Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate will not be able to perform to his usual music - a Minions mix - at the 2026 Winter Olympics because of a copyright issue.

Team USA's figure skating team is led by Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin, along with the ice dancing team of Evan Bates, and Madison Chock.

Each day in this space, we’ll call out the biggest events on the upcoming schedule. For the first edition, check out Steven Louis Goldstein’s overview of the biggest things to know for the U.S. viewer. Here are some of the highlights:

We take a look at 10 athletes — five from the United States, and five from the rest of the world — to watch in the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Norway enters the Milan Cortina Games as the reigning winner of the Winter Olympics medal table. Norway dominated the biathlon and cross-country skiing events four years ago in Beijing to create separation from Germany and the United States in the medal standings.

The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy is on Friday, but events start Wednesday. Here are the schedules for Team USA's men's and women's hockey teams. All games to be shown on USA Network, unless otherwise noted, and available on streaming on NBC's Peacock platform and NBCOlympics.com. All times listed are Eastern.

Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate said he will not be allowed to use the music from the "Minions" film franchise.

NBC star Savannah Guthrie will be backing out as co-host of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony Friday in Milan, Italy, as her mother Nancy Guthrie remains missing.

Savannah was going to spend a full week in Italy covering the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Milan and Cortina will be the first cohost cities in Olympic history, setting the stage for a diverse Games that will showcase 116 events and myriad cultures in Northern Italy.