Officially, the 2026 Winter Olympics start on Friday evening at the opening ceremony. In practice, competition begins on Wednesday, February 4 when the curling gets under way.

The Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics is set for Friday in Milan and the Super Bowl is Sunday, both on NBC.

The makeup of the Winter Olympics has changed many times in the 100-plus years of the Games. Here are some sports that haven’t stood the test of time.

Speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca have been chosen as the U.S. flag bearers for the Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

NBC is allegedly scrambling to find a replacement for Savannah Guthrie at the 2026 Winter Olympics amid the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. “No one knows what to do,” a source told Rob Shuter in a post shared on his Naughty But Nice substack on Tuesday.

Savannah Guthrie is pulling out of hosting NBC's 2026 Winter Olympics coverage, as the search for her missing 84-year-old mother continues.

Three US Olympic bodies have changed the name of their shared athlete hospitality space at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics from “Ice House” to “Winter House,” following widespread protests in both Italy and the US over the role and conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

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