland): 196.03 total score, 118.07 free dance, 77.96 rhythm dance.
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (Georgia): 196.02 total score, 118.87 free dance, 77.15 rhythm dance.
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain le Gac (Canada): 187.18 total score, 112.83 free dance, 74.35 rhythm dance.
Natalie Taschlerova and Filip Taschler (Czechia): 185.00 total score, 109.67 free dance, 75.33 rhythm dance.
Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek (Czechia): 181.44 total score, 109.35 free dance, 72.09 rhythm dance.
Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez (Great Britain): 179.45 total score, 106.99 free dance, 72.46 rhythm dance.
Holly Harris and Jason Chan (Australia): 176.39 total score, 108.64 free dance, 67.75 rhythm dance.
Sofia Val and Asaf Kazimov (Spain): 165.23 total score, 100.25 free dance, 64.98 rhythm dance.
Milla Ruud Reitan and Nikolaj Majorov (Sweden): 165.05 total score, 97.74 free dance, 67.31 rhythm dance.

Are Madison Chock and Evan Bates dating?

They are married. The duo began skating together 2011 before they became a couple in 2016 and getting married in 2024.

Chock and Bates Olympics medals

Chock and Bates have won gold already at the 2026 Winter Olympics — in the team event — as they did at the 2022 Games. They now have won their first Olympic ice dance medal.

Emilea Zingas, Vadym Kolesnik free skate

It looks like there will be at least two American ice dance teams in the top six with Zingas and Kolesnik killing it with their “Romeo and Juliet” program.

They received exceptional high grades on their curve lift and rotational lift, really hitting their stride in the middle of the performance. Zingas and Kolesnik got a season-best 123.19 for the skate, putting their total at 206.7 to ensure a top six finish.

Christina Carreira, Anthony Ponomarenko free dance

It’s a great start for the Americans in the ice dance, with Carreira and Ponomarenko putting up a season-best in their free dance.

“The Story of a Murderer” program told a tragic tale that ends with Carreira’s in the arms of her partner, a perfect symbol of how they left it all on the ice. They earned a score of 197.62 to move up to first place with half of the field done.

Difference between ice dance and figure skating

Ice dancing does not feature jumps or lifts, like you see figure skating pairs execute. Ice dancing is made up of two segments, the rhythm dance and the free dance.

What is free dance in figure skating?

Free dance is essentially the free skate, or long program, for ice dance. The free dance still features step sequences, lifts and choreographic elements, but it doesn’t have a certain theme skaters have to follow, like the rhythm dance.

It has the goal of “pulling off an entertaining, moving and inspiring performance that looks effortless despite its difficulty. Innovative choreography, timing and rhythm are paramount,” according to U.S. Figure Skating.

When did figure skating start in the Olympics?

Figure skating first made its Olympic debut at the Summer Games in London in 1908 and made another appearance in Antwerp in 1920, before becoming a Winter Olympic staple at the inaugural 1924 Chamonix Winter Games with men’s singles, women’s singles and pair skating events. Ice dancing was added to the program at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, and the team event was first contested at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Fun facts about figure skating

Athleticism meets grace in figure skating, one of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics. Whether skaters are performing gravity-defying jumps or experiencing a wide array of emotions in the designated ‘Kiss and Cry’ area, figure skating has captivated Olympic audiences across the world for more than a century. The 2026 Milano Cortina Games will be no different.

Here’s everything you need to know about figure skating and how it works at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

How ice dancing works

A male skater and female skater can perform spins and lifts, but cannot otherwise leave the ice. That means there are no jumps or throws, like pairs skating. The performance is judged on rhythm, footwork and choreography. The event consists of a rhythm dance and free dance.

Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee is facing charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in Hamilton County, Tennessee. On Wednesday, prosecutors said the case involving the death of Lee’s girlfriend could qualify him for the death penalty.

Detective Brian Lockhart testified that Lee was in the rented home when Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived and said that his girlfriend likely fell in the shower due to her narcolepsy. Investigators said the evidence did not match Lee’s description.

Lockhart later stated that the microwave oven in the home was broken with glass scattered around the home. He testified that an autopsy showed Lee’s girlfriend suffered “severe injuries, including severe brain trauma, a broken neck, bruising across her body, a large bite mark on her shoulder and thigh, stab wounds to her legs, and significant facial trauma.”

Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp said that the prosecution hasn’t decided yet whether or not to pursue the death penalty but there are two factors that could qualify Lee for it.

“You walked in the door, there were boxes,’ Lockhart said, per NewsChannel9. ‘A lot of stuff in the living room. The deceased was in the floor lying on her back. There was blood going up the staircase, on the hand railing there was blood, on the walls there was blood, on the floor in the living room there was blood, in the floor on the hallway and the stairs.’

Lee is charged with tampering with evidence because detectives found cleaning supplies upstairs in the Ooltewah residence. Those supplies included bleach wipes and a spray bottle.

Lee spent six years in the NFL after the New York Jets selected him No. 20 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Ohio State. He spent three seasons with the Jets before playing for the Kansas City Chiefs (2019), Buffalo Bills (2020) and Las Vegas Raiders (practice squad member in 2021).

He will remain in custody as the case continues.

MILAN — Wednesday proved to be a successful day at the 2026 Winter Olympics for Team USA.

Alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle got the day off to a good start for Team USA by duplicating the silver he won in the men’s super-G four years ago in Beijing. Then, American freestyle skiers Elizabeth Lemley and Jaelin Kauf took the gold and silver in women’s moguls.

Jordan Stolz then competed in the men’s 1,000 meters, and man did he dominate. The Wisconsin native started his chase for four golds at the 2026 Winter Games by setting a new Olympic record in the men’s 1,000 meters of speed skating with a time of 1:06.28. Meanwhile, Madison Chock and Evan Bates won silver in ice dance for their first Olympic medal in the event.

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Elsewhere, two-time snowboard gold medalist Chloe Kim was among three Americans to qualify for tomorrow’s final in the women’s halfpipe. And men’s ice hockey got underway with two preliminary games, with USA men’s hockey set to get its Olympic schedule underway on Thursday, Feb. 12 against Latvia.

Speaking of Thursday, Team USA finds itself one Olympic medal off from moving into a three-way tie with Italy and Norway atop the leaderboard for medals won at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The United States is currently in third place with a total of 12 medals, four of which are gold.

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All data accurate as of Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at 5:44 p.m.

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1. Norway: 13 Total (7 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze)
2. Italy: 13 Total (4 Gold, 2 Silver, 7 Bronze)
3. United States: 12 Total (4 Gold, 6 Silver, 2 Bronze)
4. Germany: 8 Total (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze)
5. Austria: 8 Total (2 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Full medal count

Madison Chock, Evan Bates win silver in free dance

Chock and Bates score 224.39 total points after their 134.67 score today. It came just short of Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s 225.82 total. Chock and Bates win their first Olympic medal in the category, having previously won two gold medals, which came in the 2022 and 2026 team event. – Austin Curtright

Emilea Zingas, Vadym Kolesnik move into free dance lead

The United States’ Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik score a 206.72 in the free dance, vaulting into first place in the event. However, there are still five duos left in the competition before the gold medal is awarded, including Team USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

Chock and Bates, competing in their fourth Olympics and first as a married couple, is vying for their first gold medal in the free dance. – Austin Curtright

Team USA beats Czechia in men’s curling

Team USA starts 1-0 at the Winter Olympics, defeating Czechia in its first matchup of the men’s curling event. The United States still have eight more matches in the round robin, playing almost every day until Feb. 18. – Austin Curtright

Slovakia goaltender sets Olympic saves record vs Finland

Slovakia took down defending gold medalist, Finland, in Group B play of men’s ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan.

In the midst, goaltender Samuel Hlavaj set a Slovakia Olympic saves record at 38 saves. Hlavaj is part of the Minnesota Wild organization in the NHL, and currently plays in the AHL. – John Leuzzi

Alessandro Barbieri finishes third in first run of men’s halfpipe

LIVIGNO, Italy — Welcome to the big leagues, Alessandro Barbieri.

Keep riding like this and you might be the next household name when it comes to Olympic snowboarding.Making his Olympic debut, Barbieri, 17, finished the first run of men’s halfpipe qualifiers in third place after he threw down a run the judges clearly loved and scored 88.50.

It was a decent first run for the Chases. Chase Josey finished 11th (76.50) and Chase Blackwell (69.00) was 13th.

They are both on the edge of making finals or having their Olympic dream end.

Jake Pates, the fourth American, fell early in his run and needs to put down a clean run to have any chance of going to finals.

The top 12 of 25 entrants — only 24 dropped into the halfpipe, as reigning bronze medalist Jan Scherrer of Switzerland did not start — make finals. Scotty James, the defending silver medalist who is certainly a gold-medal favorite (he just won X Games last month), thrilled the crowd with a 94.00 to finish Round 1 first. − Chris Bumbaca

Team USA finishes sixth, eighth in double luge

After setting a track record and leading the pack of 17 sleds in their first run, Team USA lugers Ansel Haugsjaa and Marcus Mueller finish sixth with an overall time of 1:45.293. The American’s second sled of Zachary Digregorio and Sean Hollander finished eighth, clocking in at 1:45.467. 

Italy swept the double luge events, with the men and women claiming gold on their home track. Team Austria men won silver, and Team Germany men won bronze. ‒ Payton Titus

Alessandro Barbieri goes big to start men’s snowboard halfpipe

Team USA’s Alessandro Barbieri went big in his first run at the men’s halfpipe qualifiers, wowing the crowd — and announcers — on hand and scoring a 88.50 to leap into first place and all but ensure he’ll qualify for the finals as one of the top 12 riders.Barbieri, up third, bested Japan’s Yuto Totsuka, who scored a 85.50 as the No. 1-seeded competitor in the 25-man field. ‒ Gentry Estes

Jordan Stolz sets Olympic record, in goal medal position at 2026 Winter Olympics

Stolz came from behind in the final lap of the 1000m speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, racing past Dutch rival Jenning de Boo in his pairing to put himself in position to win the gold medal with one skater to go. Stolz set an Olympic record with a time of 1:06:28. De Boo is positioned to win the silver medal, but it would be the largest margin of victory (0.5 seconds) in the 1000m since the 1984 Olympics, according to the NBC broadcast.

Stolz is attempting to win four gold medals at the Milano Cortina Games.

Curler Danny Casper living with Guillain-Barré syndrome at the Olympics

Danny Casper’s Olympics began on Wednesday with the start of the men’s curling round robin matches, and he’s got one of the more compelling paths to the Milano Cortino Games among U.S. Olympians. From USA Today’s Payton Titus …

Curling is Casper’s life. He’s been doing it for 13 years, since he was one of very few juniors at the Ardsley Curling Club in New York hanging around on the ice with adults gracious enough to let him tag along. Ask him what he does outside of the sport, and he won’t really have an answer for you. (‘Yeah, maybe not the healthiest thing,’ he conceded sarcastically. ‘Not sure.’)

But two years ago, he had to give it up. Had to ‘forget curling’ for a little while. A decision his body made for him, because he could no longer walk. ‘Could not do anything really.’ That included operating his cell phone, which meant it definitely included picking up and throwing a forty-something-pound curling stone.

Casper developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, or GBS – an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves. This can lead to numbness, weakness and paralysis. It took three months for doctors to figure out what was going on with him. He’s been living with the diagnosis, which affects one to two people in every 100,000, for two years and counting. Read more here. ‒ Payton Titus

American men out to surprising lead in men’s luge

Marcus Mueller of Wisconsin and Ansel Haugsjaa have sent a jolt through the Cortina Sliding Centre after setting a track record in their first run as part of the men’s doubles luge event. They’re currently in first place after Run 1, with another run left this afternoon. Medals are awarded based on a cumulative time.

Americans Zachary DiGregorio and Sean Hollander sit in eighth place after Run 1.

US speed skater Jordan Stolz competes for Olympic gold soon

U.S. speed skater Jordan Stolz arrived at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a chance to emerge as a star transcending his chosen sport.

Now it’s time to deliver.

Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, is competing in the 1,000 meters — his first event at the Milano Cortina Winter Games — at 12:30 p.m. ET. Peacock will provide coverage. Stardom could become super stardom if Stolz wins gold medals in each of his four events – the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and mass start.

Only two other athletes won four gold medals at a single Winter Games. Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen did it in the biathlon in 2002 and Soviet Lidiya Skoblikova did it in speed skating in 1964. Read more here. — Josh Peter and Nancy Armour

Team USA lugers off to strong start

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Team USA lugers Sophia Kirkby and Chevonne Forgan are in fifth place out of 11 sleds after one run in the women’s double event. The second and final run will begin at approximately 6:53 p.m. local time. Kirkby and Forgan are 0.468 off the leading Italian team and 0.377 off the third place Austrian squad.

The women’s double event is making its debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics. – Payton Titus

Maddie Mastro knows highs, lows of Olympic competition

United States women’s snowboarder Maddie Mastro comforted a competitor in the mixed zone following women’s halfpipe qualifying on Wednesday.

‘I think it’s hard – when you’re that person, and you’re not in the finals, it doesn’t really matter what anyone’s saying around you,’ Mastro told USA TODAY Sports. ‘So it’s harder to convey. I obviously know how they feel and I’ll express that to them and let them know they’re not alone in that space. But it’s definitely not a fun space to be in.’

Mastro, going third overall and the first of four Americans competing in women’s halfpipe qualifiers, threw down a tasty first run that put her fourth (81.00) entering Run 2. She improved in her second run with an 86.00 to finish third in qualifying behind USA teammate Chloe Kim and Japan’s Sara Shimizu. − Chris Bumbaca

Bronze medalist apologizes for girlfriend cheating confession

Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid has issued an apology in the wake of admitting he cheated on his girlfriend during an interview after winning a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

‘I deeply regret bringing up this personal story on what was a day of celebration for Norwegian biathlon,’ Laegreid told NRK in a statement released Wednesday, which was translated by the BBC. ‘I am not quite myself these days, and I am not thinking clearly. My apologies go to Johan-Olav, who deserved all the attention after winning gold.’

Lægreid has declined to name the person he was discussing during the interview, though he revealed that he told her of his infidelity last week. − Mark Giannotto

USA’s Liz Lemley, Jaelin Kauf finish 1-2 in women’s moguls

The youngest member of the U.S. moguls team at the 2026 Winter Olympics just put up a veteran performance to snatch gold in women’s moguls.

Liz Lemley, 20 and a first-time Olympian, finished with an 82.30, nearly two points ahead of her American teammate Jaelin Kauf, who took silver with an 80.77. France’s Perrine Laffont took the bronze medal home with a 78.00.

Defending Olympic champion Jakara Anthony of Australia had the best score in the first round of the finals, but fell on the final run of the competition to finish eighth.

Four years ago, Kauf also won the silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in women’s moguls. The official Team USA bio for Kauf states she is the fastest woman in moguls skiing, and she has maintained that the skiing portion of her event – rather than the aerial-trick component – is her strength.  − Chris Bumbaca

Second-smallest US state coming up big in Italy

Vermont is winning the Olympics. 

Four members of the U.S. Ski team won medals in Milano Cortina in the last two days, and three of them are from Vermont. Ryan Cochran-Siegle, whose family owns a maple syrup farm in Richmond, Vermont, is the latest pride of the state after winning his second consecutive silver medal in super-G.. 

On Tuesday, Ben Ogden, who grew up in Landgrove, Vermont, broke a 50-year medal drought in cross-country skiing for the U.S. men, winning silver in the sprint classic. A few hours later, Paula Moltzan, who grew up in Minnesota but went to the University of Vermont and now calls Waitfield home, won bronze in the team combined with Jackie Wiles.  

Pretty, pretty good for a state with the second-smallest population in the country. − Nancy Armour

Jaelin Kauf, Liz Lemley set to go for gold in women’s moguls

Team USA has a serious chance of adding to its medal count at the 2026 Winter Games, with two athletes advancing to the eight-person women’s moguls finals. Jaelin Kauf, the defending silver medalist in the event, and Elizabeth Lemley are both seeking the podium.

Olivia Giacco and Tess Johnson just missed the cut, finishing ninth and 10th, respectively. − Chris Bumbaca

Drone cameras one of Milano Cortina Games’ breakout stars

The 2026 Winter Olympics have already delivered incredible feats of athleticism and the raw emotions that help this global sporting competition transcend sports and become part of the human condition. It’s the new camera angles showing these Olympic moments, however, that might be the biggest innovation to come out of the first week of the Milano Cortina Games.

Drone cameras have been used at the Olympics before, but new technology is allowing first-person view drones to bring viewers closer to the action than ever before, particularly in winter events like luge, skiing and snowboarding. This new level of detail has also come with some concerns, though it appears the dynamic views produced thus far are worth the potential problems. − Mark Giannotto

Vance shrugs off boos at Olympics

Vice President JD Vance wasn’t worried about the occasional boos that greeted his attendance at the 2026 Olympics.

Vance, who was head of the U.S. delegation, attended the games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, with his wife Usha and three children: Ewan, 8; Vivek, 5; and Mirabel, 4. The crowd ignored the family at a preliminary women’s hockey game. But the crowd booed loudly when Vance was shown on the Jumbotron during the opening ceremonies Feb. 6.

“I had a great time at the Olympics, and I think the media made much ado about nothing with the fact that, yes, in a crowd of 30,000 people, there were certainly some people who disagreed with my policies or the policies of the administration,” Vance told reporters Wednesday before flying home. − Bart Jansen

USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle takes silver in super-G

Ryan Cochran-Siegle won the silver medal in the men’s Alpine skiing super-G in competition at the Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio.

It was his best result since the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and it came on the 54th anniversary of his mother, Barbara Cochran, winning gold in the slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games.

The reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event, Cochran-Siegle posted a time of 1:25.45, just 0.13 behind the winning time of 1:25.32 by Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland.

It was von Allmen’s third gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, matching the most by an Alpine skier at a single Winter Olympics. 

Sam Morse was 23rd for Team USA with a time of 1:27.41, while Kyle Negomir was 26th, finishing in 1:28.62. River Radamus started but missed a gate in the upper portion of the course and did not finish.

Cochran-Siegle’s medal is the seventh by Team USA in the event, with five silvers and two bronzes. − Cydney Henderson

Three Americans qualify for final in women’s halfpipe

Team USA’s Maddie Mastro improved on her first run with a clean 86.00 and should be in medal contention after qualifying for Thursday night’s women’s halfpipe finals in Livigno. Chloe Kim was all smiles after her second run in which she went for amplitude and not score — not that she needed to and still finished in first based on her first run.

Japan’s Sara Shimizu (87.50) finished second.

Bea Kim did not improve in her second run and had a long wait on the bubble, staying in 10th place to make the finals. − Chris Bumbaca

Chinese snowboarder suffers frightening crash

Jiayu Liu of China took a brutal fall on her final hit of her second qualifying run that paused the competition at the women’s halfpipe in Livigno for several minutes as medical staff attended to her.

Liu caught an edge on her final jump and crashed hard on her left arm and shoulder, bending backward and somersaulting through the bottom of the pipe, the Associated Press reported.

Liu, 33, was not able to move before being put into an emergency sled.

She was in 13th and needed to move up one spot to qualify for finals. − Chris Bumbaca

USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle currently second in men’s super-G

American alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle is currently in second place in the men’s super-G competition on Feb. 11. Cochran-Siegle was the third overall racer down the mountain at the Stelvio Ski Centre and finished with a time of 1:25.45 with a clean run. However, it wasn’t enough of a lead to hold off Swiss sensation Franjo von Allmen. Allmen moved into first place with a time of 1:25.32 with over 30 skiers to go. Allmen took gold in men’s downhill and the team combined.

USA’s Jaelin Kauf advances to women’s moguls finals

LIVIGNO — Jaelin Kauf made it a perfect 4-for-4 for the U.S. women’s moguls team advancing to finals.  Kauf rebounded from a disastrous first qualifier in which her three teammates automatically qualified for the Wednesday finals. Kauf needed to place in the top 10 of the remaining 20 to move on and finished second (fifth overall). — Chris Bumbaca

USA snowboarding team solid in women’s halfpipe qualifying

LIVIGNO — Maddie Mastro set the tone early, Chole Kim looked like a two-time defending champion – with a top score of 90.25 – and Bea Kim (76.75) followed suit, and the USA snowboarding team looked solid in the first of two qualifying rounds in the women’s halfpipe.

The third competitor to drop in and first American, Mastro put down her first run for a 81.00 to feel comfortable about making finals. Chloe Kim’s amplitude was hardly matched by any competitor before her. And Bea Kim appeared to have plenty left in the tank for either her second qualifying run or finals. Mastro is fourth and Bea Kim is seventh after round 1.

Maddy Schaffrick didn’t land her second trick cleanly and will have to go big in Round 2. — Chris Bumbaca

Olympics schedule today

4 a.m.: Skeleton – Women Official Training Heats 5 & 6 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
4 a.m. & 7:45 a.m.: Nordic Combined – Normal Hill Jump & 10km Cross-Country | medal event | Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium / Tesero XC Stadium (Val di Fiemme)
4:30 a.m.: Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualification Runs 1 & 2 Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
5 a.m.: Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Moguls Qualification 2 | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
5:30 a.m.: Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super-G | medal event | Stelvio Ski Centre (Bormio, Valtellina)
6:30 a.m.: Skeleton – Men Official Training Heats 5 & 6 | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina)
8:15 a.m.: Biathlon – Women’s 15km Individual | medal event | Anterselva Biathlon Arena (Antholz)
8:15 a.m.: Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Moguls Final 1 & 2 | medal event | Livigno Aerials & Moguls Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
10:40 a.m.: Ice Hockey – Men’s Preliminary | SVK vs. FIN | Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena
11 a.m.: Luge – Men’s and Women’s Doubles Runs 1 & 2 | medal events | Cortina Sliding Centre (Cortina d’Ampezzo)

Women’s Doubles final: 12:53 p.m.
Men’s Doubles Final: 1:44 p.m.

12:30 p.m.: Speed Skating – Men’s 1000m | medal event | Milano Speed Skating Stadium (Rho, Milan)
1:05 p.m.: Curling – Men’s Round Robin | Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium (Cortina d’Ampezzo)

SWE vs. ITA; USA vs. CZE; CAN vs. GER; CHN vs. GBR

1:30 p.m.: Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualification Runs 1 & 2 Livigno Snow Park (Livigno, Valtellina)
1:30–5:05 p.m.: Figure Skating – Ice Dance – Free Dance | medal event | Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan)
3:10 p.m.: Ice Hockey – Men’s Preliminary | SWE vs. ITA | Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

Olympics TV schedule today

Olympics medal count

Following Winter Olympic action in Milano Cortina on Tuesday, Feb. 10, Norway leads the medal count with 12 total medals (including six golds). Host nation Italy is second with 11 medals, followed by Japan (eight), United States (seven), and Germany and Sweden (six apiece).

The San Antonio Spurs are waiving forward Jeremy Sochan, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Wednesday.

The two parties had reportedly been working towards finding a trade destination for the former lottery pick − Jared Weiss of The Athletic reported that the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns, among other teams, have all shown interest − but landed on a release instead after the deadline passed last week.

Now, the pending restricted free agent has been bought out and is free to choose his next destination.

The Spurs made the news official on social media with a graphic thanking Sochan, who they selected No. 9 overall in the 2022 NBA Draft. Sochan had represented San Antonio in the 2023 and ’24 Rising Stars games.

Since then, however, Sochan’s usage has declined in San Antonio. He averaged just 12.8 minutes in 28 games this season after starting 23 times the prior season, and he found himself out of the rotation completely after the emergence of rookie wing Carter Bryant.

According to Charania, Sochan ‘is expected to decide among multiple interested teams.’

Joey Porter Sr. won a Super Bowl with Ben Roethlisberger, but the Pittsburgh Steelers legends do not appear to have a good relationship beyond that.

Porter shared his opinion of Roethlisberger when discussing Mike Tomlin’s departure from the Steelers on current Pittsburgh defensive lineman Cameron Heyward’s ‘Not Just Football’ podcast.

Porter expressed he wasn’t a fan of how critical both James Harrison and Roethlisberger were of Tomlin as the veteran coach stepped down from his post after 19 seasons. He said both players ‘broke the brotherhood’ but was particularly critical of Roethlisberger during the appearance.

‘The (expletive) that seven did that we don’t talk about is crazy,’ Porter said, referring to Roethlisberger by his jersey number. ‘Like out of anybody [who] should talk, he should never grab a microphone and really talk Steeler business. Because if we’re talking Steeler business, his ass is foul of all foul. Like the (expletive) that he did is foul of all foul.’

Porter went on to describe some of the issues he had with Roethlisberger. He recounted how the quarterback – even in his early years in the league – refused to sign memorabilia for family members of his teammates, which was a common request at the time.

Porter also said Roethlisberger ‘doesn’t have captain qualities’ while implying the quarterback was eventually gifted the role so he wouldn’t ‘throw a hissy fit.’ Porter also said Roethlisberger ‘was off-limits to even talk about’ during his five-year coaching stint with the Steelers.

That led the four-time Pro Bowler to his ultimate conclusion about Roethlisberger.

‘He’s not a good teammate,’ Porter said. ‘Won a Super Bowl with him, but the person, he’s just not a good teammate. Like, he knows that. Anybody in the Steeler building knows that, but we protected him.

‘I’ve only won one Super Bowl, and that was my quarterback,’ he added. ‘So, do I love my quarterback? Yeah. But is he a good person? No.’

Roethlisberger did not immediately respond to Porter’s comments, and it isn’t clear if he will.

Meanwhile, Heyward – who was teammates with Roethlisberger for 11 seasons in Pittsburgh – was conspicuously quiet during Porter’s rant.

Several other current and former Steelers players, including Mason Rudolph, responded positively to a clip of Porter’s interview that was posted on the podcast’s Instagram. Most did not specify whether they were praising Porter for his comments about Roethlisberger or simply for his defense of Tomlin.