Flavor Flav Offers Las Vegas Celebration to U.S. Women's Hockey Team

The U.S. women's ice hockey team, fresh off a gold medal victory at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, received an invitation from rapper Flavor Flav to celebrate in Las Vegas after declining a White House visit extended by President Donald Trump. The offer, announced on social media Monday, comes amid public discussion over the initial handling of invitations to the Olympic champions.

Both the U.S. men's and women's teams secured gold medals in overtime thrillers against Canada during the games in Italy. The women defeated their rivals 2-1 on Thursday, while the men won by the same score on Sunday. Following the men's victory, Trump placed a congratulatory phone call to the team in their locker room. During the conversation, he invited the players to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening and remarked on including the women.

"I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that," Trump said, according to a video of the call released publicly. He added, "I do believe I probably would be impeached" if they were not invited as well, prompting laughter from the players. The women's team was formally included in the invitation late...