BETHEL — On a September evening in 2010, Matt Murphy sat down with Woody Hughes at the bar in the Mill Hill Inn. Hughes had just opened the inn and was enjoying a quiet night with an old friend. At some point, they got to talking about Murphy’s son Troy, who was pursuing a berth […]
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2018 Winter Olympics TV schedule and highlights
More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes to compete in the PyeongChang Olympics. There are 102 events – most in Olympic history – including four making their debuts: big air snowboarding, mass start speedskating, mixed doubles curling and a mixed team event in Alpine skiing. Two-hundred forty-three athletes will represent the United States. […]
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Olympics FAQ: What you need to know about the winter games
?? Q: When do the Games begin? A: Competition gets underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday, but the official start is Friday, with the opening ceremony. In the United States, the first event actually begins at 7:05 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. Q: Who participates? A: More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes […]
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Siblings team up for new Olympic curling event
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — A pair of siblings from McFarland, Wisconsin, is set to make their Olympic debut on Thursday in the mixed doubles event in curling – one of four disciplines to be newly introduced at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Matt Hamilton encouraged his younger sister Becca to start curling when they were both […]
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Against a tense backdrop, let the Games begin
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — On the one hand: The world gathers for a scripted, globalized spectacle of competition and unity. North Korean athletes and performers stream into the rival South for a display of cooperation that maybe, just maybe, could ease anxiety about possible nuclear war. The North’s head of state announces plans to […]
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Skaters Nathan Chen and Adam Rippon took different roads to the Olympics
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Nathan Chen was an 11-year-old figure skating phenom when he came to work with coach Rafael Arutyunyan. Adam Rippon, by contrast, enlisted Arutyunyan’s help at 22, wondering whether his best results were behind him as he struggled to reach the podium after winning back-to-back junior world championships as a teenager. So […]
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How to watch the Olympics without a TV
NEW YORK (AP) — Every Olympic event will be streamed live. But to watch online, you’ll still need to be a paying cable or satellite subscriber. As with past Olympics, NBC is requiring proof of a subscription. If you’ve already given up on traditional cable or satellite TV, you can sign up for an online […]
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Ted Ligety is back for another Olympics, after a long and painful road
DAEGWALLYEONG, South Korea — Over the summer and into the fall, Ted Ligety’s long road back was starting to appear headed for an unforgiving dead end. Injuries and time away from the hill had taken their toll, and Ligety looked nothing like the skier who’d raced in three Olympics, who’d won two gold medals and […]
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In Olympic curling, men and women are not created equal
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The 40-pound granite stone at the heart of curling is nearly impossible to lift — heavier, somehow, than any 40-pound bag of garden mulch or dog food because its entire mass is crammed into a rock no bigger than a bistro chair cushion with a small handle attached. But the point […]
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Olympic FAQ: What is curling?
Curling is contested on ice – called a sheet – with targets at either end, referred to as the house. The house is made up of 12-, 8- and 4-foot rings and the center, called a button. Teams take turns sliding a large granite stone, sometimes called a rock, from one end of the sheet […]