Beijing 2022

Super Bowl/Olympics Sunday about to become routine for NBC

February 10, 2022 Joe Reedy, Associated Press

Super Sunday has morphed into Super Gold Sunday for NBC. Sunday’s matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will mark the first time a Super Bowl and Winter Olympics are taking place at […]

For Taiwan’s Olympics team, everything is in a name

February 5, 2022 Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics — and even more so when that stage is China. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing at the Winter […]

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EU has little appetite to join US diplomatic Games boycott

December 16, 2021 Raf Casert, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — Several European Union nations have made it clear they have little appetite to join the U.S. initiative for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games because of concerns over China’s human rights […]

UK joins US, Australia in Beijing Winter Olympics boycott

December 11, 2021 Sylvia Hui, Associated Press

LONDON — No U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday, calling it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott. The announcement came after the White House and the Australian […]

Beijing bound: Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries now an American

December 9, 2021 Tim Reynolds, Associated Press

Kaillie Humphries is now, officially, an American. And just like that, the U.S. medal hopes in bobsledding at the Beijing Olympics just got much stronger. The reigning world champion in both monobob and women’s bobsledding […]

Olympics adds another wrinkle to Hurricanes’ season

September 29, 2021 Cory Lavalette

RALEIGH — Since his first day as Hurricanes head coach, Rod Brind’Amour has made it clear there’s one goal for his team — to win a Stanley Cup. So it’s no surprise that the Hurricanes […]