Edwards' family and community back home championed the athlete as she secured gold for Team USA. In a win for both Team USA and Black History Month, Laila Edwards has made history in women’s hockey at ...

MILAN (AP) — As soon as U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skates onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday’s gold medal game against Canada, she will scan the stands for the real MVP: her 91-year-old ...

Robert Edwards played hockey when he was younger and he encouraged his daughter Laila Edwards to take up the sport Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered ...

As soon as U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skates onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday's gold medal game against Canada, she will scan the stands for the real MVP: Her 91-year-old grandmother.

Team USA just won the gold medal for women’s hockey at the Winter Olympics 2026, and for Laila Edwards, that also meant making history. When she was named to the roster, the 22-year-old hockey player ...

United States gold medalist Laila Edwards (left) had an assist on the game-tying goal, then Megan Keller (right) put the gold medal game away in OT. Julien de Rosa / AFP via Getty Images In victory, ...

Team USA women’s hockey defeated Sweden, 5-0, on Monday to advance to the gold medal game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy. Cleveland Heights, Ohio, native Laila Edwards recorded yet ...

Laila Edwards is a Team USA women’s hockey star who made history as the first Black woman to play Olympic women’s ice hockey for the United States at the 2026 Winter Games. From her parents’ early ...

With the win, USA went 4-0 in preliminary pool play and outscored opponents 20-1 in four games. Edwards recorded four points in four games for Team USA, including three assists. Edwards also became ...

Laila Edwards just made history on the rink. During Tuesday night’s highly anticipated matchup against Canada in Milan, the 22-year-old hockey player scored the first goal of her Olympic career, and ...

MILAN — Laila Edwards called it “an incredible honor” to become the first Black woman to represent the United States in women’s Olympic hockey. On Tuesday night, the 22-year-old added another ...

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