2026 Winter Olympics

These athletes here have reminded a lot of people that Americans are good people. Americans are kind people. And Americans stand up for the little guy and they stand up for their communities and they speak out because those are rights that…

Back in 2018, figure skater Adam Rippon objected to then vice president Mike Pence leading the US delegation to the Olympics in Pyeongchang, citing Pence’s track record on LGBTQ+ rights. At the time, Rippon, who came out as gay in 2015,…

Benoît Richaud might be one of the most visible people at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Not because he’s a star athlete, but because he is coaching 16 figure skaters from 13 different countries. Each time one of them is on the ice, he…

The curling ice at the Winter Olympics is often full of shouting—but not like this. Last Friday, in a match that Canada won 8-6, a verbal altercation broke out between the third throwers from each team. Near the end of the match, after a…

At the start of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, US figure skater Amber Glenn spoke at a press conference about using her platform as an Olympian to support LGBTQ+ rights. “It isn’t the first time we’ve had to come together as a…

Ilia Malinin was born to skate. The child of two Olympic skaters—Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who both competed for Uzbekistan—he first hit the ice at six years old. In the years since, he’s skyrocketed to fame in the skating…

Brian Barrett: They've got 80 billion or so to spend 75 billion of that I think they have to spend in the next four years. So yeah, they're going to keep expanding. And when you think of how much of an impact 3000 agents officers had in…

The NHL also pointed WIRED to its partnerships with Pride organizations around the US, Canada, and Australia, as well as pro-inclusivity organization You Can Play, which it's been working with since 2013. The league said it will be hosting…

Bidets are now, once again, having a moment. As international athletes and journalists descend on northern Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics, certain participants have wondered about the additional piece of equipment in their bathrooms.…

It’s like clockwork. Every four years, a whole new coterie finds itself unexpectedly enamored with curling. It’s easy to see why. There’s an element of competence porn to watching passionate athletes masterfully do something that to the…