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*** Gu, arguably the most polarizing Olympian of her era, was unable to defend her gold medal in Monday’s freestyle ski big air event. But she rallied from seventh place to win the silver medal with a stellar final jump, becoming the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history. *** As Gu celebrated after her final jump, the NBC commentators gushed, not even a little ironically, “Who isn’t an Eileen Gu fan?” Gu certainly has her fans, and 2.3 million followers on Instagram. But she has plenty of critics. She created a firestorm seven years ago when, at age 15,...

Olympic patriotism for Team USA just isn’t the same anymore.We had a schtick here at SB Nation circa 2014 with the Sochi Winter Olympics, or more aptly, a social media strategy that led us to posting endless, tongue-in-cheek, jingoistic patriotism during the games. There were the traditional medal counts and tracking the achievements of U.S. athletes that were earnest, but also intentionally cringy images of Ronald Regan riding a velociraptor, a muscled George Washington covered in bandoleers, and Abe Lincoln smoking cigars. It’s horrifically clichéd now, but it wasn’t back then. The intention was to juxtapose the honest, legitimate pride...

Oh, the horror! The sheer, unmitigated brutality! Vice President JD Vance's motorcade descended upon the Winter Olympics in Milan like a fleet of rogue armored personnel carriers, "wreaking havoc" in ways that would make even the most dramatic speed skating wipe-out look tame. At least, that's the breathless hysterical narrative spun by the Daily Beast in its latest masterpiece of journalistic gymnastics, headlined "Vance's Clunky Motorcade Wreaks Havoc at Winter Olympics." Penned by the intrepid "Breaking News Reporter" Vic Verbalaitis, this exposé reveals the true villain of the 2026 Games: not doping scandals or judging controversies, but a convoy of...

“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote, posting on social media. However, unlike Hess and a few other American athletes, hockey stars Brady and Matthew Tkachuk had a different perspective on competing for Team USA. “I mean, this is able to represent the U.S. at this stage in the Olympics is one of the greatest...

JD Vance BOOED at 2026 Milan Olympics Opening Ceremony

It was a moment that should have been simple—a press conference in Milan, just as the Winter Olympics were getting underway. However, ingratitude appeared and destroyed the moment. Two American freestyle skiers, Chris Lillis and Hunter Hess, stood before the international press and used their platform not to celebrate their country, or to honor the people who helped them reach the world stage, but to distance themselves from the United States. They suggested that ICE’s actions “do not reflect the country they represent,” as if enforcing the law were somehow a national embarrassment. While this episode may have been brief,...

Breaking: Today, Israeli passengers were blocked from boarding a flight at Milan airport after a group of pro-Palestinian travelers formed a human barrier, shouted antisemitic slurs, and delayed the flight for over an hour. This is outrageous. Airports must take all necessary measures to ensure passenger safety.

MILAN (AP) — A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the Triassic Period, high in an Italian national park near the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic venue of Bormio, officials announced Tuesday. The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some five kilometers (three miles), and the location near the Swiss border, once a prehistoric coastal area, that has never previously yielded dinosaur tracks, experts said. “This time reality really...

Two years ago, after some medical treatment following my third heart attack following the Mark Steyn Adriatic Cruise, I took a cab to Milan's central station to board one of the most agreeable trains I've ever ridden. The dining car had an excellent wine list, better than most restaurants.I don't recall the station being quite as impressive as the train, but it had a handsome atrium. I remember standing awhile and looking up at the ceiling. I wouldn't do that today, because I might fail to spot the incoming projectile and duck in time. This was the scene yesterday:(video at...

Rob Sand is a gun-toting Christian from rural Iowa who goes deer hunting, drives a white Ford F-150 pickup, and opens speeches by quoting the Bible. He is also a rising Democratic star whose run for governor is spooking Republicans in the ruby red state. The father of two, 43, is the only Democrat to currently hold statewide office in Iowa and could hold the recipe for winning over voters in pro-Trump states.

An American tourist was stabbed in the chest while traveling on a regional train from Melegnano to Milan, in the latest of over 260 violent incidents reported on Italy’s rail network so far this year. The 27-year-old victim was attacked on Tuesday morning near San Giuliano Milanese train station by a group of three or four young men described as of North African origin, who reportedly attempted to steal his gold necklace before fleeing the scene. The attackers, armed with a knife, stabbed the tourist in the neck and chest before escaping at the next station. Footage from the San...

Islam conquering the North. Imam giving a lesson in school. “This is how they colonize Italy.” The Muslims want to take over Italy, and they say it themselves without any fear, knowing that with the support of a certain left, they won’t have many problems. But the citizens are afraid, and it is the Mediaset— Fuori dal Coro transmission, hosted by Mario Giordano, that reported on a service at a clandestine mosque on Via Padova in Milan: “I live above the mosque, they have already threatened me with death two times because when you look out from the balcony and...

China’s Ministry of State Security Directed the Theft of COVID-19 Research and the Exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities, Known Publicly as the Indiscriminate ‘HAFNIUM’ Intrusion CampaignThe Justice Department announced today that Xu Zewei (徐泽伟), 33, of the People’s Republic of China was arrested on July 3 in Italy at the request of the United States. Xu and his co-defendant, PRC national Zhang Yu (张宇), 44, are charged in a nine-count indictment, unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas, for their involvement in computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021, including the indiscriminate HAFNIUM computer intrusion campaign that...

The Associated Press reported this week that a Saudi cleric, Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, funneled money to an Egyptian, Rabei Osman Ahmed, who is said to be the mastermind of the Madrid train bombings last March. Al-Awdah's name has been repeatedly linked to al-Qaeda and bin Laden, yet since 9-11, he has tempered his rhetoric. The disparity between his public and his covert activity can be explained by a secret agreement between the Saudi regime and al-Adwah's Movement for Islamic Resurgence.Osman Ahmed's Milan apartment was reportedly wiretapped by Italian anti-terrorism police. In one taped conversation he is reported to say that...

...scientists have uncovered a hidden feature underneath a medieval castle in Milan, Italy, that researchers once could only speculate about based on a sketch of Leonardo's from around 1495 and references in other historical sources — underground passageways that were likely intended for soldiers to use in the event that the castle's defenses had been breached.The discovery, which the Politecnico di Milano announced in January, came about through a series of surveys that aimed to digitize the 15th century Sforza Castle's underground structures through nondestructive methods such as ground-penetrating radar and laser scanning...Biolo and her team originally intended to digitize...

Last month we reported on new videos obtained by the (Christian Action Network) which showed terrorist training at the Jamaat al-Fuqra/Muslims of America headquarters compound in Hancock, NY. In the past few days we were contacted by a law enforcement source about a plot by members of the same Jamaat al-Fuqra compound in Hancock to engage in a massive tax return fraud plot using contacts obtained through mosques in New York and using the money to send to their sheikh, terrorist leader Mubarak Gilani, in Pakistan. Al-Fuqra recruits heavily in prisons, and many male members of the group are convicted...

World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli is giving a private concert on Tuesday to an audience that includes Florida’s Ron DeSantis, state agency heads and Italian businessmen and dignitaries as the Republican governor leads a week-long trade-mission in Italy. The private concert was planned at Palazzo Borghese in Florence, with an expected crowd of about 200 people, according to a source familiar with the event. Bocelli invited Florida delegation members and Italian business leaders to see him sing at no cost to the delegation, the source said. TOP VIDEOS DeSantis’ trade-mission in Italy was announced on Friday, but the concert was not...

John Schwartz of the New York Times has published a piece on the reaction of some conservatives to an ad by Keep America Safe asking for the DOJ to identify government lawyers who previously represented or advocated on behalf of terrorists. The Times, of course, was eager to highlight dissent within conservatives’ ranks over the controversial advertisement.  The conservative critics argue that the lawyers’ work on behalf of detainees is a strictly noble pursuit. They point to John Adams’ representation of British soldiers after the Boston massacre as evidence that the lawyers are simply the heirs of a longstanding...

The Last Supper — Leonardo Da Vinci — Photo by: (www.wikipedia.org) ================================================================================ The Last Supper (Il cenacolo) is the famous fresco that Leonardo da Vinci painted between 1495 and 1497. If you go to Milan, you will surely go to the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie to see and enjoy this magnificent work. I want to share with you and investigate the way in which Leonardo chose the models for his works and explain the curious story of Jesus and Judas from da Vinci’s Last Supper. Leonardo took quite a long while to pick the models for his...

In an effort to address a barrage of noise complaints, Milan is preparing to ban late-night snacks. This war on ice cream isn’t new, and does not sit well with many... The Italian city of Milan is proposing a new law to ban ice cream after midnight, in an effort to protect the "peace and health" of residents. A legislative starting paper has been filed by the city's local government. If passed, the new law could come into effect next month and last until November – something which local vendors will not be best pleased about, considering they are accustomed...