USA hockey goal song, explained: How 'Free Bird' became the U.S. anthem for 2026 Olympics

Here's how the song became the heartbeat of USA hockey. Team USA's goal song at the 2026 Milan Olympics is "Free Bird" by ...

Reporter's notebook: My Olympic Lunar New Year

An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1950, This Red Foley Song Became Country Music’s First-Ever Crossover Pop Hit and Was Later Covered by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

Red Foley, one of country music's earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." ...

The 1973 hit named best rock song behind Team USA's Olympic goals

The track was praised as an ode to freedom, and a "definitive American song from one of the definitive American bands." ...

Why was Giannis Antetokounmpo singing and dancing to Michael Jackson?

During NBA All-Star Weekend, Giannis Antetokounmpo took time to honor Michael Jackson and plug the new biopic about the King ...

Rap to rev up, soul to calm down: Freestyle skiers pick their soundtracks at the Winter Olympics

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Standing atop a makeshift 15-story tower, moments before hurtling down a nauseatingly steep slope for ...