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Kamila Valieva's positive doping test casts a pall over her Olympic performance

3:40am February 18, 2022

A star Russian figure skater is back on the ice Thursday for the women's free skate event. The competition is controversial because she tested positive for a banned drug before the Games.

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Former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay, left, walks out of a federal court building on Tuesday during his trial on federal drug distribution and conspiracy charges. Kay was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that le

Former L.A. Angels employee found guilty of providing drugs that killed Tyler Skaggs

8:43pm February 17, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Major League pitcher died in 2019 after being found unresponsive in a hotel room while the team was in Texas to play a series against the Rangers.

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Russian Olympic figure skater stumbles amid doping scandal

4:56pm February 17, 2022

by Tom Goldman

At the Beijing Olympics, Russian Kamila Valieva fell during her figure skating performance to finish in fourth place — a stunning result after she'd been in the spotlight after a doping scandal.

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Russia's Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women's single skating short program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Minimum ages for figure skaters? Some at the Beijing Olympics say it's a good idea

4:55pm February 17, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The scandal involving 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva is drawing new calls to establish age restrictions on Olympic figure skaters.

Russia's Anna Shcherbakova won gold in the women's free skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

2 Russians medal at the Olympic figure skating final, but not Kamila Valieva

12:12pm February 17, 2022

Two skaters from the Russian Olympic Committee took the top two spots at the women's program at the Beijing Olympics. Kamila Valieva, who has been at the center of a scandal, took fourth place.

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Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. competes during the Women's alpine combined at the Olympics on Thursday in Yanqing, China. After losing her last shot at an individual medal, she will compete in a team event on Saturday.

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Mikaela Shiffrin crashes in 3rd race — but will rise for one last Olympics test

11:30am February 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The three-time Olympic medalist told reporters that she felt "like a joke" after failing to finish her third race of the Winter Games. Her last chance at a medal is a team competition on Saturday.

Team Canada beat defending champion Team USA in the women's ice hockey gold medal match at Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on Thursday.

Canada wins Olympic gold in women's hockey, toppling rival Team USA

11:08am February 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Canada defeated Team USA 3-2 on Thursday to win its fifth gold medal in the sport. Either Canada or the U.S. has won every gold medal since women's hockey debuted at the winter Olympics in 1998.

Victory parade celebrates the Los Angeles Rams' Super Bowl win

5:08am February 17, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Thousands of people flooded downtown Los Angeles Wednesday for the Rams' Super Bowl victory parade. It's the first parade in the city despite the Dodgers and Lakers championship victories in 2020.

China's politics — not sports — spill out during heated Olympic news conference

3:48am February 17, 2022

by Emily Feng

Each day the International Olympic Committee holds a press conference to answer a variety of press questions. Today, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Games interjected several times to defend China.

NFL hires former AG Loretta Lynch to handle its racial discrimination suit

6:53pm February 16, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The former attorney general was tapped in 2020 by the NFL to work on an inquiry into claims of workplace misconduct involving the then-Washington Football Team.