Winter Olympics

Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon dished on his ultimate celebrity crushes on ‘Ellen’, including a very important new one: Shawn Mendes! Watch his hilarious interview here.

‘Dancing With The Stars’ in having an all-athlete cast in the Spring of 2018, and we just spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Michelle Kwan to see if she would do the show! See what she said.

How could Meryl Davis and Charlie White be so cold? The beloved ice dancers revealed on Feb. 22 that they wouldn’t defend the Olympic gold medals they won in Sochi, explaining why they’re skipping the 2018 winter games!

After an amazing 16 days, the Sochi Games came to an end on Feb. 23 and Russia celebrated the Olympic success with an incredible closing ceremony. Read on to see all the magical pics!

Russia said goodbye to the XXII Winter Olympics on Feb. 23 with a closing ceremony that was as impressive as the opening ceremony from Feb. 7. And with a surprising sense of humor, the Olympic event was a captivating, beautiful way to end the Sochi Games.

Mikaela, 18, made history for America — and the world — by becoming the Olympics’ youngest-ever women’s slalom gold winner!

On the night of Feb. 21, American skier Mikaela Shiffrin took to the slopes for what was to be a historic run in her challenging and heart-racing event, women’s slalom. At just 18 years of age, the Eagle-Vail, Colorado, teenager beat skilled slalom champions Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany, 29, Tina Maze of Slovenia, 30, and  Marlies Schild of Austria, 32, to become the youngest gold medal winner in the history of the event. Yay!

The USA gained another gold medal on Feb. 19, when Ted Ligety, 29, finished in first place in the men’s giant slalom event. Americans celebrated the sweet victory but Ted’s reaction was even sweeter!

It was his second career gold medal in the event, but Ted Ligety wanted this victory more than anything. The skier from Park City, Utah had been waiting for years for this moment, and he finished Wednesday’s giant slalom event in a fittingly dramatic way.

Olympic fans can breathe a sigh of relief because Bob is back! The legendary sports anchor will return to his duties as lead host of NBC’s Winter Olympics primetime coverage on Feb. 17.

Bob Costas is back in action after being sidelined in Sochi thanks to a pesky case of pink eye. The NBC sportscaster gave fans a bit of shock when he appeared on the Sochi Games round-up show on Feb. 6 with his left eye nearly swollen shut. Bob struggled to keep the coverage up in spite of his troublesome infection but on Feb. 11 he passed the torch to Today show host Matt Lauer so he could take time off to heal.