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Peter Malnati hits from the third tee of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Riviera has a new president and big events headed its way

By Doug Ferguson Feb. 22, 2022 11:13 AM EST

A police officer stands guard by the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. As Beijing holds the winter Olympic games, hundreds of North Koreans are enduring perhaps the longest-running pandemic-enforced separation in the world. The isolationist Communist state has sealed off its borders so tightly that they've left their own ambassador to China stranded in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: N. Korea not at Games but diplomat remains

By Dake Kang Feb. 17, 2022 05:28 AM EST

Associated Press photographer David J. Phillip sets up a robotic camera for figure skating ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination

By Mallika Sen Feb. 17, 2022 04:22 AM EST

Paul Schommer practices at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
ATHLETES ON: Killing time when not competing

By Kelvin Chan, Candice Choi And Aaron Morrison Feb. 14, 2022 05:56 AM EST

Five hundred drones form the shape of a football player and fly over the Los Angeles Convention Center during the Super Bowl LVI Drone Show Friday night, Feb. 11, 2022. The Rams are scheduled to play the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 13. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
WHAT TO WATCH: Football, then ice dancing on big day for NBC

By Noah Trister Feb. 12, 2022 12:43 PM EST

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, trains at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Russian coach produces teen skating stars with short careers

By James Ellingworth Feb. 12, 2022 03:12 AM EST

CORRECTS TO THIRD INDIVIDUAL FROM SECOND - FILE - United States' Winter Vinecki reacts during the finals of a World Cup freestyle aerials competition at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, Jan. 12, 2022. Vinecki ran a marathon on all seven continents -- before she turned 15. Now, she's trying to make more history: Become only the third female from America to take home Olympic gold in the individual aerials event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Well-seasoned: Aerials skier named Winter to fly at Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 06:30 AM EST

A group of journalists with volunteers covering the 2022 Winter Olympics, visit the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall the Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, on the outskirts of Beijing. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Great Wall, a symbol of China's strength

By Ragan Clark Feb. 09, 2022 11:27 PM EST

Miho Takagi of Japan waves during a ceremony after winning the silver medal in the women's speedskating 1,500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Olympic winners get plush panda then medal

Feb. 07, 2022 06:57 AM EST

A resident wearing a face mask walks under red lanterns setup for the Lunar New Year holidays in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. As China gets back to business after a muted Chinese New Year holiday that coincided with the start of the pandemic-restricted Beijing Olympic Winter Games, the feeling inside and out of the bubble in this auspicious Year of the Tiger is that festivities for the most sacred and important holiday for the country were limited and underwhelming. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

By Sally Ho And Ken Moritsugu Feb. 07, 2022 04:53 AM EST

FILE - South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea basked in the global limelight during the last Winter Games in South Korea, with hundreds of athletes, cheerleaders and officials pushing hard to woo their South Korean and U.S. rivals in a now-stalled bid for diplomacy. Four years later, as the 2022 Winter Olympics come to its main ally and neighbor China, North Korea isn't sending any athletes and officials because of coronavirus fears. (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP, File)
'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 04, 2022 11:29 PM EST

Nathan Crumpton, of American Samoa, carries his country flag during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
The Latest: Dutch VJ manhandled during Olympic live shot

Feb. 03, 2022 09:51 PM EST

John Morris, of Canada, center, looks towards the players of Britain during the mixed doubles curling match at the Beijing Winter Olympics Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
EXPLAINER: Water Cube where Phelps ruled turns into Ice Cube

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 03, 2022 02:08 AM EST

Australian curler Tahli Gill throws a stone while teammate Dean Hewitt sweeps during a training session at the Canmore Golf & Curling Club in Canmore, Alberta, on Jan. 6, 2022. Gill and Hewitt are competing at the Winter Games in Beijing, as the first Australian team to ever qualify for an Olympics. (Chris Hocking/Olympic Winter Institute of Australia via AP)
Australia's first Olympic curlers swap sunshine for sweeping

By Kristen Gelineau Jan. 31, 2022 10:06 PM EST

FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin competes during the slalom portion of the women's combined race, at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 15, 2021. Olympic athletes in Alpine skiing and other outdoor sports dependent on snow are worried as they see winters disappearing. “I’m worried about my sport’s future but, really way beyond that, just worried about our all our futures and how much time we have before it all truly catches up with us,” Shiffrin said. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
Olympians worry as 'Winter' disappears from Winter Games

By Howard Fendrich And Pat Graham Jan. 31, 2022 03:03 AM EST

FILE - The Olympic rings are displayed at the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Prepare for the Beijing Games with this Olympic quiz

By Noah Trister Jan. 30, 2022 09:53 PM EST

Brittany Charboneau, from Denver, breaks the tape as she crosses the finish line at the Walt Disney World marathon in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. The 33-year-old aspiring Olympian set a Walt Disney World marathon weekend record, sweeping all four races in consecutive days. (Gregg Newton/Walt Disney World via AP)
Aspiring Olympian sweeps 4 Disney races in "Dopey Challenge"

Jan. 10, 2022 09:48 AM EST

Ginobili, Chambers, Whalen among 1st-time hoop hall nominees

Dec. 21, 2021 05:08 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are...

Team Christensen's Vicky Persinger yells to teammates after throwing the rock while competing against Team Peterson during the second night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Sex toy ads removed from ice at Olympic curling qualifier

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 10, 2021 02:19 PM EST

Team Shuster's Chris Plys casts the rock while competing against Team Persinger at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Promoter: Sex toy sponsorship was too racy for curling crowd

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 06, 2021 06:09 PM EST