MIKAELA SHIFFRIN

LeBron James plans to play next season for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Mikaela Shiffrin won her 21st career giant slalom at the World Cup Finals as the American standout ended the season with yet another record.

Mikaela Shiffrin has marked her 28th birthday with the appointment of a new personal head coach, just two days after she became the most successful World Cup skier in history.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has surpassed Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark with a record 87th World Cup win.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has set the outright World Cup record for most career victories with 87 by winning a slalom.

Ingemar Stenmark says all this fuss over Mikaela Shiffrin as she approached his record of 86 World Cup skiing victories was beside the point.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has won her record-tying 86th World Cup race with victory in a giant slalom.

Mikaela Shiffrin was in third place after the top 20 starters at a World Cup super-G and the American skier missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished tied for fifth in a World Cup downhill and had her quest for a record-tying 86th career victory extended by at least another day.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin was in third place after her run in a World Cup super-G and missed out on a record-tying 86th career victory.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin dominated downhill training ahead of what could become another record-breaking weekend.

Sofia Goggia has raced toward another World Cup downhill title with a fifth win in her dominating season.

One gold.

Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain has won gold in the women’s slalom at the world championships and Mikaela Shiffrin took silver.

Mikaela Shiffrin had more than just a gold medal hanging around her neck during the awards ceremony for her latest world championship title.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom at the world championships.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has had an unexpected parting with longtime coach Mike Day during the middle of the world championships after informing him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season.

It was easy to assume that her more successful teammate was her main inspiration when Paula Moltzan finished second behind Mikaela Shiffrin for the U.S. ski team’s first 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup slalom in more than half a century.

Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who have signed a letter addressed to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation demanding action over climate change.

Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much to say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.

Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record and the American skier immediately drew comparisons to her own record-breaking season.

Mikaela Shiffrin has ruled out skiing the downhill at the world championships and is keeping to her pre-announced schedule of four events.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin failed to finish the slalom portion of the women’s combined event on the opening day of the world championships.

Italian skier Federica Brignone won the women’s combined race on the opening day of the world championships after defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin skied out near the end of her slalom run.

Ski racers Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. team will wear a race suit that brings awareness to climate change when they compete at the world championships in France.

Mikaela Shiffrin will have to wait for at least five more weeks before tying the World Cup record for most career wins with 86.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated a slalom for her 85th career victory to move within one of the World Cup record set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1980s.

Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t wait long to add to her record total of World Cup wins.

Mikaela Shiffrin has done quite a lot in only 12 years.

Mikaela Shiffrin's record 83rd World Cup victory is only the latest exploit by an American team that has been producing success after success on the circuit since Daron Rahlves and Bode Miller started it all off more than 20 years ago.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has won a record 83rd World Cup race.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory is still on hold.

They both tend to shy away from the spotlight despite winning regularly.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory will go on for at least another day.

Mikaela Shiffrin is set to continue her quest for a record-setting 83rd women’s Alpine skiing World Cup win next week.

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has finished second to Olympic champion Petra Vlhova in a night slalom race, meaning she will have to wait for another chance to break the record for most wins on the women’s World Cup circuit.

Staying awake might be Mikaela Shiffrin’s biggest challenge as she prepares to try to set a record for women’s World Cup skiing victories.

Mikaela Shiffrin is the perfect technical skier.

Mikaela Shiffrin has matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup wins record will go on for at least another day.

It’s never been just about wins for Mikaela Shiffrin.

Mikaela Shiffrin won the first women’s World Cup race of 2023 to move within one victory of Lindsey Vonn's record.

Mikaela Shiffrin led Paula Moltzan for an American 1-2 finish in a night slalom to become the first ski racer with 50 World Cup wins in a single discipline.

Overall women’s World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin has held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom.

Wendy Holdener had a lengthy wait for her first slalom victory.

Wendy Holdener’s lengthy wait for a slalom victory has come to an end although the Swiss skier had to share top spot with Anna Swenn Larsson.

World champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland has won her first World Cup giant slalom in more than six years with a triumphant second run.

Overall World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States claimed a slalom event for a sweep of the two season-opening races.

World Cup champion champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States has claimed the season-opening women’s World Cup race for her 48th slalom victory.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s standout World Cup season has ended by letting the giant slalom title slip away to Tessa Worley.

Mikaela Shiffrin has soared back to the summit of skiing by clinching the overall World Cup title.

Mikaela Shiffrin has won skiing’s overall World Cup title for the fourth time.

Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde had a rewarding day in the French Alps.

Mikaela Shiffrin increased her lead over Petra Vlhová in a close race for the overall title by winning the downhill at the World Cup Finals.

Mikaela Shiffrin has stretched her lead in Alpine skiing's overall World Cup standings by finishing fourth in a giant slalom.

Mikaela Shiffrin has taken a clear lead over Petra Vlhova in the World Cup overall standings.

Swiss skier Priska Nufer has got a breakout win at age 30 in a World Cup downhill on home snow at Crans-Montana.

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior.

The Olympic flame has been extinguished in Beijing, marking the end of the most locked-down games in history.

If Mikaela Shiffrin exits the Beijing Olympics without a medal, it won’t be for lack of trying.

Mikaela Shiffrin has responded via Twitter to people she says “have so much apparent hate.”.

Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva ends in fourth place in the women’s individual figure skating event, which she competed in despite failing a pre-Olympics doping test.

Mikaela Shiffrin geared up for the Olympic Alpine combined by setting the fastest time in a downhill training session.

This was one Olympic final you could plan ahead for.

Russian teenager Kamila Valieva was on the ice for a final run-through of her short program hours before one of the most-anticipated events of the Beijing Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin says she will make her Olympic downhill debut at the Beijing Games.

Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics in a time way out of medal contention.

The International Olympic Committee says there will be no repercussions for the Ukrainian skeleton athlete who flashed a small sign urging peace in his homeland at the end of a run.

Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to have some “fun” when she returns to Olympic action in the super-G.

The U.S. ski team says Mikaela Shiffrin will enter the super-G at the Beijing Games.

NBC Sports offered a full-throated defense of how it covered skier Mikaela Shiffrin's shocking Olympics flameout, which drew criticism in some circles for being cruel.

Irene Schouten of the Netherlands has completed a speedskating sweep of the women’s distance events at the Beijing Olympics, setting another Olympic record with a victory in the 5,000 meters.

NBC can breathe a sigh of relief after Shaun White reached the final of the halfpipe.

Lindsey Jacobellis is finally an Olympic gold medalist.

Lindsey Jacobellis captured the United States' first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event.

Iran’s only male athlete at the Beijing Olympics has tested positive for an anabolic steroid in the first confirmed doping case at the Games.

Mikaela Shiffrin is hoping to put her poor start to the Beijing Olympics behind her as she prepares for her second race.

Mikaela Shiffrin will have to rebound quickly.

It was a miserable day on the mountains outside of Beijing for American stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Red Gerard.

U.S. men’s figure skater Vincent Zhou has tested positive for the coronavirus, and is out of the individual competition.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate early in the first run of the giant slalom at the Beijing Games.

Rivalries have a way of spicing up the Winter Olympics.

The land of the long white cloud has its first Winter Olympics gold medal.

The first event of the Alpine skiing schedule at the Beijing Olympics has been postponed a day because of strong wind that made it too dangerous to race.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s first event of the Beijing Olympics is the one she won four years ago.

China invited the world back — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Olympics.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin leads the 17-member list for the U.S. Alpine skiing team nominated for the Beijing Winter Games.

Shaun White’s withdrawal from an Olympic qualifying event came after he experienced lingering COVID-19 symptoms, including fatigue and shortness of breath, The Associated Press has learned.

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova won a women’s World Cup slalom as she denied first-run leader Wendy Holdener of Switzerland a first career win.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is the latest elite skier to test positive for COVID-19 with the Beijing Games less than six weeks away.

Swedish skier Sara Hector held on to her first-run lead and beat Mikaela Shiffrin in a women’s World Cup giant slalom.

Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first of two midweek women’s World Cup giant slaloms.

Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova will stick to her reduced World Cup schedule this season.

Federica Brignone has won a wind-swept World Cup super-G that saw pre-race favorite Lara Gut-Behrami crash out through the safety fences.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway captured a World Cup downhill race with an aggressive run for his second win in as many days.

Mikaela Shiffrin marked the return of the women’s World Cup to North America by setting yet another record.

With the Alpine skiing World Cup returning to North America for the first time in two years, Mikaela Shiffrin can’t wait to race in front of a home crowd again.

Petra Vlhova got the better of Mikaela Shiffrin for the second time in two days by winning another women’s World Cup slalom in Finnish Lapland.