Athlete injuries
FILE - From left, American discus winners pose on the podium at the Olympic Games in Rome, Sept. 7, 1960. From left are bronze medalist Richard Cochran, gold medalist Alfred Oerter and silver medalist Richard Babka. Babka, a former world record holder who was part of a U.S. medals sweep in the discus at the 1960 Olympics, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)
Rink Babka, discus medalist at 1960 Olympics, dies at 85

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FILE - Boston Celtics Larry Bird, right, passes off to teammate as Milwaukee Bucks Marques Johnson steps in to block his path during NBA action in Boston, Nov. 7, 1980. (AP Photo/John Martell, File)
Timeline of NBA in 1980s as league celebrates 75th season

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FILE -Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan soars through the air during his second trial jump at the third stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Even World-class athletes who compete in ski jumping and a former Olympian paid to analyze the sport have no idea who will win gold in Beijing. Defending Olympic champion Kamil Stoch has an injured left leg that is knocking him out of World Cup competition this week in his native Poland and puts his status for the 2022 Winter Olympics up in the air. Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi is the world's top-ranked ski jumper. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Japan’s Kobayashi among favorites in wide-open ski jumping

By Larry Lage Jan. 14, 2022 12:14 PM EST

United States' Breezy Johnson smiles at finish area during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race in Val D'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Pizzato)
Downhill racer Johnson skips World Cup meet with knee injury

Jan. 14, 2022 04:45 AM EST

FILE - Switzerland's Carlo Janka races on his way to clinch the gold medal in the Men's giant slalom, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 23, 2010. Once crowned the world's best all-around men's Alpine skier, Swiss racer Carlo Janka ended his racing career Thursday at his home country's most storied venue. Janka's career peaked in 2010 when he was the overall World Cup champion, gold medalist in giant slalom at the Vancouver Olympics and winner of the Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen that is mythic in Switzerland's sports history. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Ex-World Cup ski champion Carlo Janka retires due to injury

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 13, 2022 10:25 AM EST

FILE - Germany's Tim Tscharnke falls in front of Russia's Nikita Kriukov, right, after making contact with the skis of Finland's Sami Jauhojaervi in the men's classical-style final of the cross-country team sprint competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Olympic and World Cup race organizers are already used to needing snow-making equipment to create a ribbon of white through the forests as natural snowfall becomes less reliable. Skiers and experts say manmade snow has a higher moisture content, making it ice up quickly.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
Climate change: Athletes flag the dangers of manmade snow

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 11, 2022 01:37 PM EST

FILE - Russia's Alexander Terentev, right, and Czech Republic's Michal Novak, left, crash during a men's cross country sprint quarter final race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, Feb. 25, 2021. Olympic and World Cup race organizers are already used to needing snow-making equipment to create a ribbon of white through the forests as natural snowfall becomes less reliable. Skiers and experts say manmade snow has a higher moisture content, making it ice up quickly. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Climate change: Athletes flag the dangers of manmade snow

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 11, 2022 12:19 PM EST

Shaun White, of the United States, after his third run in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
Snowboard star Shaun White's Olympic status still uncertain

By Will Graves Jan. 09, 2022 02:53 AM EST

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard dribbles past Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. The Jazz won 120-105. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Blazers' Lillard out next 3 games with abdominal injury

Jan. 05, 2022 01:37 PM EST

Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde competes during an alpine ski men's World Cup super-G, in Bormio, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Kilde confirms his super-G dominance with 3rd straight win

Dec. 29, 2021 07:28 AM EST

FILE - Chris Mazdzer, left, and Jayson Terdiman, of the United States, celebrate after competing in the men's double luge World Cup event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Lake Placid, N.Y. USA Luge’s two-time doubles Olympian Jayson Terdiman announced Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2021, that this season will be his last. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
USA Luge Olympic veteran Jayson Terdiman says he's retiring

By Tim Reynolds Dec. 22, 2021 01:57 PM EST

Ayumu Hirano, of Japan, executes a trick in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
Olympics nearing, Ayumu takes snowboarding's next big leap

By Eddie Pells Dec. 19, 2021 04:43 PM EST

FILE - Simone Biles, of the United States, talks to a member of her team during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. Biles’ 2021 experiences, and how she talked about them, helped drive a robust conversation about athletes’ emotional health. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
2021 Notebook: For athletes, mental health took center stage

By The Associated Press Dec. 14, 2021 05:27 PM EST

FILE - USA's Chris Drury celebrates after scoring against Norway in the first period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. As part of USA Hockey’s announcement, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, New York Rangers GM Chris Drury was named the team’s assistant general manager. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
Wild's Guerin promoted to take over as US men's Olympic GM

By John Wawrow Dec. 14, 2021 02:22 PM EST

Norway's Kjetil Jansrud reacts after falling on his run during a men's World Cup super-G skiing race Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Beaver Creek, Colo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Former Olympic skiing champ Jansrud injured, to miss Beijing

Dec. 08, 2021 11:57 AM EST

Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde competes during a men's World Cup downhill ski race Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Beaver Creek, Colo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Kilde captures World Cup downhill for 2nd straight win

By Pat Graham Dec. 04, 2021 03:49 PM EST

Norway's Kjetil Jansrud crashes during a men's World Cup super-G skiing race Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Beaver Creek, Colo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Norway's Jansrud hurts knee in crash, needs more evaluation

By Pat Graham Dec. 04, 2021 09:52 AM EST

Johannes Ludwig of Germany competes during the men's race at the Luge World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Ludwig dominant in luge World Cup, leads German men's sweep

Nov. 20, 2021 11:09 AM EST

Isaiah Thomas returning to USA Basketball for qualifying

Nov. 19, 2021 01:13 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Isaiah Thomas is putting on the red, white and blue again. Thomas was announced Friday as an injury...

FILE - Peng Shuai, of China, drops to her knees in pain during the semifinals of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament against Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, on Sept. 5, 2014, in New York. Struggling to stay upright as suffocating heat and humidity drained her energy in the U.S. Open semifinals, Peng Shuai refused to give up. She paused between points to clutch at her left thigh and put her weight on her racket as if it were a cane. Helped off the court and diagnosed with heat stroke, doctors told her to quit. But Peng still came back for more. Six more points until she eventually collapsed to the ground and Caroline Wozniacki, her opponent in that 2014 match, came around the net to check on her. Only then, with her body pushed to the absolute limit -- maybe even beyond the limit -- did Peng retire from the match that marked the pinnacle of her singles career. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Tennis trailblazer: Peng known for her grit on the court

By Andrew Dampf Nov. 19, 2021 07:46 AM EST