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No sales tax on Olympic tickets in 2034? Here's what the Utah Legislature just decided
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 12 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
Sales taxes, expected to bring in $88 million to state and local governments in Utah, won't be charged on tickets for the 2034 Winter Games under a bill passed during this year's legislative session.
Pasquantino has WBC's first 3-homer game to lead Italy over Mexico, advancing US to quarterfinals
The Associated Press | Updated March 11 - 8:33 p.m. | Save Story
Vinnie Pasquantino had the World Baseball Classic's first three-homer game, leading Italy over Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night to win Pool B and advance the United States to the quarterfinals as group's second-place team.
Ukraine accuses IPC and local Paralympic organizers of 'systematic pressure' at Milan Cortina Games
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Posted March 11 - 3:57 p.m. | Save Story
Ukraine's Paralympic committee has accused the International Paralympic Committee and Milan Cortina organizers of subjecting Ukraine's athletes and coaches to "systematic pressure."
Oksana Masters wins 3rd gold at Milan Cortina Games to push Paralympics medal total to 22
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Posted March 11 - 5:52 a.m. | Save Story
The medal count is now at 22 for Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian.
Russian anthem, flags return to Paralympics for first time in a dozen years
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 10 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
Monday, Russia's national anthem was played at a Paralympics for the first time since 2014.
Olympians Liu and Gu travel very different paths, and China-US relations hang over their stories
Didi Tang, Associated Press | Posted March 10 - 7:08 a.m. | Save Story
It is as captivating as it is divisive: the tale of two Chinese American athletic geniuses who have so much in common but make such different choices.
Russian anthem rings out at Paralympics for first time in 12 years after Voronchikhina takes gold
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Posted March 9 - 8:06 a.m. | Save Story
Russia's national anthem rang out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold on Monday.
Atle Lie McGrath wins first World Cup slalom since his Olympic exit into the forest
The Associated Press | Posted March 8 - 8:19 a.m. | Save Story
From Olympic despair in a course-side forest to a joyous win in the World Cup. Atle Lie McGrath's emotions came full circle protecting his first-run lead to win a sun-baked slalom by just 0.01 seconds at Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. It was the first men's slalom since McGrath's emotional exit after the Milan Cortina Olympics slalom he was set to win. Then, the Norwegian racer cooled off alone beneath the trees at Bormio, Italy. On Sunday, McGrath beat teammate Henrik Kristoffsen and his childhood friend Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who was third by 0.04. McGrath also leads the season-long slalom standings.
Olympic champion Alysa Liu withdraws from world figure skating championships
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Posted March 7 - 10:49 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world championships later this month, an unsurprising move for the defending champ after she won the first Winter Games gold medal by an American woman in more than two decades.
'Quad God' named best example of fair play at 2026 Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 7 - 9:11 a.m. | Save Story
Though figure skater Ilia Malinin didn't win an individual gold medal at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina, Italy, he still went home as the best example of fair play from the Games.
Para alpine skiers Voronchikhina and Bugaev give Russia its first Paralympic medals in 12 years
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Posted March 7 - 7:54 a.m. | Save Story
the women's and men's downhill standing competition.
Lindsey Vonn loses lead in World Cup downhill standings as Laura Pirovano wins by 0.01 again
The Associated Press | Posted March 7 - 6:36 a.m. | Save Story
Lindsey Vonn finally lost her lead in the World Cup downhill standings Saturday when Laura Pirovano won by the smallest margin of 0.01 seconds on back-to-back days.
Russian flag returns as Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics open amid Iran war and boycott
Antonio Calanni And Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Updated March 6 - 6:47 p.m. | Save Story
The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics opened Friday amid the tensions of intensifying war in the Middle East and with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage.
How Italy's Olympics schooled the CEO of Utah's 2034 Winter Games
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 6 - 8:36 a.m. | Save Story
A year into the job as CEO of Utah's 2034 Winter Games, former Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson wasn't expecting to be inspired by figure skating's "Quad God" at the Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.
Aicher finishes second in downhill to cut Vonn and Shiffrin leads in World Cup standings
The Associated Press | Updated March 6 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
With neither injured Lindsey Vonn nor Mikaela Shiffrin starting a World Cup downhill on Friday, Emma Aicher seized her chance to cut the American superstars' leads in the season-long standings.
Olympic heroes Hilary Knight, Brittany Bowe to be welcomed home at Salt Lake event
Carter Williams, KSL | Posted March 5 - 1:52 p.m. | Save Story
Olympic heroes and Salt Lake City residents Hilary Knight and Brittany Bowe will be officially welcomed home when Salt Lake City begins its 2026 Paralympics watch party this weekend.
Paralympians try to focus on Milan Cortina Games amid tensions over Iran war, return of Russian flag
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Posted March 5 - 10:21 a.m. | Save Story
Athletes at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics, the first global sports event since the war in the Middle East began last week, have been trying to block out news of the conflicts and focus on their preparations for the Games that officially start on Friday.
Winter Paralympics 50th anniversary: Chinese dominance expected amid boycotts over Russian flag
Tales Azzoni, Associated Press | Updated March 5 - 6:04 a.m. | Save Story
The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.
