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The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are off and running with 16 sports taking over 25 different venues. Here's a look at the TV schedule for Monday, Feb. 9 and how to watch all the action. The games are exclusively airing across NBC's suite of networks with many events airing live on its streaming service, Peacock, which you cansign up for here.

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All times Eastern and accurate as of Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, at 3:55 p.m.

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Feb. 9 Winter Olympics TV Schedule

• 12:15 AM - BIATHLON (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Mixed Relay 4x6km USA NETWORK

• 12:35 AM - OLYMPIC LATE NIGHT (REPLAY) SNOWBOARDING and more NBC, PEACOCK

• 1:30 AM - FIGURE SKATING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Team: Pairs, Women's, Men's Free USA NETWORK

• 4:30 AM - ALPINE SKIING (LIVE) Men's Team Combined: Downhill USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 5:45 AM - ALPINE SKIING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Women's Downhill USA NETWORK

• 6:30 AM - FREESTYLE SKIING (LIVE) (Medal Event) Women's Slopestyle Final USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 8:00 AM - ALPINE SKIING (LIVE) (Medal Event) Men's Team Combined: Slalom USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 9:00 AM - CURLING: Italy vs United States (REPLAY) Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round USA NETWORK

• 11:00 AM - LUGE (LIVE) Women's Singles: Run 1 and 2 USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 11:30 AM - SPEED SKATING (LIVE) (Medal Event) Women's 1000m USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 12:00 PM - ICE HOCKEY: Germany vs France (REPLAY) Women's Preliminary Round USA NETWORK

• 12:00 PM - SPEED SKATING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Women's 1000m NBC

• 12:45 PM - ALPINE SKIING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Men's Team Combined: Downhill & Slalom NBC

• 1:00 PM - LUGE (LIVE) Women's Singles: Run 2 USA NETWORK

• 1:20 PM - FIGURE SKATING (LIVE) Rhythm Dance USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 1:30 PM - SNOWBOARDING (LIVE) (Medal Event) Women's Big Air Final NBC, PEACOCK

• 2:40 PM - FIGURE SKATING (LIVE) Rhythm Dance NBC

• 2:40 PM - ICE HOCKEY: Switzerland vs United States (LIVE) Women's Preliminary Round USA NETWORK, PEACOCK

• 5:00 PM - CURLING: (REPLAY) Mixed Doubles Semifinal CNBC

• 5:00 PM - ICE HOCKEY: Canada vs Czechia (REPLAY) Women's Preliminary Round USA NETWORK

• 5:30 PM - SKI JUMPING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Men's Normal Hill USA NETWORK

• 6:30 PM - CURLING: (REPLAY) Mixed Doubles Semifinal CNBC

• 6:45 PM - SPEED SKATING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Women's 1000m USA NETWORK

• 8:00 PM - PRIMETIME IN MILAN (REPLAY) Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Alpine Skiing NBC, PEACOCK

• 8:00 PM - LUGE (REPLAY) Women's Singles: Run 1 and 2 USA NETWORK

• 8:45 PM - CURLING: (REPLAY) Mixed Doubles Semifinal USA NETWORK

• 10:15 PM - SKI JUMPING (REPLAY) (Medal Event) Men's Normal Hill USA NETWORK

• 11:00 PM - ICE HOCKEY: Switzerland vs United States (REPLAY) Women's Preliminary Round USA NETWORK

• 11:35 PM - OLYMPIC LATE NIGHT (REPLAY) Snowboarding, Speed Skating, and more NBC, PEACOCK

Feb. 9 Winter Olympics Streaming Schedule

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• 4:05 AM - CURLING: Norway vs South Korea (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 4:05 AM - CURLING: Italy vs United States (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 4:05 AM - CURLING: Switzerland vs Canada (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 4:05 AM - CURLING: Czechia vs Estonia (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 6:10 AM - ICE HOCKEY: Japan vs Italy (LIVE) Women's Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 8:00 AM - GOLD ZONE: DAY 3 (LIVE) Digital Exclusive PEACOCK

• 10:40 AM - ICE HOCKEY: Germany vs France (LIVE) Women's Preliminary Round PEACOCK

• 12:05 PM - CURLING: (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Semifinal #2 PEACOCK

• 12:05 PM - CURLING: (LIVE) Mixed Doubles Semifinal #1 PEACOCK

• 1:00 PM - SKI JUMPING (LIVE) (Medal Event) Men's Normal Hill PEACOCK

• 3:10 PM - ICE HOCKEY: Canada vs Czechia (LIVE) Women's Preliminary Round PEACOCK

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Football is, according to the first Super Bowl I attended in person, a game where a bunch of guys push each other around on the field and every few minutes someone sees how far they can punt or kick the ball. The guys in blue kick toward the yellow poles but the guys in white just kick it back across the field.

This happens for about three hours, with a break for alandmark cultural performance.

Then, in the final hour, there is a lot more action – but, somehow, even less drama. They run back and forth repeatedly, and yet the scoring mostly feels like window dressing. There are moments of brilliant athleticism, feats of undeniable dominance by one team that, in some ways, make the whole thing feel more fair because it ensures this was not a game of inches or margins.

The winner was never really in doubt; there are no lead changes and no must-make plays.

It would be boring — if the 70,000 people in attendance had come out here just to find out which team will win. But of course, that's not why they're here.

They could do that at home on their couch. They could do that without even watching at all, just glance down at the glowing rectangle that's already in their hand and probably it will tell would tell them who won Super Bowl LX.

Being here, paying however many thousands for tickets and airfare and all the related costs, is for something else. To attend the Super Bowl in person is to court ambiguity and inefficiency, and possibly even discomfort or disappointment, in exchange for having experienced that one game the only time it ever happened.

Going to the Super Bowl is about participating in monoculture while simultaneously asserting your singularity. More than 100 million people watched the Super Bowl. But most everyone you know didn't go to the Super Bowl. You did.

It doesn't make you better than them, it just means if they want to know what it's like to attend the Super Bowl, then they'll probably ask you about it. In this isolated and fractured social moment? That's not nothing.

A game like this, if you watched it on TV, would be forgettable. Going to the Super Bowl – because your team is contending or it's come to your city or because your career has brought you here or, hell, even because you're so rich that it doesn't matter if none of those other constituencies apply – makes it more than a game, makes it a talisman to something about yourself, makes it memorable.

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Sports have always represented one of humankind's most resolute rejections of nihilism. How can you say nothing matters when sports conjure stakes out of thin air?

Every season teams vie with utmost seriousness for a title that doesn't do them any good at all when the next season comes just a few months later. Fans invest for the sake of bragging rights, but then they stop watching as soon as a champion is crowned. They have to – the game is done.

This is why sports retain the rare commercial value as live programming. The immediacy feels important because the whole point is to come together and watch an unscripted story unfold while letting your nervous system be buffeted about by the collective belief that there are two truly different futures hanging in the balance. Besides, you never know when you're going to see something amazing.

That uncertainty comes with a risk. Highlights are cool – and increasingly the predominant way in which short-attention span consumers mainline the adrenaline of sports while becoming inured to the narrative – but they exist without buy-in and therefore can never truly pay off.

And nothing is a better testament to all that than attending a (let's be honest) kind of bad Super Bowl. Attending a bad Super Bowl is the Super Bowl of communal experiences. All the pomp and circumstance without the promise of a worthy spectacle. They do it because we're all here and we're all here because they do it. An expensive mutual fiction that this all matters. That there's importance to be found in the purely fun stuff.

Something can be big without being serious. It can be significant and meaningful because enough people agree that it is. What makes a Super Bowl so fun to attend live is that lots of people do and even more people want to.

It's crazy that anyone cares at all to get off their comfortable couch and to watch a game where the outcome doesn'treallymatter and no one is scripting it to ensure any narrative tension. You could get a dud. You could get the Seahawks routing the Patriots and not even pulling off the first Super Bowl shutout along the way.

You could have even been a Patriots fan watching all that unfold.

I'm glad they were there, in their Brady jerseys and their "I <3 Drake Maye" shirts, singing "Sweet Caroline" in the fourth quarter even as the game stayed firmly out of reach. I'm glad they were there, caring about the Super Bowl alongside me. It made my first time attending unforgettable.

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MILAN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Italy's Alpine rescue service on Monday urged "maximum caution" after ​avalanches claimed 11 lives in seven ‌days, as exceptionally unstable snow conditions threaten large ‌parts of the Alps.

The latest victim was a 70-year-old hiker, who was found dead overnight in the Veneto region of the country, ⁠which is hosting ‌the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in the Alps from February 6-22.

Italy's ‍rescue service said the risk of avalanches was present across most of the Alpine range from ​west to east.

With fresh snow accumulating ‌on older and unstable layers, even the movement of a single skier can trigger an avalanche, the rescue service said in a statement.

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These conditions make it difficult even ⁠for expert off-piste skiers ​to identify safe routes, it ​warned.

The rescuers urged anyone heading into snowy terrain to study avalanche bulletins ‍carefully, plan ⁠their routes conservatively and ensure they carry standard rescue equipment.

It also advised considering ⁠postponing outings until the snowpack had stabilised naturally.

(Reporting ‌by Claudia Cristoferi, editing by Alvise ‌Armellini and Anil D'Silva)

HONG KONG (AP) — The sentencing of Hong Kong's onetime media magnateJimmy Laion Monday raised concerns from foreign governments and rights groups, but Chinese and Hong Kong authorities defended it, saying it reflected the spirit of the rule of law.

Hong Kong Jimmy Lai

Lai, a 78-year-old prominent democracy advocate, wassentencedto 20 years in prison after beingfound guiltyin December of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles. His co-defendants, who entered guilty pleas to the collusion-related charge, received prison terms ranging between six years and three months, and 10 years.

Some foreign governments and rights groups called for the release of the British citizen. But China's Foreign Ministry said Lai is a Chinese citizen, and urged other countries to respect its sovereignty and the rule of law in Hong Kong.

Here's what they said:

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her country's government is gravely concerned by the sentences handed down to Lai and his co-defendants, saying its thoughts are with their family members and supporters at this difficult time.

Wong said the prosecutions have had a chilling effect on free speech in Hong Kong. She called on China to stop suppression on freedom of expression, media and civil society, as well as repealing the security law, under which Lai was convicted.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Lai was sentenced for exercising his right to freedom of expression after a "politically motivated prosecution." She was concerned for Lai's health and called on the Hong Kong authorities to release him on humanitarian grounds so that he may be reunited with his family.

"For the 78-year-old, this is tantamount to a life sentence," she said, adding that her government will "rapidly engage further" on the case.

In Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters at a daily briefing that Lai is a Chinese citizen, calling him a major planner and participant in a series of anti-China destabilizing activities in Hong Kong.

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Lin said the judicial cases are purely Hong Kong's internal affairs, urging "relevant countries" to avoid interfering in Hong Kong's judicial affairs or China's internal affairs.

Beijing's office in Hong Kong affairs said Lai's sentence reflected Hong Kong's determination in safeguarding national security and demonstrated the spirit of the rule of law.

Hong Kong leader John Lee said Lai's crimes are heinous and that he had used Apple Daily to "poison" residents and incite hatred. He said Lai deserved the sentence because he openly asked for foreign sanctions against China as well as Hong Kong and harmed their interests.

"His heavy sentence of 20 years in prison demonstrated the rule of law, upheld justice, and brought great satisfaction to the people," he said in a statement.

Taiwan's mainland affairs council condemned the Chinese and Hong Kong governments for suppressing human rights in the name of national security, urging for Lai's release. It reminded Taiwanese people to take Hong Kong's painful experience as a warning to safeguard its hard-won free way of life.

Rights groups

Amnesty International said the sentence marked "another grim milestone" for Hong Kong.

"Imprisoning a 78-year-old man for doing nothing more than exercising his rights shows a complete disregard for human dignity," Sarah Brooks, Amnesty's deputy regional director, said.

Reporters Without Borders' Director General Thibaut Bruttin said the court decision underscores the complete collapse of press freedom in Hong Kong and the authorities' contempt for independent journalism.

"We have already witnessed press freedom defender Liu Xiaobo die in prison due to insufficient international pressure. We cannot allow Jimmy Lai to suffer a similar fate," he said.

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily speaks during an interview to response national security legislation in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail, ending the city's biggest national security case which drew international concern about Beijing's clampdown on the city's freedoms and autonomy.

Lai's sentence on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign ​forces and one for publishing seditious materials ends a legal saga that has spanned nearly five years.

Lai, founder of the feisty but shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was first arrested in August 2020 ‌and was convicted last year.

His 20-year sentence was within the harshest penalty "band" for offences of a "grave nature" and is the most severe punishment meted out yet, the three national security judges said.

Lai's sentence was enhanced by the fact that he was the "mastermind" and driving ‌force behind "persistent" foreign collusion conspiracies, the judges said.

They cited prosecution evidence that the conspiracies had sought sanctions, blockades and other hostile acts from the U.S. and other countries while involving a web of individuals including Apple Daily staff, activists and foreigners.

Besides Lai, six former senior Apple Daily staffers, an activist and a paralegal were sentenced to jail terms ranging between six and 10 years.

"In the present case, Lai was no doubt the mastermind of all three conspiracies charged and therefore he warrants a heavier sentence," the judges said. "As regards the others, it is difficult to distinguish their relative culpability."

The 78-year-old, a British citizen, has denied all the charges against him, saying in court he ⁠is a "political prisoner" facing persecution from Beijing.

The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs ‌Office, under China's state council, said in a statement the sentence "is a solemn and powerful declaration that whoever dares to challenge the law on safeguarding national security will be severely punished".

Hong Kong's leader John Lee said it upholds the rule of law and gratified the public, saying "Jimmy Lai's crimes are heinous and utterly unforgivable".

Lai's plight has ‍been criticised by global leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, spotlighting a years-long national security crackdown in the China-ruled Asian financial hub, following mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Those concerns reflected in part Lai's long-standing international profile as a pro-democracy critic of China's Communist Party leadership and his extensive political connections, particularly among U.S. Republicans - ties that prosecutors cited during the case.

At the height of the protests in July 2019, Lai met then-U.S. Vice President ​Mike Pence and then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington.

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Beijing in 2020 imposed the national security law in Hong Kong, saying it was necessary to stabilise the city after months of sometimes violent unrest.

LIFE ‌IN PRISON?

Lai's friends and supporters say is in frail health with diabetes and high blood pressure, and should be freed.

Lai's son, Sebastien, said the sentence "is devastating for our family and life-threatening for my father" and marked the "total destruction" of the Hong Kong legal system.

"After more than five years of relentlessly persecuting my father, it is time for China to do the right thing and release him before it is too late," he said from outside Hong Kong.

Lai, one of Hong Kong's most prominent Roman Catholics, arrived at the court in a white jacket, with hands held together in a praying gesture as he smiled and waved at supporters.

Elaine Pearson, Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said a "sentence of this magnitude is both cruel and profoundly unjust"

Hong Kong police played down concerns about Lai's health. The head of the force's national security department, Steve Li, said Lai's ⁠health concerns had been "exaggerated" and added that the tycoon deserved his sentence.

The judges said they were not inclined to give ​Lai any deduction for his medical condition, age and solitary confinement but acknowledged he would face a "more burdensome" time than other ​inmates. They cut a month off the sedition sentence and one year each for the collusion charges.

Beijing and Hong Kong officials have said that Lai has received a fair trial and all are treated equal under a national security law that they say has been vital to restoring order to the city.

Dozens of Lai's supporters queued for several ‍days to secure a spot in the courtroom, with ⁠scores of police officers, sniffer dogs and police vehicles - including an armoured truck and a bomb disposal van - deployed around the area.

"I feel that Mr. Lai is the conscience of Hong Kong," said a man named Sum, 64, who was in the queue.

Starmer raised the case of Lai, who holds British citizenship, during a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month in Beijing, according ⁠to people briefed on the discussions, and called for his release.

Trump too raised Lai's case with Xi during a meeting in October. Several Western diplomats told Reuters that negotiations to free Lai would likely begin in earnest now that he has been sentenced.

Lai's ‌lawyer, Robert Pang, said he could not comment when asked whether Lai would appeal, saying he has 28 days to do so.

(Reporting by James Pomfret, Jessie Pang; Additional reporting by ‌Andrew MacAskill in London; Writing by Greg Torode; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree, Michael Perry and Thomas Derpinghaus)