MILAN — There were some bruised feelings a year ago, when the four nations selected unilaterally by the NHL in a Russia-less return to international best-on-best hockey did not include the likes of Czechia, which had won IIHF World Championship the previous summer.

It’s been 106 years since “ice hockey,” so called to differentiate it from the game that’s played on grass, made its Olympic debut, the Winnipeg Falcons winning the historic first gold medal at Antwerp, Belgium in 1920, representing Canada.

LOS ANGELES — Let the games begin. The ticket lottery for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics goes live Wednesday — giving fans their first shot at scoring tickets later this year. It’s a massive moment for California — firing a starter gun ahead ...

Russia is banned from Olympic competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ban took effect in 2022, after the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and has continued through the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and now the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. In addition to Russia, Belarus is also banned from Olympic competition.

From luge and figure skating to hockey and curling, Pennsylvania has a host of Olympians competing in the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.

The women’s hockey competition at the Olympics has an influence you might not have expected.