Winter Olympics

This Day in Hockey History – February 28, 1960 – Riley’s Raiders of the Rings

Twenty years before “Miracle on Ice,” the unlikely U.S. surprised the hockey world by winning its first gold medal at the 1960...

This Day in Hockey History – February 24, 1980 – U.S.A. Believes in Miracles

The 13th Olympic Winter Games were held at Lake Placid, New York in February 1980. At the time, the U.S.-Soviet relations were extremely...

This Day in Hockey History – February 22, 1998 – NHL Goes for the Gold

The 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan not only stood out as the first to feature women’s hockey but also as the first...

This Day in Hockey History – February 3, 1924 – Gold at Chamonix

Toronto Granites (Photo: Nationaal Archief , via Wikimedia Commons Hockey had been added to the 1920 Games of the VIIth Olympiad for the...

NHL Not Taking Olympic Break 2017-18

It’s official. The National Hockey League announced on Monday, April 3, that as they go forward and plan the 2017-18 schedule across the league...

Growing Up Sports with U.S. Olympic Snowboarder Alex Deibold

Photo: NBC Sports For a hockey fan, the boarding you're most familiar with may result in a two minute stay in the penalty box. But...