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Good morning and happy Friday! Carter Bahns here to close out the week, and I'm wishing an extra good morning to Team USA after a simply tremendous day at the Winter Olympics. The women's hockey team just delivered one of the most thrilling gold medal games you'll ever see, and the men have a shot today at punching their ticket to Sunday's championship contest. Here's how you can watch the semifinal game against Slovakia and all of the other action at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Or you follow all of the action here.
While the Olympians were competing overseas, some big news dropped back home in the NBA. We're also just one day away from the start of the MLS season.
Let's talk about it all.
๐ Five things to know Friday
- The United States women's hockey team is golden. Team USA will bring gold medals home from the Winter Olympics after defeating Canada in a remarkably entertaining championship game. The Americans trailed 1-0 with just over two minutes to play in regulation when Hilary Knight leveled the score with a historic goal — one that made her the United States' all-time leading scorer in Olympic competition. That clutch effort sent the gold-medal showdown into overtime, wherein Megan Keller delivered what will be remembered as a legendary goal to put Team USA on top in a 2-1 thriller.
- Alysa Liu is the breakout star of the Olympic women's figure skating competition. Liu, who initially retired from figure skating after the 2022 Beijing Games, won her first individual Olympic gold medal with an exhilarating performance in the women's free skate program. The 20-year-old became the first American woman to win individual gold since Sarah Hughes did so in the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. She did so with a…