By Dana O’Neil, CNN

Milan (CNN) — Outside the arena here, it felt like all of Canada had arrived, not so much for a hockey game but for a statement.

This, this sport played on ice, belongs to us. You Americans may keep your football; we get hockey.

And so, they sipped their beer, using cans and sippy cups and bottles, and chugged their Canadian whiskey and wore their red and took over Milan, spilling into seats with their maple leaf flags hanging and lofted into the air.

Amid simmering tensions between the United States and its usually cordial neighbors to the north, a hockey game had taken on all sorts of subtext and meaning. But at its core, it was about hockey. About ownership of a sport that has sent the Stanley Cup on a tour of the US, in Florida and Las Vegas of all places, not resting at home in Canada since 1993. About rosters equalized by NHL players finally delivering true bragging rights and settling a score.

Except the US had its share of emotion in this one, too. Subtler, perhaps, but even more meaningful.

Since they arrived in Italy, the Americans have hung a jersey in their locker room. It belongs to Johnny Gaudreau, who would have been proudly wearing it had he not been tragically killed in a New Jersey biking accident in 2024. Gaudreau’s parents, Guy and Jay, his wife, Meredith and his oldest boys, including John Jr., who just turned two, came to Milan to represent Johnny and to support the teammates he loved so much. The team, in turn, made sure the Gaudreau family was part of their Olympic experience

Blood, indeed, is thicker than water. In a taut game that did the rarest of all things – actually delivered on the hype – Team USA claimed its first gold medal since the Miracle kids of 1980, winning two minutes into three-on-three overtime.

Zach Werenski stripped Nathan McKinnon – who had missed a gloriously open net with 10 minutes left in the game that could have put Canada ahead – near the right face-off circle. He then zipped a pass to Jack Hughes, who lost a tooth courtesy of a third-period high stick from Sam Bennett. Hughes crossed Jordan Binnington to his right and then slipped the puck through the five-hole and into history.

As he celebrated, Hughes flashed his gap-toothed smile that now can have a golden replacement.

The US version of the Golden Goal sent the Americans into delirious bedlam, crashing and collapsing into each other on the boards directly in front of the section, it turned out, that included the Gaudreau family.

Minutes later, Brady Tkachuk and Werenski brought Gaudreau’s jersey out on the ice and skated around with it. Werenski and Dylan Larkin fetched Johnny’s boys and brought them to the ice to make the family picture complete. When it was time for the national anthem, the players wrapped their arms around each other’s shoulders, but also kept Gaudreau’s jersey aloft.

“We talked about playing for him, making him proud,’’ Werenski said. “We did that, and so it was super special to see them all on the ice. It was a huge party. There’s really no words for it.’’

Not exactly a miracle

Words, in fact, don’t do it justice. This is a game turned better in images – of the joy etched on American fan

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By David Wright, CNN

(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, launching a book tour widely seen as a prelude to a presidential run, discussed with CNN the possibility of running against former Vice President Kamala Harris, another longtime figure in California politics.

“What happens if and when those parallel careers intersect and collide?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Newsom in an interview that aired Sunday.

“Well, I’m San Francisco now, she’s LA,” Newsom said at first. “So there’s a little distance between the two of us. You know, fate will determine that.”

“I’ve never gotten in the way of her ambition, ever,” he added. “I haven’t. And I don’t imagine I would in the future.”

“But if you run against each other for president,” Bash followed up. Newsom responded, “Yeah I just – that’s fate. I don’t – you know, you can only control what you can control.”

Newsom has been forthright about his interest in the 2028 presidential race. Harris opted out of running to succeed Newsom as California governor but has left open the possibility of a third presidential bid.

Harris served as district attorney in San Francisco before being elected the California attorney general and then a US senator before serving as vice president. Newsom was San Francisco’s mayor prior to becoming lieutenant governor and then governor.

The two have collided at times – Harris wrote in her most recent book, “107 Days,” that when she called Newsom to ask for his support after former President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, Newsom texted back, “Hiking. Will call back,” and never did. (Newsom, who did endorse Harris quickly, later told reporters the call came from an unknown number.)

Speaking to Bash, Newsom emphasized that he would carefully weigh the decision with his family. Asked if his family was on board, Newsom responded, “I don’t know. It depends on the day.”

And he shared concerns from one of his sons about a potential presidential bid.

“My son … it was very powerful, texted me a few months ago when there was some headline that suggested that I made some decision, and he goes, ‘Dad, are you running (for) president?” Newsom said.

He continued, “I said, no, we’ll make this decision as a family. And he goes, you can’t. And I said, why? He goes, ‘I’m too young. You need to spend more time with us.’

“I mean, how do you deal with that one?” he said.

“How do you deal with that one?” Bash responded.

“Exactly – I’m asking you,” Newsom replied with a smile.

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Por Ben Church, Mia Fishman y Nina Giraldo, CNN

Fue el final que todos esperaban, pero resultó ser mejor de lo que nadie podría haber imaginado.

El equipo de EE.UU. realizó una de las mejores actuaciones olímpicas de la historia al vencer a Canadá en tiempo extra y ganar su primera medalla de oro en hockey sobre hielo masculino desde 1980.

Después de una larga espera por la gloria, esta fue quizás la manera perfecta de hacerlo: una actuación de auténtica determinación y dedicación.

El héroe del día fue Jack Hughes, un jugador que literalmente llevaba la brutalidad de la final en toda su cara. Marcó el gol de oro de la victoria con sangre goteando de los dientes rotos.

Y aunque Hughes acaparará los titulares, el portero Connor Hellebuyck fue igual de heroico, manteniendo al equipo estadounidense en el partido en medio de una presión arrolladora.

“Eso es hockey sobre hielo estadounidense”, dijo Hughes a la cadena NBC. “La hermandad del hockey sobre hielo estadounidense significa mucho”.

El tono se marcó en los primeros segundos, con el partido jugándose a un ritmo vertiginoso desde la primera caída del disco. El ritmo nunca decayó.

Fue el equipo estadounidense el que empezó mejor, acorralando a Canadá en su propio campo y mostrando una fuerza física que su rival inicialmente tuvo dificultades para controlar.

El primer gol llegó poco después, con Matt Boldy poniendo a Estados Unidos 1-0 arriba con el primer disparo del partido. Fue el momento en que la afición estadounidense empezó a soñar.

Pero tras reagruparse en el primer descanso, fue el turno de Canadá de dominar. Obligó a Estados Unidos a esforzarse al máximo en un segundo periodo que fue simplemente unidireccional. A pesar de desaprovechar múltiples ocasiones, los canadienses finalmente empataron el partido con un disparo casi perfecto de Cale Makar.

La situación fue similar en el tercer periodo, con el portero estadounidense Hellebuyck continuando con sus heroicas paradas. De sus 41 atajadas, la que le impidió un gol a Devon Toews fue sin duda la más notable, aunque el defensa canadiense no querrá volver a verla fallar.

El caos absoluto le restó algo de calidad al partido, pero nadie que estuviera viendo lo necesitaba. Fue crudo, apasionado, y fue todo lo que la gente quería ver y más.

Estados Unidos siguió defendiendo con todas sus fuerzas, interponiendo palos, manos e incluso cuerpos para forzar el tiempo extra.

Entonces llegó el momento mágico de Hughes, aprovechando un espacio para provocar una celebración frenética entre sus compañeros y la nación.

Esas celebraciones incluyeron un emotivo homenaje a Johnny Gaudreau, el jugador de la NFL que murió junto a su hermano en 2024. La familia de Gaudreau llegó al final, y sus hijos fueron llevados a la pista para una foto con el equipo ganador.

Para Jack Hughes, la victoria por 2-1 en la prórroga sobre Canadá en el partido por la medalla de oro no se trató de su gol de oro, sino de la hermandad y las letras (USA, o EE.UU.) en la parte delantera de sus camisetas.

“Un equipo increíble, una victoria increíble”, dijo Hughes tras la victoria de Estados Unidos. “Estamos muy orgullosos de ser estadounidenses y de ganar. Estamos muy orgullosos de ganar para nuestro país, y ya saben, ganar para la hermandad de USA Hockey”.

Canadá dominó la pista durante la mayor parte del partido, lanzando 42 tiros al portero estadounidense Connor Hellebuyck.

Pero, al final, Hellebuyck solo dejó pasar un tiro y el canadiense Jordan Binnington dos.

“Miren, probablemente nos superaron un poco esta noche”, dijo Hughes. “Sin embargo, nuestro portero se puso de cabeza, y en la prórroga, ambos tenemos jugadores muy habilidosos, así que cualquier cosa puede pasar. Estamos muy orgullosos de ganar para nuestro país”.

Después de que el equipo masculino de hockey de EE. U

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