The first thing Laila Edwards did before the puck dropped was look up. Not at the scoreboard. Not at the Olympic banners hanging above the rink in Milan. She searched the crowd for her grandmother.

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.

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, ...

Laila Edwards is making history at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but her journey on the ice started when she was a child, thanks to her supportive parents, Robert Edwards and Charone Gray-Edwards. At the ...

Layla Edwards became the first black female player to represent the US in hockey at the Olympics and the first to score in *** game. The 6'1 star plays collegiately at the University of Wisconsin and ...

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 getting to live her Olympic dream as she shines on the world stage in Milan, and her family gets to enjoy the experience thanks to two other sports stars from Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

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 ...

Laila Edwards told "CBS Mornings it's "an incredible honor" to be the first Black woman to play on the U.S. women's ice hockey team at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. "You know, I get to be the first ...

Team USA hockey player Laila Edwards got some words of encouragement from two other Cleveland Heights hometown heroes before the 2026 Winter Olympics. Edwards, 22, who hails from the same Ohio town as ...

Laila Edwards has broken a barrier that had stood since women's hockey debuted at the Olympics in 1998. Leila Devlin / Getty Images MILAN — Laila Edwards has become the first Black woman to play for ...