NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics coverage began with love for Savannah Guthrie, the Today show host, who pulled out of the coverage amid her mother’s disappearance. Terry Gannon and Mary Carillo stepped in to host the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina,

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday that averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

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When Team USA walks out for the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening in Milan, they'll be led by flag bearers Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca. Jackson won gold in speedskating at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, while Del Duca will be the first bobsledder to carry the American flag at the Opening Ceremony in 70 years.

Retired figure skater Tara Lipinski has a message for those who have an issue with her pulling mom duty during the 2026 Winter Olympics. “Maybe I don’t want to choose,” Lipinski, 43, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Friday,

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are underway. Here are the top moments from Saturday, which included men's downhill skiing, women's hockey and more.

Follow along with HuffPost’s live coverage here, and check out photos from the 2026 Olympic opening ceremony below: The 2026 Winter Olympics have begun. The Milan Cortina Games’ opening ceremony kicked off Friday night in Milan’s San Siro stadium,

The emotion of her final Olympic run while also dealing with a torn ACL is starting to hit Lindsey Vonn, who shared a message on social media as she prepares for the women's downhill event on Sunday.