Team USA has its first gold medal of these Olympics. Breezy Johnson, skiing before teammate Lindsey Vonn crashed on the downhill course and was airlifted to a hospital, won it. www.wsj.com/articles/the...

A good goal in life is to not write something so dumb and mansplain-y that the brilliant @nrarmour.bsky.social has to take time out of her very busy schedule to show the world what a dipstick you are. This is the column equivalent of getting taken to the woodshed. Pure, spot-on 🔥.

The backflip!

Lindsey Vonn started skiing at a suburban Minneapolis ski area with a 318-foot vertical drop. She's now 41, the best downhill racer in history, on the brink of winning an Olympic medal with one rebuilt knee and one knee with an ACL she tore barely a week ago. www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

He has since made his X account private

An opinion piece by a man that included the line "I am no doctor" criticized Lindsey Vonn's plan to race the Olympic downhill Sunday on a torn ACL. Vonn responded to him in real time. eu.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Swiss ski racer Franjo von Allmen just won gold in the Olympic downhill. He already had achieved a different kind of immortality: There is a sausage named for him at his local butcher. (H/t @nickzaccardi.bsky.social)

Anyway, here's a photo of freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy at Sochi 2014, at the time competing for the U.S., with his silver medal in slopestyle and the stray puppy he adopted. www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...

The Olympic men's downhill Saturday will be held on the Stelvio, a slope so terrifying that one ski analyst called it "the gray ribbon of death." It is perilously icy, long and dizzyingly steep. Skiers can reach 90 miles an hour on it: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

This didn’t age well

Can Lindsey Vonn actually compete with a torn ACL? Have other athletes done it? Isn’t she taking up a spot on the team for someone else? Vonn questions, answered: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

Casey Wasserman, Peter Attia and Brett Ratner had reached—or returned to—the pinnacle of their industries in February 2026. And all three, it turned out, had secrets in the Epstein files. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3ZhCR04

Today is a great day to pay for sports journalism that you value.

I love Lindsay Vonn. She's Ayrton Senna levels of nuts. Knee replacement? ACL + Meniscus tear? Don't care. Absolutely insane. She's an ultimate sports great for that reason.

This is bonkers, but it’s not without precedent! www.olympics.com/en/news/sofi...

Related: Vonn was born in Minnesota

Lindsey Vonn says in press conference from Italy that she tore her ACL in a crash Friday — but aims to race in the Olympic downhill Sunday anyway. Said she skied today, and will wear a knee brace.

📣 🍬 In this story by my @wsj.com colleague Jason Gay, some great detail on Mikaela Shiffrin's tricks to calm pre-race nerves: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

The next series from the creators of "Heated Rivalry"? A comedy series about softball called "Slo Pitch": deadline.com/2025/10/slo-...

Going to OT

Michigan - Michigan State WBB on FS1 is a banger. Best these teams have ever been at the same time, maybe?

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Surgeons were stunned at the success of Lindsey Vonn’s comeback after a knee replacement. After a Friday crash, she’ll need the biggest comeback of her life to get to the Milan Cortina Olympics. www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

Following the 2018 death of Microsoft co-founder and team owner Paul Allen, people familiar with the matter expect a sale process to begin shortly after the season ends. on.wsj.com/4qTOgiS

Dunn also made big sacrifices for the good of the team. She played defense, even though she was a scorer, and lined up on the left side even though she's naturally right-footed.

The U.S. medals bonuses come in the form of cash, pretty boring compared with the rewards in some other countries:

The U.S. Government Doesn’t Fund Olympic Athletes. So One Man Is Paying Them $200,000 Each. www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

US Soccer might be onto something here. It'll always be case by case, especially with venues—this one required USWNTPA approval—but plenty of markets are yet to ever host a game, and would welcome the opportunity regardless of the opponent and names on (or off) of the US roster.

Thanks to Matt for continuing discussion of this story, which started TV executives squabbling: www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in the city. It's the second shooting there in a week, third this month, involving a federal officer.

Valuable perspective from @jasonkirk.fyi on the new era in college football: 'Racial integration was a much bigger deal than the transfer portal, to say the least, and the sport was at least partly segregated until it was more than a century old.' www.nytimes.com/athletic/new...

NEW: Big Ten football has a 3-year title streak. But since it and the SEC expanded, the SEC is crushing the Big Ten in TV audiences. “Right now, based on the differential in viewers, the SEC arguably is the more valuable property.” www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Glad to see @washingtonspirit.com confirm that newspapers aren’t dead 😭

Read the @wsj.com story that started it all: www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Indiana's Curt Cignetti is the oldest first-time title winner in college football's modern era. @wsj.com @statsperform.optajoe.com

Indiana's Curt Cignetti is the oldest first-time title winner in college football's modern era. @wsj.com @statsperform.optajoe.com

Curt Cignetti, at 64 years, 7 months, is the oldest first-time champion in modern college football history. After leading Indiana to the national title, he's shredded the conventional wisdom about where to find championship coaches: www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Score so far:

There are more candy-stripe pants at Hard Rock Stadium right now than in 28 seasons at Assembly Hall

“There’s more value in college football than there’s ever been. Even though they’re paying players and it’s more expensive, it’s also worth more.” Top programs like Texas and Ohio State are worth $1.5 billion+, according to an academic analysis: www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Famous University of Miami capitalist Nevin Shapiro is back talking smack ahead of the national title game, to @jareddiamond.bsky.social and @realbachscore.bsky.social “I was definitely ahead of the curve.” www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

The burrito bowl wallpaper goes hard

“I was definitely ahead of the curve. My way wasn’t better. My way was illegal.” — Nevin Shapiro The history of paying players in Miami football, and the Hurricanes’ resurgence now that it’s legal. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

It appears Oregon has two QB1s for next year 👀

Illinois' new football stadium videoboard will be larger than Mount Rushmore. (17,300 vs 11,000 sf) via Sports Business Journal, wonders-of-the-world.net www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

“His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated." The enduring excellence of Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

The College Football Playoff might expand again with no input from players -- which, unlike in the NFL, isn't required. “We’re putting them into harm’s way for one more game, one more television appearance, one more grand day of revenue." - fmr. OSU AD Andy Geiger www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Tired: Lower the hoops in women's basketball so they can dunk. Wired: Bring in the outfield walls 8-10 feet at Kauffman Stadium to "create more home runs (and robbed home runs), more extra-base hits, and more exciting action on the field." #Royals #MLB

A prominent North Korean propaganda tool: its dominant girls and U20 women’s soccer teams www.wsj.com/world/asia/n...

Curt Cignetti is the most compelling evidence yet that we’re living in a simulation