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Here's what you need to know about Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca, the Team USA flag bearers for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
As the flag is raised up the pole, and orchestra — often with a youth choir — plays the Olympic Anthem, which dates back to the 1896 Games in Athens, Greece. It was composed by Spýros Samáaras to words by Kostís Palamás, and invokes the "immortal spirit" of competition.
Team USA announced two flag bearers for the second consecutive Winter Games
Who was voted by their peers for the honor of carrying the flag on Friday?
Thousands gathered in San Francisco in the days leading up to the most anticipated game on the NFL calendar. But before the Seahawks and Patriots took center stage in Super Bowl LX, it was the contactless version of the game that repeatedly found itself in the spotlight.
The flag's striking message in Milan has sparked discussion on social media, with one saying: "We feel for you."
Team USA Olympic athletes spoke out this week about their "mixed emotions" representing the US amid the ICE raids and shootings happening.
A group of high school students plan to keep their new flags all their lives, as a souvenir of this historic political and Olympic moment that they traveled across their nation to witness. They joined thousands of others at a women's hockey game, waving ...
Puerto Rico this week is making its mark on some of the world’s biggest stages: the Super Bowl halftime show and -- with a single athlete -- the slopes of the Winter Games.