GANGNEUNG, South Korea – It’s not an official Olympic sport, but the crowds sure make it look like it is. Pin traders come from near and far to haggle with the world’s best during the games. In the middle of it all is Salt Lake City’s Janet Grissom. “This is where the party is,” Grissom told […]
It’s one of the greatest rivalries in women’s hockey and fans were not disappointed Thursday when Team USA took on Canada in PyeongChang. Canada beat Team USA 2-1 in the “group stage” of the tournament, but both teams move on to the semi-finals and could face each other again in a gold medal rematch of […]
AMERICAN FORK — A Utah County-based business is getting a lot of buzz from the Winter Olympics. KT Tape is the exclusive provider of kinesiology tape for the U.S. Olympic team, and at least one Utah athlete used the USA-emblazoned blue tape in a unique way that caught the attention of fans and the company. KT […]
(CNN) — Sisters on and off the ice, Marissa and Hannah Brandt have become the poster girls for ice hockey at the Olympics, even though the siblings compete for different teams. Hannah Brandt is part of the highly-rated U.S. team, while Marissa Brandt has made history by taking to the ice for the Unified Korea […]
PAYSON — Most public schools offer the major sport: football, basketball, baseball. Far fewer schools in Utah offer badminton as more than an occasional P.E. activity. That’s not the case at Payson Junior High School, where teacher Eric Archer has built the Olympic sport into something a growing number of students chooses to play before […]
PYEONGCHANG- Four-time gold medalist alpine ski racer Julia Mancuso is hanging up her ski gear and reporting in PyeongChang for NBC. As a correspondent for “The Olympic Zone,” a nightly 30-minute show, Mancuso is embracing the life of a spectator. On Monday, she geared up for her first Olympics in the stands at the Winter […]
It was not the finish he was hoping for in his first event of the 2018 Winter Games. Will Rhoads, who grew up in Park City, competed in the Men’s Normal Hill Individual qualifying event. He finished 46th out of 50 jumpers, not nearly good enough to advance to the final round. “I made a […]
SALT LAKE CITY — There can be no doubt there were many Opening Ceremony viewing parties going on throughout Utah Friday night, but KSL found one unlike any other. Students at Westminster College in Salt Lake City gathered in the Shaw Student Center on campus to watch as 18 of their fellow classmates walked with […]
(CNN) — As the Winter Olympic Games officially began in South Korea on Friday, a nasty shadow was hanging over the friendly competition and expressions of goodwill — in the form of the highly contagious norovirus. The virus has found a home at the Olympics and is spreading rapidly. The PyeongChang Organizing Committee had confirmed […]
(CNN) — Beware of the bumps. And the jumps. And dastardly gates. There is always trouble ahead on the steep, bullet-hard, icy slopes. But be fast. Be first. Don’t let fear slow you down. Few events compare to skiing’s downhill, the Winter Olympics’ blue riband event. Formula One? It has the speed, but also brakes. […]
PYEONGCHANG – A small south Korean ski resort town has attracted the eyes of millions as it hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics. The town, of around 40,000 people, is anticipating about 2 million visitors during the Olympics. The Korean hosts have been preparing for years. PyeongChang may not be big, but it’s offering extra activities […]
There is no downtime for Olympic athletes. Although it is winter, summer athletes are spending much of the next month cheering on their brothers and sisters competing in the Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. “If you are an Olympian, you are an Olympian for life. You’ve represented your country on the greatest stage in […]
(CNN) — One of the coolest parts of the Olympics is watching history being made. Whether it’s a new country making their Olympic debut or groundbreaking athletes adding new faces and experiences to the Olympic story, it’s enough to get you feeling a little warm and fuzzy about humankind. In fact, Pyeongchang is home to […]
(CNN) — We’ve waited four long years. At last, the Winter Olympics are here. We’re ready to experience the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat and all the emotions that come with new events making their debut, such as mixed doubles curling and big air snowboarding. For aspiring athletes, there’s a lot to love […]
With the Winter Games officially underway, four-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Simone Biles tells the winter athletes in South Korea to treat this competition as just a regular event. “My advice to any of the Winter Olympians is to do what you do in training because obviously it’s paid off to get you to where you […]
