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USA's Abbey Murphy at center of chippy Olympic hockey win vs. Italy - ESPN

MILAN — USA women's rising hockey star Abbey Murphy has a target on her back — and she has no problem fighting back.

Dodgers' Ohtani eyes 'being healthy the whole year,' shot at Cy Young - ESPN

PHOENIX — More than 450 media members, fans and other curious onlookers lined up along one of the backfields of the Los Angeles Dodgers' sprawling complex on Friday morning to catch a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani playing catch, then migrated to the space beside a nearby bullpen to watch him throw 27 pitches off a mound with noticeable intensity.

Ice hockey-US hit Italy for six to reach women's semi-finals

MILAN, Feb 13 : The United States ruthlessly beat Italy 6-0 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament at Milano Rho Arena, where the hosts put on an incredible opening-period defensive display before succumbing to the inevitable.

Figure skating-Shaidorov shocks field to win men's gold as Malinin falls apart

MILAN, Feb 13 : Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov emerged as the shock winner of the men's competition at the Milano Cortina Games on Friday as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin's free programme fell apart and he finished out of the medals in one of Olympic figure skating's biggest upsets.