The 2026 Winter Olympics ran into an odd situation last week when an Italian media outlet reported that a condom shortage is plaguing the massive global sporting event. With over 2,900 athletes competing at the Milan-Cortina Games,

Former figure skater Dorothy Hamill joined "TODAY" from Milan as she marked 50 years since she won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 1976, when she was just 19 years old. She opened up about how she has seen the sport change over the years, the new generation of skaters and more.

For the last time in history, two of the games greatest - Marie-Philip Poulin and Hilary Knight - will face off for women's hockey gold at the Winter Olympics.

The United States Olympics team often looks like a full-grown diversity. Many athletes wear red, white, and blue even though their early years were spent far from American soil. Some were born overseas to U.

Mikaela Shiffrin perseveres to win gold in women's slalom, U.S. snowboarder Jake Canter claims an unexpected bronze in slopestyle.

More Games Malinin’s stumbles were understandably the big talker yesterday, but there were plenty of other storylines, including the aforementioned U.S. women’s hockey team reaching the semis after routing Italy. They’ve outscored opponents by a ludicrous 26-1 margin. Elsewhere:

The word "Olympics" is rooted in ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the gods would descend from Mount Olympus into the town of Olympia to gather and socialize with humans, according to Matthew Llewellyn, co-director of the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research at California State University, Fullerton.

The Olympics show when women’s sports receive meaningful media attention, they attract an enthusiastic audience.

MILAN (AP) — Political pressure on Olympic officials, like in the case of the Ukraine skeleton racer’s memorial helmet at the Milan Cortina Games, is nothing new, according to a long-time IOC insider.