Winter Olympics 2022: There’s no silver lining, only a silver medal for Team USA women’s hockey

The Olympic women’s ice hockey feud between the United States and Canada has become the best rivalry in the sport because their games have intensity, animosity and an unparalleled quality of play. What they haven’t had is a sense of inevitability: that one side would triumph over the other. That is until Canada took the ice in the Beijing Olympics’ gold-medal game on Thursday and defeated the U.S. 3-2.

The gap between the teams had never been wider, from the sportsbooks to public perception. Read More