👋 Good morning! The 25th Winter Olympics have come to a close. Thanks for following along with us.

In today's edition: USA tops Canada, final medal tally, MLS kicks off, spring training begins, Duke tops Michigan, James Milner makes history, and more.

Let's sports...

🚨 ICYMI

💔 Gone too soon: Vikings wide receiver Rondale Moore was found dead on Saturday with a gunshot wound suspected to be self-inflicted. The former Purdue standout was 25 years old.

⛳️ Bridgeman breaks through: Jacob Bridgeman avoided a Sunday collapse and held off a surging Rory McIlroy to secure a one-shot victory at the Genesis Invitational, his first win on the PGA Tour.

🏈 Cignetti signs extension: Curt Cignetti signed a new contract with Indiana that will pay him $13 million per season through 2033. The only other college football coaches earning that much annually? LSU's Lane Kiffin and Georgia's Kirby Smart.

🏀 Lakers honor Riley: The Lakers unveiled a bronze statue of Pat Riley outside their arena on Sunday. It fittingly stands between statues of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with whom Riley won four championships as head coach of the "Showtime" Lakers.

🏁 Back-to-back: After going winless in 2025, Tyler Reddick has opened 2026 with two straight victories, adding Sunday's double overtime thriller to last week's Daytona 500. He's the first driver since 2009 to win the first two races of the NASCAR Cup Series season.

See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.

🥇 GOLDEN GOAL

Jack Hughes, American hero. (Elsa/Getty Images)

46 years to the day after a bunch of unheralded amateurs stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union en route to winning Olympic gold, the U.S. men's hockey team engineered another epic victory.

ICYMI: Team USA toppled longtime nemesis Canada, 2-1 (OT), on Sunday to win their first Olympic gold in men's hockey since the famed 1980 "Miracle on Ice." Devils star Jack Hughes scored the decisive goal, ripping a shot past Jordan Binnington less than three minutes into 3-on-3 overtime.

• "I love the USA. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable," said Hughes postgame, his mouth bloody and two of his front teeth missing after taking a stick to the face earlier in Sunday's game.
• "It's just a ballsy, gutsy win. That's American hockey right there. That's a great Canadian team, but we're USA. We're so proud to be American. Tonight was all for the country."

Player of the game: While Hughes was the hero, Connor Hellebuyck was the star. The three-time Vezina Trophy winner (best NHL goaltender) stopped 41 of 42 shots, none bigger than his stick save on Devon Toews at the doorstep.

Talk about an epic photo…

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Honoring Johnny Hockey: If not for a horrible tragedy that cost him and his brother their lives, Johnny Gaudreau would have been part of this U.S. team. His former teammates and friends made sure to honor him in their moment of glory, skating around the rink with his jersey and bringing out his kids for the team photo.

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The last word, from NBC's Mike Tirico:

"What you saw today was the build of a generation, inspired perhaps by that team that lost in 2010 in Vancouver to the Sidney Crosby golden goal in overtime. Or the team where T.J. Oshie had all those shootout goals in 2014. That's when these guys were doing what you're doing — watching on TV."

"So for all the young people out there — not just hockey but all the Olympics you've watched — those dreams are formed now. Go chase them and go get them, because our country loves sports and it brings us together unlike anything else. And if you didn't know that, if you haven't been watching the last two weeks, you saw it in Team USA Hockey."

🥇 MILAN CORTINA 2026

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Two weeks and 116 medal events later, the 2026 Winter Olympics have concluded.

Medal leaders:

1. 🇳🇴 Norway: The Norwegians dominated the medal table to extend their lead as the all-time winningest nation in Winter Olympics history. Their 18 gold and 41 total medals are both the most ever, breaking their own records of 16 gold and 39 total medals from 2022.
2. 🇺🇸 USA: The Americans won 12 gold medals, exceeding their previous high of 10 set in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Team USA also finished solo second in both gold medals and total medals for the first time since 1952.
3. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: No nation over-indexes in a single sport quite like the Dutch, whose 20 medals at Milan Cortina came entirely from long (13) and short track speed skating (7).
4. 🇮🇹 Italy: The Italians won by far their most gold (10) and total medals (30) at a single Winter Games, continuing a trend that sees countries perform better when they host the Olympics.

The full list: 29 different countries — plus one Russian athlete competing under a neutral flag — won at least one medal. That includes Georgia and Brazil, who took home their first-ever Winter Olympic medals.

🇺🇸 SNAPSHOTS

Lionel Messi and Son Heung-Min hug ahead of their season-opener. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Los Angeles — Inter Miami's title defense got off to a rocky start in Saturday's 3-0 loss to LAFC, which came in front of 75,673 fans at LA Memorial Coliseum. That's the largest opening weekend crowd in MLS history and the second-largest ever.

Meanwhile, in Orlando: NY Red Bulls beat Orlando City, 2-1, with a starting lineup that included Julian Hall (17), Matthew Dos Santos (17) and Adri Mehmeti (16), marking the first time in MLS history that a team started three players under 18 in a regular-season match.

(Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

Fort Myers, Florida — Spring training has officially arrived. All 30 MLB teams were in action over the weekend, giving baseball fans the opportunity to get caught up with ... well, everyone.

As a reminder: Many of MLB's best players will be departing camp in the coming days to compete in the World Baseball Classic, which begins next Wednesday, March 4.

(Ethan Hyman/News Observer)

Washington, D.C. — No. 3 Duke took down top-ranked Michigan, 68-63, on Saturday behind another huge game from freshman Cameron Boozer (18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists). Look for the Blue Devils to take over the No. 1 spot in this week's AP poll.

More from Saturday: No. 4 Arizona beat No. 2 Houston, Cincinnati stunned No. 8 Kansas, UCLA upset No. 10 Illinois and No. 23 BYU took down No. 6 Iowa State. Full scoreboard.

(Lon Horwedel/AP Photo)

Detroit — Claressa Shields adjusted to an early onslaught from familiar rival Franchon Crews-Dezurn in their rematch Sunday to retain her undisputed heavyweight titles and stay undefeated (18-0, 3 KOs).

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas: Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) made a statement on Saturday night, dethroning WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios with a one-sided unanimous decision.

💯 STAT SHEET

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📺 VIEWING GUIDE

Cade Cunningham is powering the Pistons to their best season in decades. (David Jensen/Getty Images)

• ⚽️ EPL: Everton vs. Manchester United (3pm, USA) … United, riding a nine-game unbeaten streak in league play, will climb into the top four with a win or draw.
• 🏀 Unrivaled: Lunar Owls vs. Vinyl (7:30pm, TNT); Mist vs. Breeze (8:45pm, TNT) … Here are the standings entering the penultimate night of the regular season.
• ⛳️ TGL: Atlanta vs. Boston (5pm, ESPN); Atlanta vs. Los Angeles (9pm, ESPN2) … Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Tommy Fleetwood, and more are in action tonight.

🏀 SHOWTIME

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Pat Riley, whose bronze statue now sits outside the Lakers' arena, is the fifth-winningest head coach in NBA history (1,210 wins).

Question: Who are the only four head coaches with more wins?

Hint: Six combined NBA championships (five from one guy).

Answer at the bottom.

🇮🇹 GRAZIE, ITALIA

The Olympic rings are displayed during the Closing Ceremony. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

The curtains have closed on an Olympics chock-full of storylines, winners and losers, and memorable quotes.

Next up:

• 🇺🇸 2028: Los Angeles
• 🇫🇷 2030: French Alps
• 🇦🇺 2032: Brisbane
• 🇺🇸 2034: Salt Lake City

Trivia answer: Gregg Popovich (1,390 wins); Don Nelson (1,335); Lenny Wilkens (1,332); Jerry Sloan (1,221) 

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