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Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: Day 7

Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Day 7 of Milano Cortina 2026 produced an Olympic shocker for the ages. Ilia Malinin’s collapse rewrote figure skating history, snowboard cross confronted life after its GOAT, the men’s halfpipe delivered another cruel lesson, and skeleton reminded us just how thin the line is between courage and calamity. Read my full iPINIONS take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-7 Read more.

Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: Day 6

Friday, February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Day 6 of Milano Cortina 2026 was about legacy pressure and Olympic symmetry. Chloe Kim settled for silver as a 17 year old stole the halfpipe gold, Italy reshuffled its internal hierarchy with historic wins in speed skating and super G, and short track once again proved that chaos is the point. Read my iPINIONS… Read more.

PyeongChang Olympics: Day 5 — The Pyrrhic Redemption of Shaun White

Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 5:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Unfortunately, bad weather is continuing to upstage the athletes at these Games. Most notably, it forced cancellation of Alpine events for a third day yesterday. Men’s Halfpipe Here is what I wrote about Shaun White in Sochi four years ago: I joined those heaping scorn on White for withdrawing from Slopestyle because it was “too… Read more.

PyeongChang Olympics: Day 4 – The Rise of Chloe Kim

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 5:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Women’s Halfpipe Chloe Kim is a phenom – whose breathtaking athleticism is surpassed only by her endearing personality. But I can think of no better way to hail her Olympic performance than to say it was every bit as awe inspiring as Shaun White’s was at the 2006 Turin Olympics. White won gold at those… Read more.

Sochi Olympics: Day 4

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 10:33 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Women’s Ski Jumping In my Day 1 commentary below, I mocked the way the International Olympic Committee was “gilding the lily” by adding so many redundant events (like Team Figure Skating) to the Winter Olympics this year. This is why I feel so incredulous that the (mostly male) members of the IOC forced women ski… Read more.