I had been complaining to my friend about the lack of iced coffee. She said: “There has to be a place with iced coffee, right?”
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On Sunday, the weather was a balmy 60 degrees. I had some time to kill. It was time to go searching.
My Google search landed on a place called 12oz Coffee Joint right next to the Duomo. After a sweaty, cramped Metro ride over, I was dying for a nice big iced coffee, preferably with cream.
When I found the tiny order window, I was presented with my limited choices. I went with the “plus” size of an iced americano, which was … 12 ounces. No, no flavor. Cream, please? They suggested whipped cream, so I asked for milk instead.
When in Italy, tracking down an iced coffee is no easy task.Katie McInerney
To call what they gave me a splash would be generous.
How did it taste? Fine. It was not a large iced Dunkin with two creams, that’s for sure.
KATIE McINERNEY
Monday’s television schedule
HIGHLIGHTS
Women’s hockey: It’s the business end of the women’s hockey tournament, with both the United States and Canada one win away from renewing their rivalry in the gold medal game. Since women’s hockey was added to the Olympics at the 1998 Nagano Games, the US has faced Canada in the final in six of the seven tournaments. The only exception was 20 years ago, the last time the Games were in Italy, when Sweden knocked out the US in a shootout in Turin before falling to Canada in the final.
The US is set to face Sweden at 10:40 a.m., while Canada faces Switzerland at 3:10 p.m. The US is the favorite in the tournament after beating Canada, 5-0, on Tuesday, but Sweden has won all five of its contests so far in these Games, and coach Ulf Lundberg said Sunday: “I don’t really think the US team wants to meet us right now.”
American Kaillie Humphries starts a women’s monobob run on Sunday.Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press
Bobsled: Women’s monobob is primed for a thrilling finale, with Americans Kaillie Humphries, Kaysha Love, and Elana Meyers Taylor all in contention for medals. Humpries, 40, is the defending Olympic champion after winning at Beijing 2022 ahead of 41-year-old Meyers Taylor. Love is the reigning world champion in monobob.
Other events of note: Kristen Santos-Griswold will contend for a medal in short track speedskating. Meanwhile, medals will be awarded in pairs free skate, men’s slalom, women’s big air skiing, and men’s super team large hill ski jumping.
FULL SCHEDULE
6:35 a.m. — LIVE Short Track: Women’s 1,000 Final (USA)
7 a.m. — LIVE Bobsled: Two-Man First and Second Runs (USA)
7:30 a.m. — LIVE Alpine Skiing: Men’s Slalom Final Run (USA)
8:35 a.m. — LIVE Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle Qualifying (USA)
10 a.m. — Snowboarding: Women’s Slopestyle Qualifying (NBC)
10:15 a.m. — Women’s Curling: Canada vs. China (USA)
10:40 a.m. — LIVE Women’s Hockey: Semifinal (NBC)
11:30 a.m. — Men’s Curling: Great Britain vs. Norway (USA)
12:45 p.m. — Short Track: Women’s 1,000, Men’s Relay, Men’s 500 (USA)
1 p.m. — LIVE Bobsled: Women’s Monobob Third Run (NBC)
1:30 p.m. — LIVE Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Big Air Final (NBC)
2 p.m. — LIVE Figure Skating: Pairs’ Free Skate (USA)
2:45 p.m. — Alpine Skiing: Men’s Slalom, First and Final Runs (NBC)
3:30 p.m. — LIVE Bobsled: Women’s Monobob Final Run (NBC)
3:55 p.m. — LIVE Figure Skating: Pairs’ Free Skate (NBC)
4:15 p.m. — LIVE Women’s Hockey: Semifinal (USA)
5 p.m. — Women’s Curling: US vs. Italy (CNBC)
5:30 p.m. — Bobsled: Two-Man First and Second Runs (USA)
6 p.m. — Women’s Hockey: Semifinal (USA)
8 p.m. — Freestyle skiing; figure skating; bobsled; short track (NBC)
8 p.m. — Women’s Hockey: Semifinal (USA)
10 p.m. — Snowboarding: Women’s Slopestyle Qualifying (USA)
10:30 p.m. — Snowboarding: Men’s Slopestyle Qualifying (USA)
11 p.m. — Ski Jumping: Men’s Super Team (USA)
11:35 p.m. — Alpine skiing; snowboarding (NBC)
12 a.m. (Tue.) — Women’s Hockey: Semifinal (USA)
2 a.m. (Tue.) — Figure Skating: Pairs’ Free Skate (USA)
4 a.m. (Tue.) — LIVE Nordic Combined: Men’s Individual Large Hill (USA)
4:45 a.m. (Tue.) — LIVE Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Aerials Qualifying (USA)
Speedskating: Federica Brignone, the Italian skier known as “the Tiger,” was unbeatable in the giant slalom for her second gold of the Olympics and fifth career medal, breaking her own record as the oldest women’s Alpine skiing Olympic champion.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States was 11th and has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic races since Pyeongchang in 2018.
Cross-country skiing: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo stands alone as the most successful Winter Olympian in history after winning his ninth career gold medal in cross-country skiing. The 29-year-old Klaebo could get into double figures by the end of the Milan Cortina Games. His next chances for a 10th gold are in the team sprint on Wednesday, or the 50-kilometer race on Saturday.
Curling: The typically calm world of curling has been rocked by a controversy over double-touching, and it broadened Sunday as the British men’s team had a stone removed for the violation. Until Sunday, the Canadian men’s and women’s teams had been the focus of scrutiny. An expletive-laden outburst by Canada’s Marc Kennedy after an accusation of a double touch against Sweden on Friday highlighted the problem.
Men’s ice hockey: The US and Canada both made sure of quarterfinal spots with convincing wins in the final game of group play. Canada routed France, 10-2, and took the top seed on goal differential. The US beat Germany, 5-1.
Other events of note: Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam won another medal but it was silver, not gold, as her teammate Femke Kok won the women’s 1,000 meters. Britain won its first snow-sport Olympic gold in history, a victory for Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale in team snowboardcross. There was another British gold in team skeleton hours later. Ikuma Horishima won a silver medal in men’s dual moguls in style, finishing his race against US skier Nick Page backward.
“I CAN’T BELIEVE MY EYES.” 😳
Dual moguls madness as Nick Page skis out of the course for a DNF while his opponent, Ikuma Horishima, barely stays in control and skis over the line BACKWARDS for the win. pic.twitter.com/hFqqi5gnQE
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 15, 2026
Matt Porter wrote about how the parents of the US women’s hockey players are not feeling as anxious as they usually are when their daughters play.
Katie McInerney wrote about US figure skating pair Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe, and their experience at the Games coming from the Skating Club of Boston.
John Powers wrote about how the Japanese pair of Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara are just the latest skaters to be knocked for a loop at these Games.
Want to keep track of how New England athletes are faring? Just go to our NE athlete tracker.
And here’s your all-everything guide to the Games in Milan Cortina.
And if there’s anything else you feel like you missed, just go to our Olympic Games page.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Katie McInerney can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Instagram at @katiemac.sports. Kevin Dillon can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on X @ByKevinDillon.
