Olympics
NHL, NHLPA to hold meeting to discuss Olympic arena
There is “expected to be a Zoom meeting” today involving the NHL and NHL Players’ Association to get a “true progression report” on the hockey venues for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. The NHL and NHLPA are “both very concerned about the state of these venues,” but there is also “some optimism in ...
Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA opening ceremony uniforms for ’26 Winter Olympics
Ralph Lauren unveiled the design for Team USA’s opening ceremony uniform for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, and they feature “a white coat made of wool with heritage-inspired wooden toggles” and an “iconic American flag knitted onto the sleeves.” Athletes walking in the festivities next year on Feb. ...
LA28 surpasses $2B in sponsorships
LA28 has surpassed $2B in sponsorships with 2.5 years to go until the Games. The milestone comes as U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Properties -- the joint venture between LA28 and the USOPC -- has announced 15 new sponsors this year. It entered 2025 with just two sponsors (Delta and Comcast) as foundin...
Olympic hockey rink problems could see the NHL pull players out of event
Problems continue to swirl over the status of the main hockey rink scheduled to be used at the Milan-Cortina Games -- ranging from reports the ice surface is not large enough to whether the venue will be ready -- and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly warned that the league’s participation is not com...
Report: Olympic ice hockey rink smaller than NHL standard, raising safety concerns
The ice surface at the hockey arena being built for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games “may be smaller than those used in NHL buildings,” which could be a “safety concern given the speed of the game,” according to sources cited by Johnston & Russo of THE ATHLETIC.
NBCUniversal bringing creator program back for ’26 Winter Olympics
NBCUniversal is bringing back the “Creator Collective” program for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with “more than 25 creators from YouTube, Meta and TikTok” set to travel to Italy to cover the games and the culture surrounding them, according to Alex Weprin of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Creato...
USA Hockey reveals jerseys for Milan-Cortina Games
USA Hockey on Wednesday revealed the men’s and women’s ice hockey jerseys for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The jerseys “take inspiration from the Team USA uniforms worn during the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics,” when the men’s ice hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal. The Nike jerseys, which c...
NHL publicly remaining patient about status of Olympic hockey rink
Construction remains ongoing at the main hockey venue for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games with the women’s tournament scheduled to begin on Feb. 5, and officials around the NHL are giving things one month before the situation “really gets worrisome,” according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. There is...
Utah Olympics rebrand draws mixed responses from officials
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said that she wants the newly rebranded 2034 Utah Games to “uplift the state,” but she added her “city’s exclusion from the new name ... ‘hurts,’” according to a front-page piece by Julie Jag of the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. Instead of adhering to the name used during t...
SLC Winter Games organizing committee rebrands to Utah 2034
Salt Lake City won the bid to host the 2034 Olympics and Paralympics, but the organizing committee will rebrand as Utah 2034.
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The NHL and the NHLPA should just say, ‘Listen, we’re not playing there. We give you everything, you give us very little. We’re playing at a different venue. We’re not playing at a subpar venue.’ … They’ve had many years to put things in place.-- TSN's Craig Button, on how the NHL should force the IOC's hand if the Olympic hockey venue in Milan is not up to par for the Milan-Cortina Games.
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