Olympics

A “routine deployment” of U.S. ICE agents to Italy to “assist with security around next month’s Winter Olympics has raised the ire of locals, including the mayor of Milan, a key host city,” according to Faiola, Raji & Maese of the WASHINGTON POST. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said, “ICE’s image is ...

NASCAR will support USA Luge with financial and technical resources as part of an agreement the two sides reached ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. The deal includes athlete appearances, NASCAR-branded content on weekly NBC Sports YouTube shows, spots in the USA Luge Fantasy Camp, NASCAR brandi...

The International Skating Union has been “pushing through its Vision 2030 plan” to make figure skating “more appealing to the upcoming generation through better fan engagement,” according to John Powers of the BOSTON GLOBE. The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston were a “showcase for t...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government on Tuesday said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at the Milan Cortina Games will “work exclusively in their diplomatic premises,” as the government “sought to quell a growing furore over the agents’ arrival” in the country. Ita...

L.A. City Council members on Monday called for the city and LA28 to “come up with a backup plan in the case of a widespread boycott” of the 2028 L.A. Games, according to Scott Reid of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The request comes against the backdrop of “mounting calls for a boycott” of this summer’...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games,” according to sources cited by the AP. The sources said that “federal ICE agents would support diplomatic security details and would not run any immigration enforcement operatio...

LA28 is adding another sponsor at its highest level, signing consulting firm Korn Ferry as the organizing committee’s official talent and organizational consulting partner. The deal will see Korn Ferry, which LA28 used to hire its CEO Reynold Hoover, working with organizers to hire and onboard the m...

LOS ANGELES -- With the 2026 Milan Cortina Games set to kick off next week, NBC is revving into high gear to get American fans excited. As part of those plans, NBC began rolling out the latest season of its athlete interview podcast series, “My New Favorite Olympian,” earlier this month. The first e...

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Toyota’s Dedra DeLilli repeated the expectation until it became routine for the company’s employees — they sponsored the Olympics and Paralympics, never just one.