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A columnist for USA Today Sports has suggested that the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees should put a halt to athletes visiting the Trump White House, until after the 2020 presidential election.

President Donald Trump welcomed Olympic athletes from Team USA to the White House on Friday, celebrating their accomplishments in the Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang.

The 2014 cover of Sports Illustrated became the gold standard for long-term projections of championship sports success. That particular cover predicted, correctly as it turns out, that the 2017 Astros would win the World Series.

First daughter Ivanka Trump is cheering on Team USA athletes in Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, hanging out with athletes and even the South Korean First Lady, Kim Jung-sook.

So much for losing with grace. The United States and Canada have been bitter rivals on the Olympic ice, particularly on the women’s side, for some time.

Pyeongchang (South Korea) (AFP) – America’s women broke an ice hockey gold medal drought stretching back 20 years on Thursday as a Russian curler admitted doping and was stripped of bronze at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Team USA’s speed skating uniforms have sparked controversy over the unusual design choice of including a large gray circle highlighting the wearer’s crotch.

Gangneung (South Korea) (AFP) – Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikolai Prokhorkin each scored two goals and the Olympic Athletes from Russia blanked arch-rival United States 4-0 in an electric atmosphere on Saturday at the Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament.

Of all the things that we have learned during the 2018 Winter Olympics, one thing remains clear: Vice President Mike Pence is living rent free in the heads of two openly gay Team USA athletes.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) Before heading out to skate on the Olympic ice Thursday, the Knierims saw the news of the deadly Florida high school shootings. The only U.S. pairs skaters at the games were hurting.

U.S. Olympic snowboarder Shaun White had a huge night on Tuesday, he won his third gold medal and the 100th gold medal in Team USA history.

Whatever you’ve got planned for Valentine’s Day, American figure skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and her husband Chris Knierim, have you beat.

Feb. 13 (UPI) — Shaun White delivered Team USA’s 100th gold medal in Winter Games history Wednesday on his final run in the men’s snowboarding halfpipe final.

American snowboarder Chloe Kim, won gold Monday on Tuesday in the Winter Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea. However, upon hearing her father’s proud boast after the event, one could see that this victory was a family affair.

As the 2018 Winter Olympics are set to begin next month, Team USA revealed their uniforms which feature a state-of-the-art heated jacket and fringe suede gloves to keep athletes warm in freezing PyeongChang, South Korea.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: “I just signed your death warrant.”

Simone Biles has added her name to the list of U.S. gymnasts who claim to have been molested by their team doctor Larry Nassar.

Washington (AFP) – Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday for child pornography, the Lansing State Journal reported.

MASON, Mich. — A former USA Gymnastics doctor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in his home with a girl under 13, charges that Michigan’s attorney general said are the “tip of the iceberg” as authorities investigate roughly 50 complaints.

Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas says she is among the group of athletes sexually abused by a former team doctor.

After a society loses its morality and common sense, the most controversial thing anyone can say is the truth. Gabby Douglas is finding that out right now.

The flurry of sexual abuse allegations that have rocked the entertainment world are no longer merely confined to the entertainment world.

Olympic gymnastics star Aly Raisman has come forward and accused the former U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse. Raisman will make that claim and tell her story on 60 Minutes this Sunday.

Fox jumped into a bidding war with ESPN to win the English-language broadcast rights for the 2018 World Cup, but now that the U.S. team was knocked out in the early stages of the tournament, the $400 million price tag now looks like a disastrous decision.

COUVA, Trinidad (AP) — Twenty-eight years after one of the United States’ most important victories came in stunning fashion at Trinidad to end a four-decade World Cup absence, the Americans’ chances for the 2018 tournament in Russia ended on this island nation off the coast of Venezuela.

First Lady Melania Trump made her first solo foreign trip on Saturday to Toronto, Canada, where she met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Great Britain’s Prince Harry.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Michael Bradley scored a stunning early goal from about 40 yards and the U.S. hung on for a 1-1 tie against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday night, gaining only its third point at Azteca Stadium as coach Bruce Arena changed seven starters and used a five-man defense to overcome the thin air and short recovery time.

“Stick to sports!” has become the rallying cry of many in America who want to watch sports without the infusion of politics. Though, listening to Mexican fans talk about today’s World Cup qualifier versus the United States, you would think the game more resembled the infusion of sports into politics.

USA Basketball director Jerry Colangelo refuses to apologize for America’s dominance on the hardwood.

On Friday, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sent out a message to the entire United States Olympic team, encouraging them to bring home the gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent