Actress Sydney Sweeney drew a wave of condemnation from female Olympians and elite athletes after appearing naked in a promotional video for betting company Novig, a campaign critics say reduces women's sport to a sex-selling exercise. Sweeney, 29, posed without clothing in the ad, using footballs and other sports equipment to cover herself. She holds […] The post Female Olympians rip Sydney Sweeney's nude betting ad as an insult to women's sport appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Sydney Sweeney drew a wave of condemnation from female Olympians and elite athletes after appearing naked in a promotional video for betting company Novig, a campaign critics say reduces women's sport to a sex-selling exercise. Sweeney, 29, posed without clothing in the ad, using footballs and other sports equipment to cover herself. She holds an equity stake in Novig, a sports-prediction platform she helped launch, and Novig's founder and CEO, Jacob Fortinsky, told Front Office Sports that Sweeney herself pushed to appear nude in the campaign. His reasoning for the partnership was blunt: "Sydney is great at captivating audiences and being the centre of attention. In some sense, it forces us into the national discourse." It…Open
Team USA won a total of 33 medals at the Games in January, consisting of 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and nine bronze. The team came in second in the total medal count at the Games, with Norway finishing first with 41 medals total.
President Trump will welcome more than 100 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House on Thursday. The U.S. won a total of 33 medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics held in northern Italy in February, including 12 golds, 12 silvers and 9 bronzes — breaking the previous record, 28, of medals won at the Winter Games outside of North America, according to its website. The team also finished second overall in the Paralympic Games, also held in Italy, with 24 medals — 13 golds, 5 silvers and 6 bronzes. The president also invited the U.S. Men's Olympic hockey team to his State of the Union address earlier this year after the team beat Canada for the first time in nearly 50 years.
U.S. speed skaters set to compete in Milan are drawing comparisons to past greats like Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, and Apolo Ohno. Here are four to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
