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In today's edition: Figure skating trio, CP3 retires, Anthony Kim's comeback story, NBA All-Star Game, MLB offseason grades, 32 years ago today, and more.
Let's sports...
ICYMI
Olympics headlines: Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (cross-country) won his record ninth Winter Olympics gold medal; Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (giant slalom) became the first South American to win a Winter Olympics medal; Ilia Malinin missed the podium after a stunning collapse in the free skate; Canada's men's and women's curling teams were accused of cheating.
Tragedy in Rhode Island: Three people, including the suspect, were killed in a shooting on Monday at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Three others are in critical condition.
CP3 abruptly retires: Chris Paul announced his retirement on Friday, officially ending his 21-season career as one of the NBA's greatest point guards. He always intended for this to be his final season — and decided to cut it short after the Clippers traded him at the deadline.
NBA ASG viewership: The NBA's new All-Star Game format averaged 8.8 million viewers on Sunday. That's an 87% jump from last year and makes it the most-watched All-Star Game since 2011.
Wolverines are No. 1: Michigan moved up to No. 1 in this week's men's AP poll ahead of games against No. 7 Purdue (tonight) and No. 3 Duke (Saturday). Houston came in at No. 2 before promptly losing to No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night.
See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.
FIGURE SKATING
L-R: Liu, Glenn and Levito. (Yahoo Sports)
When Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito — a trio known as the Blade Angels — take the ice today for the short program, they'll begin their quest to do something no American woman has done since 2006: win an individual figure skating medal.
What they're saying: "I don't think I have seen a team this good in decades," said Tara Lipinski, the 1998 gold medalist-turned-NBC commentator. "There's a part of me that could see a possible U.S. sweep happening."
Let's meet the Blade Angels…
Alysa Liu
The young Bay Area native is already competing in her second Olympics, though her path back to the Games was hardly linear. She stepped away from skating for two full years between Beijing and Milan Cortina.
Rise, burnout and return: Liu became the youngest U.S. champion ever (13) in 2019, won again in 2020, came in seventh at the 2022 Olympics and took bronze at the 2022 worlds. But two weeks later, at 16, she retired so she could "move on with her life." Two years after that, Liu rediscovered her love of skating, and now she's the reigning world champion.
Amber Glenn
The group's elder stateswoman has come a long way — and been through a lot — since learning how to skate at a suburban Dallas mall over 20 years ago.
Long journey to Milan: Glenn suffered a mental-health crisis in 2015, necessitating an eight-month break from skating. Then she began opening up, came out as pansexual in 2019 and her career flourished… only for a positive COVID test in early 2022 to derail her chances for the Beijing Olympics. Now, she's the three-time reigning U.S. champion.
Isabeau Levito
While Liu and Glenn helped Team USA win gold in the team event, Levito will be competing for the first time today. "I call her that skater in the snow globe," said Lipinski. "She is that quintessential ballerina that was put on ice."
Homecoming: Levito's mother is from Milan, where much of her extended family remains. In a nod to her heritage, she'll be skating to music by Italian actress Sophia Loren in today's short program, and to music from the Oscar-winning film "Cinema Paradiso" in Thursday's free skate.
Sasha Cohen poses with her silver medal at Turin 2006. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
20 years later… The five Olympics between 1992 and 2006 represented a golden age for American figure skaters, who won eight of the 15 medals in this event thanks to icons like Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan and Lipinski. Two decades later, back in the same country where Sasha Cohen became the most recent American woman to medal, the Blade Angels will try to end that drought.
(Yahoo Sports)
74 of 116 events completed. Full table.
SNAPSHOTS
Team Stars, led by All-Star MVP Anthony Edwards, celebrate their win. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Inglewood, California — Sunday's new-look NBA All-Star Game did what no other format in recent memory was able to do: It got players to actually try. "I like this format," said All-Star MVP Anthony Edwards. "I think it was really good."
Saturday recap: Heat forward Keshad Johnson won the Dunk Contest and Damian Lillard, still recovering from a torn Achilles, won the 3-Point Contest to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only three-time winners.
MJ and Reddick celebrate their victory. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Daytona Beach, Florida — Tyler Reddick won Sunday's Daytona 500 thanks to a late pass in the crash-filled final lap — the only lap he led all day. It was the first victory at the Great American Race for Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, and an early birthday present for MJ, who turns 63 today.
What he's saying: "I'm ecstatic, I don't even know what to say," said Jordan. "It feels like I won a championship, but until I get a ring I won't even know."
Morikawa wipes away tears after sinking his winning putt. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
Pebble Beach, California — Collin Morikawa (-22) birdied the final hole on Sunday to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am by a stroke and earn his first PGA Tour victory since 2023. He used his post-win interview to announce that he and his wife are expecting their first child later this year.
Scottie stays hot: Scottie Scheffler (-20) shot a final-round 63 to earn his eighth consecutive top-four finish, tied with Tiger Woods for the longest such streak in golf's modern era (since 1986).
Have a day, Tyce. (Baylor Athletics)
Waco, Texas — Baylor first baseman Tyce Armstrong did the unthinkable on Friday, hitting three grand slams in the Bears' season-opening win. He's the second D-I player to accomplish that feat, joining Louisville's Jim LaFountain (1976).
Speaking of offensive outbursts: Virginia scored 56 runs (!!) in Saturday's doubleheader sweep over Wagner, winning 25-10 and 31-8. Add in their 13-7 win on Friday and it was a 69-run opening weekend for the Cavaliers.
️ COMEBACK STORY
That right there is a cathartic fist pump. (Michael Errey/AFP via Getty Images)
14 years after disappearing from the sport of golf, former prodigy Anthony Kim claimed victory at LIV Adelaide, delivering a comeback story we can all get behind.
From Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee:
Put aside, just for a moment, the LIV-PGA Tour's subtext of perpetual scuffling. Try not to think about the posturing and skepticism that accompanies virtually every LIV story. Focus, just for a second, on the simple facts: Anthony Kim won a golf tournament. Against Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. In 2026.
Kim, one of sports' true prodigal sons, claimed LIV's Adelaide event in Australia on Sunday, riding a final-round, nine-birdie 63, turning a five-shot deficit into a three-shot victory.
If nothing else — if Kim's story goes no further than this right here — it's a pretty incredible comeback for a guy who briefly ruled the golf world, then literally disappeared for more than a decade. And it's an impressive story of facing down the demons of addiction and injury.
For LIV, this is undoubtedly the most significant victory in the tour's history. This story will break wide in a way that, say, Rippers GC's latest team victory at Adelaide won't. The presence of Rahm and DeChambeau legitimizes the win, and LIV's challenge now is transforming this burst of fans' attention into longer-term connections.
For Kim, the takeaway is much more simple. Yes, he'll rise up to around 200th in the world rankings, but that's not the real story here. Kim picked himself up from life's floor, got his life back together, and returned to the top of the leaderboard. Right now, that's more than enough.
Read the full story.
️ REPORT CARDS
(Josh Heim/Yahoo Sports)
When pitchers and catchers began reporting to Florida and Arizona last week, it marked the official start of spring training and the unofficial end of the MLB offseason.
(Josh Heim/Yahoo Sports)
Dive in:How'd your team do?
VIEWING GUIDE
Mac Forehand put up an epic run in qualifiers. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
Freestyle Skiing, Men's Big Air Final
Vermont native Mac Forehand, who finished first in qualifying, seeks his first Olympic medal today (1:30pm ET, NBC) at Livigno Snow Park.
How it works: All 12 finalists get three jumps to put up the best single trick they can, with their top two scores combining for their total.
Speed Skating, Team Pursuit Finals
Team USA has reached the semifinals in both men's and women's team pursuit (8:30am, USA), with the finals following immediately after.
How it works: Two teams start on opposite sides of the 400m track, with teammates drafting off each other. The winner is either the team that crosses the finish line first (six laps for women, eight for men) or closes the half-lap gap and "catches" their opponent, which rarely happens.
Figure Skating, Women's Short Program
Women's singles kicks off today in Milan (12:30pm, USA), where Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito will take the ice for Team USA. The women's program concludes on Thursday with the free skate.
Medal events
Daily schedule.
Michigan's firing on all cylinders. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
More to watch:
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TEAM USA
(Julian Finney/Getty Images)
U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won gold in Monday's monobob final, giving her six career medals at the Winter Olympics.
Question: Who is the only American with more Winter Olympics medals?
Hint: He won a combined eight medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Games.
Answer at the bottom.
FLASHBACK
Robinson circa 1994. (Doug Collier/AFP via Getty Images)
On Feb. 17, 1994, Spurs legend David Robinson recorded the NBA's fourth-ever quadruple-double.* There hasn't been another one since.
Who's next? There are several reasons for the NBA's quadruple-double drought — and one giant reason it may soon come to an end: Victor Wembanyama.
*Of note: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain recorded multiple quadruple-doubles (and maybe even a quintuple-double) in their day, but since blocks and steals weren't official NBA statistics until 1972, they are considered unofficial.
Trivia answer: Apolo Anton Ohno (speed skating)
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In today's edition: Figure skating trio, CP3 retires, Anthony Kim's comeback story, NBA All-Star Game, MLB offseason grades, 32 years ago today, and more.
Let's sports...
ICYMI
HEADLINES
Olympics headlines: Norway's Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (cross-country) won his record ninth Winter Olympics gold medal; Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (giant slalom) became the first South American to win a Winter Olympics medal; Ilia Malinin missed the podium after a stunning collapse in the free skate; Canada's men's and women's curling teams were accused of cheating.
Tragedy in Rhode Island: Three people, including the suspect, were killed in a shooting on Monday at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Three others are in critical condition.
CP3 abruptly retires: Chris Paul announced his retirement on Friday, officially ending his 21-season career as one of the NBA's greatest point guards. He always intended for this to be his final season — and decided to cut it short after the Clippers traded him at the deadline.
NBA ASG viewership: The NBA's new All-Star Game format averaged 8.8 million viewers on Sunday. That's an 87% jump from last year and makes it the most-watched All-Star Game since 2011.
Wolverines are No. 1: Michigan moved up to No. 1 in this week's men's AP poll ahead of games against No. 7 Purdue (tonight) and No. 3 Duke (Saturday). Houston came in at No. 2 before promptly losing to No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night.
See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.
FIGURE SKATINGMEET AMERICA'S 'BLADE ANGELS'
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L-R: Liu, Glenn and Levito. (Yahoo Sports)
When Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito — a trio known as the Blade Angels — take the ice today for the short program, they'll begin their quest to do something no American woman has done since 2006: win an individual figure skating medal.
What they're saying: "I don't think I have seen a team this good in decades," said Tara Lipinski, the 1998 gold medalist-turned-NBC commentator. "There's a part of me that could see a possible U.S. sweep happening."
Let's meet the Blade Angels…
Alysa Liu
The young Bay Area native is already competing in her second Olympics, though her path back to the Games was hardly linear. She stepped away from skating for two full years between Beijing and Milan Cortina.
- Age: 20
- Hometown: Richmond, CA
- World Ranking: No. 5
Rise, burnout and return: Liu became the youngest U.S. champion ever (13) in 2019, won again in 2020, came in seventh at the 2022 Olympics and took bronze at the 2022 worlds. But two weeks later, at 16, she retired so she could "move on with her life." Two years after that, Liu rediscovered her love of skating, and now she's the reigning world champion.
Amber Glenn
The group's elder stateswoman has come a long way — and been through a lot — since learning how to skate at a suburban Dallas mall over 20 years ago.
- Age: 26
- Hometown: Plano, TX
- World ranking: No. 3
Long journey to Milan: Glenn suffered a mental-health crisis in 2015, necessitating an eight-month break from skating. Then she began opening up, came out as pansexual in 2019 and her career flourished… only for a positive COVID test in early 2022 to derail her chances for the Beijing Olympics. Now, she's the three-time reigning U.S. champion.
Isabeau Levito
While Liu and Glenn helped Team USA win gold in the team event, Levito will be competing for the first time today. "I call her that skater in the snow globe," said Lipinski. "She is that quintessential ballerina that was put on ice."
- Age: 18
- Hometown: Mount Holly, NJ
- World ranking: No. 4
Homecoming: Levito's mother is from Milan, where much of her extended family remains. In a nod to her heritage, she'll be skating to music by Italian actress Sophia Loren in today's short program, and to music from the Oscar-winning film "Cinema Paradiso" in Thursday's free skate.
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Sasha Cohen poses with her silver medal at Turin 2006. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
20 years later… The five Olympics between 1992 and 2006 represented a golden age for American figure skaters, who won eight of the 15 medals in this event thanks to icons like Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Michelle Kwan and Lipinski. Two decades later, back in the same country where Sasha Cohen became the most recent American woman to medal, the Blade Angels will try to end that drought.
MEDAL TABLE: DAY 11
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74 of 116 events completed. Full table.
SNAPSHOTS
PHOTOS ACROSS AMERICA
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Team Stars, led by All-Star MVP Anthony Edwards, celebrate their win. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Inglewood, California — Sunday's new-look NBA All-Star Game did what no other format in recent memory was able to do: It got players to actually try. "I like this format," said All-Star MVP Anthony Edwards. "I think it was really good."
Saturday recap: Heat forward Keshad Johnson won the Dunk Contest and Damian Lillard, still recovering from a torn Achilles, won the 3-Point Contest to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only three-time winners.
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MJ and Reddick celebrate their victory. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Daytona Beach, Florida — Tyler Reddick won Sunday's Daytona 500 thanks to a late pass in the crash-filled final lap — the only lap he led all day. It was the first victory at the Great American Race for Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, and an early birthday present for MJ, who turns 63 today.
What he's saying: "I'm ecstatic, I don't even know what to say," said Jordan. "It feels like I won a championship, but until I get a ring I won't even know."
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Morikawa wipes away tears after sinking his winning putt. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
Pebble Beach, California — Collin Morikawa (-22) birdied the final hole on Sunday to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am by a stroke and earn his first PGA Tour victory since 2023. He used his post-win interview to announce that he and his wife are expecting their first child later this year.
Scottie stays hot: Scottie Scheffler (-20) shot a final-round 63 to earn his eighth consecutive top-four finish, tied with Tiger Woods for the longest such streak in golf's modern era (since 1986).
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Have a day, Tyce. (Baylor Athletics)
Waco, Texas — Baylor first baseman Tyce Armstrong did the unthinkable on Friday, hitting three grand slams in the Bears' season-opening win. He's the second D-I player to accomplish that feat, joining Louisville's Jim LaFountain (1976).
Speaking of offensive outbursts: Virginia scored 56 runs (!!) in Saturday's doubleheader sweep over Wagner, winning 25-10 and 31-8. Add in their 13-7 win on Friday and it was a 69-run opening weekend for the Cavaliers.
️ COMEBACK STORYANTHONY KIM: BACK ON TOP
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That right there is a cathartic fist pump. (Michael Errey/AFP via Getty Images)
14 years after disappearing from the sport of golf, former prodigy Anthony Kim claimed victory at LIV Adelaide, delivering a comeback story we can all get behind.
From Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee:
Put aside, just for a moment, the LIV-PGA Tour's subtext of perpetual scuffling. Try not to think about the posturing and skepticism that accompanies virtually every LIV story. Focus, just for a second, on the simple facts: Anthony Kim won a golf tournament. Against Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. In 2026.
Kim, one of sports' true prodigal sons, claimed LIV's Adelaide event in Australia on Sunday, riding a final-round, nine-birdie 63, turning a five-shot deficit into a three-shot victory.
If nothing else — if Kim's story goes no further than this right here — it's a pretty incredible comeback for a guy who briefly ruled the golf world, then literally disappeared for more than a decade. And it's an impressive story of facing down the demons of addiction and injury.
For LIV, this is undoubtedly the most significant victory in the tour's history. This story will break wide in a way that, say, Rippers GC's latest team victory at Adelaide won't. The presence of Rahm and DeChambeau legitimizes the win, and LIV's challenge now is transforming this burst of fans' attention into longer-term connections.
For Kim, the takeaway is much more simple. Yes, he'll rise up to around 200th in the world rankings, but that's not the real story here. Kim picked himself up from life's floor, got his life back together, and returned to the top of the leaderboard. Right now, that's more than enough.
Read the full story.
️ REPORT CARDSMLB OFFSEASON GRADES
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(Josh Heim/Yahoo Sports)
When pitchers and catchers began reporting to Florida and Arizona last week, it marked the official start of spring training and the unofficial end of the MLB offseason.
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(Josh Heim/Yahoo Sports)
Dive in:How'd your team do?
VIEWING GUIDE
WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, FEB. 17
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Mac Forehand put up an epic run in qualifiers. (David Ramos/Getty Images)
Freestyle Skiing, Men's Big Air Final
Vermont native Mac Forehand, who finished first in qualifying, seeks his first Olympic medal today (1:30pm ET, NBC) at Livigno Snow Park.
How it works: All 12 finalists get three jumps to put up the best single trick they can, with their top two scores combining for their total.
Speed Skating, Team Pursuit FinalsTeam USA has reached the semifinals in both men's and women's team pursuit (8:30am, USA), with the finals following immediately after.
How it works: Two teams start on opposite sides of the 400m track, with teammates drafting off each other. The winner is either the team that crosses the finish line first (six laps for women, eight for men) or closes the half-lap gap and "catches" their opponent, which rarely happens.
Figure Skating, Women's Short ProgramWomen's singles kicks off today in Milan (12:30pm, USA), where Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito will take the ice for Team USA. The women's program concludes on Thursday with the free skate.
Medal events
- Snowboard: Women's Slopestyle Final (7am, USA)
Nordic Combined: Men's Large Hill (7:45am, Peacock)- Biathlon: Men's 4x7.5km Relay (8:30am, Peacock)
- Bobsled: Two-Man Final Run (3pm, Peacock)
Daily schedule.
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Michigan's firing on all cylinders. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
More to watch:
- NCAAM: No. 1 Michigan at No. 7 Purdue (6:30pm, Peacock) … The top-ranked Wolverines (24-1) have won 10 straight games.
- NCAAW: No. 21 Tennessee at No. 17 Ole Miss (7pm, ESPNU) … The Rebels are ranked 15th in the selection committee's first Top 16 reveal.
️ Champions League: Galatasaray vs. Juventus (12:45pm, Paramount+); Monaco vs. PSG (3pm, Paramount+); Benfica vs. Real Madrid (3pm, Paramount+); Dortmund vs. Atalanta (3pm, CBSSN) … First-leg playoff matches to qualify for the Round of 16.
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TEAM USA
OLYMPICS TRIVIA
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U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won gold in Monday's monobob final, giving her six career medals at the Winter Olympics.
Question: Who is the only American with more Winter Olympics medals?
Hint: He won a combined eight medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Games.
Answer at the bottom.
FLASHBACK
32 YEARS AGO TODAY...
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Robinson circa 1994. (Doug Collier/AFP via Getty Images)
On Feb. 17, 1994, Spurs legend David Robinson recorded the NBA's fourth-ever quadruple-double.* There hasn't been another one since.
- Nate Thurmond in 1974: 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks
- Alvin Robertson in 1986: 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals
- Hakeem Olajuwon in 1990: 18 points, 16 rebounds, 11 blocks, and 10 assists
- David Robinson in 1994: 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks
Who's next? There are several reasons for the NBA's quadruple-double drought — and one giant reason it may soon come to an end: Victor Wembanyama.
*Of note: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain recorded multiple quadruple-doubles (and maybe even a quintuple-double) in their day, but since blocks and steals weren't official NBA statistics until 1972, they are considered unofficial.
Trivia answer: Apolo Anton Ohno (speed skating)
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