BEIJING — The United States women's hockey team is headed back to the gold medal game.
Team USA got goals from Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, Hayley Scamurra and Abby Roque and 25 saves from Alex Cavallini to beat Finland 4-1 in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament on Monday.
Team USA will play Canada at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday for the gold medal. It will be the sixth time (out of seven possible) that the two countries have played one another for the gold medal since women's hockey was added to the Olympics in 1998.
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Canada beat Switzerland 10-3 in the semifinals on Monday to advance to the gold medal game. Canada beat Team USA 4-2 in pool play on Feb. 8.
Lee has also thrilled collegiate audiences with her performance on Auburn’s gymnastics team. She hasn’t yet decided whether she’ll aim for the Olympics in 2024.
From the column: "I read the inscription that said it was a memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. This startled me. It became even more frightening and personal as I read the list of the fallen and my name was there."
Thorpe, a Native American and one of the 20th century's greatest athletes having also played professional baseball and American football.
Dozens of abuse survivors plan to sue FBI over Nassar investigation, according to the New York Times
The development comes two weeks after the U.S. Justice Department said it will stand by its prior decision not to file criminal charges against former FBI agents accused of botching the investigation into Nassar in 2015.
The welcome-home party will be noon-5 p.m. April 2 in Afton’s Town Square Park, rain or shine; Diggins will arrive at 1 p.m. Afton is about 25 miles east of St. Paul.
19-year-old wasn't even expecting to make 2022 Team USA squad
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum created likenesses of Olympians John Shuster and Matt Hamilton.
If Minneapolis hosts a winter Olympic Games, Duluth could get the money to rebuild, in reinforced concrete, our lost ski jumps at Chester Bowl Park, along with new bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks at Spirit Mountain.
