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Even before I ever came to the U.S., I'd heard the legends of the White Rim Trail. It's not only an iconic mountain bike adventure, but also a route with a deep history of FKT attempts that I've followed throughout my career. It's incredibly special to see my name alongside, and ahead of, some amazing athletes. Next time, though, I'd like to slow things down a bit and take in the views.

The Hard MTB League is the ultimate testing ground for riders and their bikes. Instead of sticking to one lane, athletes have to tackle four distinct disciplines in a single event.

Pogacar made his decisive move just as he had done two years ago on the Monte Sante Marie gravel section. His UAE Team Emirates colleagues had put the hammer down heading into that section and once Pogacar attacked on a tough climb, he quickly distanced everyone else. Seixas was the rider who resisted the longest even briefly dragging back Pogacar before the world champion accelerated again and disappeared over the horizon for good.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning less than an hour ago. He just went yard again in the ninth, with Team USA down to their last breath.

The Trek-Unbroken prototype is a clear signal that the '80mm of travel is enough' era of cross-country racing has officially been put to pasture.

In warm, soft snow conditions with rain falling, the competition was anything but easy. From the qualification round, 16 women advanced to the finals, with Tess Johnson leading the qualification round ahead of Australia's Jakara Anthony and teammate Olivia Giaccio in third. Also advancing from Team USA were Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf in fifth place and Kasey Hogg in seventh place.

The two main stars of "Heated Rivalry," the wildly popular hockey romance series, carried Olympic torches for a leg of the flame's relay, which will eventually end at the historic San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, next month. Connor Storrie, who plays Ilya Rozanov in the show, and Hudson Williams, who plays Shane Hollander, carried the flame through the Veneto section of the route that started in the Italian city of Udine and ended in the town of Belluno.

Billionaire Ross Stevens wants to change that. Beginning with next month's Milan Cortina Games, he will give $200,000 to every U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athlete, regardless of if they win, in a move to help them gain financial security. Stevens, the founder and CEO of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, donated $100 million to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for the program in 2025. It was the largest gift in the organization's history.

After beating Canada 3-1 during group play of the Four Nations Faceoff, you could make an argument for the United States to be considered the favourite to win gold in the final. But just five days later, in that same game, the United States could not get the job done, ultimately succumbing to Canada 3-2 in overtime. Almost a year later, that loss still stings. A lot.

USA hockey beat Germany 5-1 on Sunday to clinch the top spot in Group C in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey tournament. As they did not beat Germany by 10 or more goals, the U.S. finishes second overall in the tournament standings, trailing Canada for the top seed. Auston Matthews scored twice, and Zach Werenski, Brock Faber and Tage Thompson also scored for the Americans. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced.

the schoolkid's pink, heart-festooned backpack that Casey Dawson is schlepping around town as punishment for losing at fantasy football. It keeps me humble. It keeps me grounded. It puts a smile on my face every time I see it. It's kind of ridiculous, but it's fun. It keeps everything fun and light-hearted, said Dawson, a 25-year-old from Park City, Utah, whose first event at this Winter Games comes Sunday in the men's 5,000 meters.

"I feel heartbroken about what's happen[ing] in the United States," Chris Lillis said. "I think that as a country we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure that we're treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect." "It's definitely a tough time in our country right now," commented Svea Irving. "I just continue to represent my values, compassion and love and respect for others."

The Australian took control of the race on stage 2, launching a powerful acceleration alongside defending champion Jhonatan Narvaez that no one else could follow, with the pair finishing first and second on the stage. After losing two teammates, including Narvaez, to crashes on the shortened stage 4, Vine also hit the deck on the final day when kangaroos jumped into the peloton.

"There's very little you can do in your life that will be comparable," he tells Queerty. "Unless you're a fighter pilot, you've probably not experienced the sensation."

In 2025, Cameron Jones entered the series as a Wild Card and rode that opportunity all the way to the overall men's title. What was once a developmental side door into the Grand Prix is now arguably the most coveted pathway in elite off-road racing. For 2026, six riders (three women and three men) will again earn their way into the series and chase a record $350,000 equal-pay prize purse.

Just last week, we reported on two production hardtail mountain bikes with drop bar builds from both Pivot Cycles and Pinarello. The commercial availability of these bikes is undoubtedly tied to the proliferation of drop bars on custom mountain bike builds in the pro field of iconic races like the Leadville Trail 100. In fact, Keegan Swenson raced his drop bar Santa Cruz Blur to his fifth consecutive victory in last year's Leadville race and his fourth in 2024 on board a drop bar hardtail.