After both the men’s and women’s U.S. hockey teams won gold at the Olympics, Trump jokingly said he’d be “impeached”

Team USA hockey player Laila Edwards’ family helped power her historic 2026 Winter Games run. Here’s what you need to know.

Hilary Knight is in her last Olympics, wrapping up a stretch as the face of women's hockey in the United States. Laila Edwards is in her first and could very well be Knight's successor. The present and future of the sport combined on a spectacular tying goal late in the gold-medal game against Canada.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is known as the hometown of NFL stars Jason and Travis Kelce. But American hockey defender Laila Edwards is making a name for herself, too.

Cleveland Heights native Laila Edwards is featured in a teaser for “Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce,” as the United States women’s hockey standout prepares to compete for a gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Laila Edwards has made headlines for being the first Black woman to play ice hockey for Team USA at the Olympics and her quick come-up in the sport.

Robert Edwards played hockey when he was younger and he encouraged his daughter Laila Edwards to take up the sport

Laila Edwards