The opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics kicked off a week ago, and the Games are now in full swing. Olympians from all over the world have been fighting for the gold to bring back home to their countries. There have already been some big winners and losers this week with some incredibly stories.…

Scott Hamilton is a legend in the figure skating world. Hamilton won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo and has won four consecutive World Championships. Few skaters are capable of landing a flip on the ice, and the move is against U.S. and Olympic Figure Skating rules. Instead of following these guidelines,…

The eyes of the world are fixed on South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Jewish athletes are expected to put on a fabulous show in Pyeongchang. There are not as many Jewish star athletes in these Games as there were in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but there are still…

Temperatures were near freezing at the opening ceremony, in what could have been the coldest in 24 years. Despite this, some 35,000 spectators watched a dazzling display of lights and energizing dance moves lit up the normally quiet corner of South Korea. The 23rd Olympic Winter Games, being held in PyeongChang, called for an urgent…

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