The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo drew a record 21.4 million viewers for NBCUniversal, up 34% from the 2022 Beijing Games. Streaming viewership also set records, ...

The Opening is loosely inspired by a viral meme that emerged from the shocking 2022 chess scandal, in which a chess player was wrongfully accused of cheating via a vibrating buttplug. In The Opening, ...

06 February 2026, Italy, Mailand: Olympia, Olympic Winter Games Milan Cortina 2026, opening ceremony in Milan, San Siro, dancers from the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala perform during the opening ...

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. Coverage on this live blog has ended. Please ...

Want more Olympics updates? Get our behind-the-scenes newsletter for what it's like to be at these Games. MILAN — Fireworks. Mariah Carey. A dancing stovetop espresso maker. The Winter Olympics kicked ...

The Olympic cauldrons were lit in Milan and Cortina, symbolizing the start of the Games. Located in Milan at the Arco della Pace and in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Piazza Dibona, the cauldrons pay homage to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. A firework display is seen at the Arco della Pace after the ...

MILAN — The Mona Lisa. People dressed as coffee makers. Mariah Carey. Fun cheers. Heavy boos. It’s a fact the Olympic opening ceremony is a made-for-TV extravaganza, meant to wow a global audience ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flagbearer Frankie del Duca led Team USA into the stadium at the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ...

The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Games will re-air tonight on NBC. (Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images) (GABRIEL BOUYS via Getty Images) The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening ...

Every Olympics opening ceremony is an advertisement—for the host country, for the Olympics themselves, for the notion of a free-trading global order competing through sport, in the same place and on ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are officially underway after Friday's Opening Ceremony festivities at Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan, Italy. The Opening Ceremony featured the expected Italian ...