French animated short tells story of Jewish swimmer who survived Auschwitz

The film is based on the extraordinary real life of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish athlete whose story of resilience under Nazi persecution has previously been told in two French documentaries. At first ...
The Forward

The real Holocaust history behind ‘Papillon,’ the Oscar-nominated short about a star Jewish swimmer

A painterly animated film revives the memory of French Olympic hero Alfred Nakache, a Jewish survivor of Auschwitz ...

Miracle on Ice Captain Breaks Silence After Team USA’s Hockey Gold

The United States men's hockey team secured a 2-1 overtime win over Canada at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
Opinion

The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won gold — and then lost the room

The widespread celebration is over now. And some of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team's goodwill has diminished.

After Epstein files, Wasserman’s survival as L.A. Olympics chief may come down to money

Behind the debate over whether Casey Wasserman should resign as the 2028 Olympics chief over 20-year-old correspondences ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

This 89-year-old ‘King of the Volunteers’ starred in the Olympics closing ceremony

VERONA, Italy (AP) — When Mario Gargiulo traveled to the 1956 Cortina Winter Games, his first trip to northern Italy from his hometown of Naples, the 20-year-old never imagined he'd return to the ...