Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Olympian Boone Niederhofer joins Ben Higgins in Italy for an inside look at the Olympic journey—from walking on at Texas A&M to racing for Team USA in bobsled. Boone opens up about the pressure of team selection, balancing family life and engineering work, and the deep motivations driving him beyond medals. Hear stories of sacrifice, faith, and the pursuit of excellence, plus candid moments about parenting, doubt, and gra...

This week, we're sharing an episode from Olympic medalist and cross-country skiing legend Jessie Diggins, which originally aired in 2025. Jessie opens up about her journey to the top of her sport, what it’s like to embrace the intense pressure of elite competition, and how she pushes herself to her physical breaking point — sharing vivid details of the "blurry vision" and sheer grit required to ...

The most interesting woman at the Olympics, U.S. luger Sophia Kirkby, sits down with Sarah in Cortina to discuss her luge origin story, making her own pins to trade at the Games, carrying her dad’s memory with her when she competes, and proclaiming herself the most eligible bachelorette in the Olympic Village (we get all the tea on her many dates!). Plus, hear from bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor after her gold medal win and g...

The Favorites is back! Another week of no football but still plenty to discuss as Stuckey, Kendra Middleton and Brandon Kravitz team up for another chit-chat session. College basketball is in full swing and Stuckey likes the Boilermakers tonight. He's also planting his flag on Miami (OH) finally going down. Elsewhere, all eyes are on the Olympics, which has some strange things on Kendra's mind, per usual. Would you get the injectio...

The Winter Olympics are in full swing, and for the athletes competing, the Games are as much a mental challenge as they are a physical one. Not long ago, Maya sat down with five-time Olympic gold medalist, swimmer Missy Franklin, who competed in both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. When Missy returned for her second Olympics, things felt markedly different. In today’s episode, Missy speaks candidly and bravely about how he...

In the winter of 1980, the world turned its eyes to Lake Placid, New York, host of the Winter Olympics. But behind the pageantry, another structure loomed in the Adirondack woods. Built to house 1,800 athletes, the Olympic Village looked less like a dormitory than a detention center — because that’s exactly what it was designed to become.

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Olympic pressure overwhelmed 21 year old Ilia Malinin and Team USA’s biggest hope for figure skating gold came to a dramatic end on the ice.  After winning 14 straight competitions over the past 2 years. Malinin fell twice and didn’t complete two other quad jumps during the most important routine of his career.  But it’s what he said immediately after competition, that has so many people talking. ”

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Martha is heading to Milan to dive into the wild world of Olympic figure skating, and who better to show her the ins and outs than former Olympic skater Johnny Weir? In this episode, Johnny breaks down everything we'll need to know about this year's competition: the big names on the American team, tricks and techniques to watch for, and—of course—how to travel to the Olympics in style. 

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Jason Demers is working like a dog at the Winter Olympics in Milan and sent us a report from the big event. Adnan Virk and Nate Thompson also got together to preview the tournament and break down the U.S. women's blowout of Canada. Then former Blues owner and MSG CEO Dave Checketts stopped by to talk about being an NBA GM at 28, how Neil Smith and Mike Keenan despised each other and why his Stanley Cup with the Blues was bitterswee...

Jeff Fellenzer, the USC Annenberg Professor of Professional Practice in Journalism with more than three decades of experience across sports management, news media, higher education, and entrepreneurship. Fellenzer — who teaches courses on sports, media, and technology, has been a Heisman Trophy voter since 2007, and has interviewed generations of icons from John Wooden to Olympians and media leaders — brings a rare vant...

Elizabeth Swaney fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming an Olympian, defying all odds. But it wasn’t supernatural athletic ability that got her there. And by the time she made it to the 2018 Winter Olympics, a lot of people were rooting against her. Here's the incredible story of a woman who made it to the Games by understanding those odds better than anyone else.

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A devastating end to 41 year old Lindsey Vonn's Olympic dreams after she crashed just 13 seconds into her downhill run.  Vonn was hoping to become the oldest person to medal at the Olympics in Alpine, but just 9 days ago she ruptured her ACL, and that injury proved to difficult to overcome.  Amy and T.J. go over the latest information on her condition and the reaction from the crowd who watched in horror. 

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Sarah and producer Alex check in from stop #2 on their Italian adventure: a hotel near Livigno! On today’s show they’ve got tales to tell from a big weekend in Milan, including takeaways from Team Figure Skating and U.S. and Canada group stage hockey games, as well as their reaction to Lindsey Vonn’s crash and the new safety measures being taken in downhill skiing. Plus, there can be only one, the Games ate my hom...

Who's the Michael Phelps of the early winter games? Why did the 1924 British curling team just get their gold medals? And what are the greatest sports we wish were still in the Olympics (who's up for a round of Korfball)? Will and Mango dive into Olympic history and investigate how one little rule change affected how future sports were played. Featuring American ski archer Dave Bergart.

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The biggest month in sports is here—from the Super Bowl to the 2026 Winter Olympics—and one voice will be at the center of it all. Mike Tirico, the face of NBC Sports, joins Martha to preview Super Bowl LX, shares what to watch in Milan, and discusses which athletes are poised to bring home the gold. Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at the moments that will define the season.

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Since this will be the first Olympic appearance for Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, we're exploring ALL of the Olympic debutantes at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics!  Nearly 60 percent of Team USA are first time Olympians and we take a closer look at some of the athletes.  There are also new countries and new events to learn about in the latest episode of the Two Guys Five Rings podcast!

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