Nancy Armour
@nrarmour.bsky.social
Columnist for USA TODAY Sports, writing about little bit of everything. Aunt of three greatest boys ever; runner; Starbucks junkie.
Almost two years after a horrific crash, and the surgeries and setbacks that followed, Aleksander Kilde is racing again. That’s as big a victory as any he’s had.
Mikaela Shiffrin's fiancé back after months of surgeries, setbacks
Mikaela Shiffrin's fiancé Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has had more than a half-dozen surgeries after horrific crash almost two years ago
www.usatoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Almost two years after a horrific crash, and the surgeries and setbacks that followed, Aleksander Kilde is racing again. That’s as big a victory as any he’s had.
Two Russian figure skaters will be able to compete as neutral athletes at the Milano Cortina Games. And one is coached by Valieva’s coach, so I’m sure that won’t cause a fuss at all!
IOC says two figure skaters from Russia can compete at Milano Cortina
IOC said three figure skaters, two from Russia and one from Belarus, have been cleared to compete at Milano Cortina Olympics
www.usatoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Two Russian figure skaters will be able to compete as neutral athletes at the Milano Cortina Games. And one is coached by Valieva’s coach, so I’m sure that won’t cause a fuss at all!
After first 30, Marco Odermatt leads (duh), RCS is 10th and Kilde in 20th
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
After first 30, Marco Odermatt leads (duh), RCS is 10th and Kilde in 20th
RCS still 10th after most of top guys finish. Pretty good considering he nearly bit it.
Two skiers in and there’s already carnage at the bottom of the super-G course. Ryan Cochran-Siegle hooked fourth gate from bottom, managed to save it. Austria’s Eichberger DNFs in same spot.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
RCS still 10th after most of top guys finish. Pretty good considering he nearly bit it.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde races for first time since horrific, life-threatening crash two years ago. Was 16th when he finished, but time irrelevant today.
Fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin watched from finish area. Big smiles from both when he finished.
Fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin watched from finish area. Big smiles from both when he finished.
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde races for first time since horrific, life-threatening crash two years ago. Was 16th when he finished, but time irrelevant today.
Fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin watched from finish area. Big smiles from both when he finished.
Fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin watched from finish area. Big smiles from both when he finished.
Next two skiers get off-balance at the top.
Two skiers in and there’s already carnage at the bottom of the super-G course. Ryan Cochran-Siegle hooked fourth gate from bottom, managed to save it. Austria’s Eichberger DNFs in same spot.
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Next two skiers get off-balance at the top.
Two skiers in and there’s already carnage at the bottom of the super-G course. Ryan Cochran-Siegle hooked fourth gate from bottom, managed to save it. Austria’s Eichberger DNFs in same spot.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Two skiers in and there’s already carnage at the bottom of the super-G course. Ryan Cochran-Siegle hooked fourth gate from bottom, managed to save it. Austria’s Eichberger DNFs in same spot.
This is a bummer. The Swiss star is the reigning Olympic champion in super-G, and she was third in the first GS of the season.
apnews.com/article/wint...
apnews.com/article/wint...
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is a bummer. The Swiss star is the reigning Olympic champion in super-G, and she was third in the first GS of the season.
apnews.com/article/wint...
apnews.com/article/wint...
This made me cackle. But also, so true! www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This made me cackle. But also, so true! www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
Reposted by Nancy Armour
Melnikova was supposed to compete for the Chemitz Club at the Bundesliga finals. The club's BOD put a stop to it. p.dw.com/p/549pP
German club cuts ties with Russian gymnast linked to Putin – DW – 11/24/2025
Olympic and world champion gymnast Angelina Melnikova will not compete in the German league finals after her club severed ties. Melnikova's participation was controversial due to her support of Russia...
p.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Melnikova was supposed to compete for the Chemitz Club at the Bundesliga finals. The club's BOD put a stop to it. p.dw.com/p/549pP
Please please please let this happen
What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Please please please let this happen
Reposted by Nancy Armour
The women abused by Justin Tucker and Art Briles have to carry those scars for the rest of their lives. It’s not to much to ask that Tucker and Briles should, too, rather than being given chances at redemption.
Art Briles, Justin Tucker getting second chances they don't deserve
If our society valued women, Justin Tucker and Art Briles would be pariahs. Instead, they're enjoying second chances despite the harm they've caused.
www.usatoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The women abused by Justin Tucker and Art Briles have to carry those scars for the rest of their lives. It’s not to much to ask that Tucker and Briles should, too, rather than being given chances at redemption.
The women abused by Justin Tucker and Art Briles have to carry those scars for the rest of their lives. It’s not to much to ask that Tucker and Briles should, too, rather than being given chances at redemption.
Art Briles, Justin Tucker getting second chances they don't deserve
If our society valued women, Justin Tucker and Art Briles would be pariahs. Instead, they're enjoying second chances despite the harm they've caused.
www.usatoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The women abused by Justin Tucker and Art Briles have to carry those scars for the rest of their lives. It’s not to much to ask that Tucker and Briles should, too, rather than being given chances at redemption.
You got the Winter Olympics almost 10 years in advance when you could pretty much host them tomorrow. So what do you do with all that time?
If you’re Utah 2034, you find new ways to up the Games.
If you’re Utah 2034, you find new ways to up the Games.
How Utah 2034 Winter Olympic organizers are really upping their game
Utah 2034 will use venues from 2002 Winter Games, build a family village for athletes and expand youth access to winter sports.
www.usatoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You got the Winter Olympics almost 10 years in advance when you could pretty much host them tomorrow. So what do you do with all that time?
If you’re Utah 2034, you find new ways to up the Games.
If you’re Utah 2034, you find new ways to up the Games.
It took until 2025
The federal Transportation Department has approved a new female crash dummy, replacing an outdated model largely based on male proportions. The new dummy would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards
A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It took until 2025
First Team USA camp with Kara Lawson. Looks as if she’s trying to evaluate the newcomers, which makes sense.
The JuJu addition is interesting since she’s still recovering from the torn ACL. But good to bring her in because when she is healthy, she won’t be able to get to camps during the season.
The JuJu addition is interesting since she’s still recovering from the torn ACL. But good to bring her in because when she is healthy, she won’t be able to get to camps during the season.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
First Team USA camp with Kara Lawson. Looks as if she’s trying to evaluate the newcomers, which makes sense.
The JuJu addition is interesting since she’s still recovering from the torn ACL. But good to bring her in because when she is healthy, she won’t be able to get to camps during the season.
The JuJu addition is interesting since she’s still recovering from the torn ACL. But good to bring her in because when she is healthy, she won’t be able to get to camps during the season.
If you read one thing today, make it this.
If you have not yet dealt with an aging parent, lucky you. It is emotionally devastating for all, financially devastating for many. And it’s going to get worse.
If you have not yet dealt with an aging parent, lucky you. It is emotionally devastating for all, financially devastating for many. And it’s going to get worse.
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you read one thing today, make it this.
If you have not yet dealt with an aging parent, lucky you. It is emotionally devastating for all, financially devastating for many. And it’s going to get worse.
If you have not yet dealt with an aging parent, lucky you. It is emotionally devastating for all, financially devastating for many. And it’s going to get worse.
Reposted by Nancy Armour
For those of us who teach journalism students about ethics, we've had some astonishingly clear lessons recently, including one from a former NYT reporter. Great stuff from @sulliview.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Three lessons in unethical media behavior
Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For those of us who teach journalism students about ethics, we've had some astonishingly clear lessons recently, including one from a former NYT reporter. Great stuff from @sulliview.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
This keeps getting worse.
Five of Romania’s top gymnasts — Ceplinschi, Ghigoarță, Golgotă, Mihăescu, and Oprea — have submitted a formal memorandum to the National Agency for Sport.
Their message is blunt: the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) has abandoned us. www.gsp.ro/sporturi/gim...
Their message is blunt: the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) has abandoned us. www.gsp.ro/sporturi/gim...
5 gimnaste importante ale României au depus un memoriu colectiv la ANS pentru ca federația să revină asupra deciziei de dizolvare a loturilor
Decizia conducerii Federației Române de Gimnastică, de dizolvare a loturilor, cel puțin până la începutul anului viitor, în urma numeroaselor scandaluri și abuzuri ale unor antrenori, ajunse în atenți...
www.gsp.ro
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This keeps getting worse.
Reposted by Nancy Armour
“We want Trinity in our league,” NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said, “and we will fight for her.”
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Trinity Rodman needs a new contract. Can the Spirit keep her?
NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said her league will “fight” to keep the U.S. national team star amid interest from abroad.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“We want Trinity in our league,” NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said, “and we will fight for her.”
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Reposted by Nancy Armour
Pretty in Pink. Monday's sunrise in Chicago.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pretty in Pink. Monday's sunrise in Chicago.
Uhhh, what the hell happened in this Philly-Dallas game?
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Uhhh, what the hell happened in this Philly-Dallas game?
Well now this is interesting. Stolz finishes third in the mass start; before last weekend, he hadn’t raced it since 2021.
US men win the team pursuit for the second weekend in a row and Jordan Stolz wins the second 500-meter race in Calgary.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Well now this is interesting. Stolz finishes third in the mass start; before last weekend, he hadn’t raced it since 2021.
US men win the team pursuit for the second weekend in a row and Jordan Stolz wins the second 500-meter race in Calgary.
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
US men win the team pursuit for the second weekend in a row and Jordan Stolz wins the second 500-meter race in Calgary.
Not sure how Rudolph got away from Sweat there. Sweat had arms around him but Rudolph somehow broke free.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not sure how Rudolph got away from Sweat there. Sweat had arms around him but Rudolph somehow broke free.