The Utah Mammoth announced today that forward JJ Peterka has been selected by the German Ice Hockey Federation to represent Team Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, from Feb. 6-22, 2026.

Can’t make it to Italy for the Winter Olympics? No worries, these spots in North America offer a taste of the Games (and let you try everything from speedskating to ski jumping, if you dare).

He said he's competing in the fourth qualifying event this weekend in Aspen, Colorado, despite locking up his spot the U.S. team already. Goepper said he's going to use that event as a tune-up, ahead of hitting the slopes in Italy.

You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of the freeskiiing sports were introduced at the Calgary Games some 38 years ago.

Karl Bushby was 29 when he left his home city of Hull, England and took off for the adventure of a lifetime. With $500 in his pocket and some survival gear, he went on a mission that no one else in history had ever completed: walking an unbroken path around the world.

NBCU sold approximately $900 million in advertising tied to each of its most recent Winter Olympics efforts, the 2022 Games from Beijing and the 2018 spectacular from PyeongChang. The company said its Milan Winter Olympics had secured “the highest linear and digital revenue in Winter Olympics history,” without offering a specific number.

One of the most popular athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics might very well be found at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.