The U.S. and Canada faced off in the men's and women's hockey finals in the same Olympics twice before the Milan-Cortina Games. Both times Canada took home all the gold. Now the Americans have a chance at a sweep of their own after the men's team routed Slovakia 6-2 on Friday to advance to the gold-medal game Sunday, when they will face - you guessed it -- Canada. The U.S. women have already done their part, beating Canada in overtime in their final Thursday.
Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever and GameNight on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast on ESPN 1000. She previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News as a multimedia sports journalist.
That's a wrap for the high school football weekend. From Lincoln's streak-extending victory over San Jose in the Big Bone game to Woodside's ground-game dominance to Campolindo win over Northgate, there were highlights from one side of the Bay to the other. As always, the Bay Area News Group provided extensive coverage of the football week, from features and breaking news to rankings, roundups and game stories.
Ben Rice delivered a clutch solo home run in the ninth inning to power the New York Yankees past the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, helping the Bronx Bombers even the three-game series.
The Golden State Valkyries secured their first road win outside California with a dominant 80-61 victory over the Indiana Fever, aided by Veronica Burton's impressive 21 points.
There's some confusion about how to proceed because nothing really happened to rule on Kelly never lost the ball or left the field or was held up. In the end, they play it as if it was held up, the Blues put up a kick and the Maroons field it, but make an error early in the set to give the Blues another chance.
Elly De La Cruz, Will Benson and Matt McLain homered, while Nick Martinez pitched seven shutout innings leading the Reds to a dominant 7-1 victory over the White Sox.
