LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they left him alone at their apartment alongside the Olympic cross-country ski trails this week.

Livigno was a beautiful place. Peaceful and charming, kind of like a Christmas card come to life. It’s a ski resort town. Very small. Most everything walkable. Tucked away from the rest of the world. To get there, you pass through insanely winding roads with hairpin turns so tight that traffic must stop in one direction, allowing the other to pass.

The Italian federation was haunted by what happened at the 2006 Turin Olympics. Twenty years later, their performance is meeting the moment.

Italy’s starting goaltender for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games takes up more than just the crease.

The twin Olympic cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo have been extinguished, signaling the end of the most spread-out Winter Games.

Columnist Gerald Winegrad shares his nephew’s experiences working for NBC Sports in its coverage of the Winter Olympics in Milan.

The last act of the Milan Cortina Games was set in Verona and was filled with Italian flair

Italy has already recorded its best-ever Winter Olympics medal haul, powered primarily by women, as gender parity efforts deliver historic results at Milan Cortina 2026.

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