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Downy, the laundry care brand from Procter & Gamble, is celebrating its new partnership with USA Hockey by launching a sweepstakes offering a once-in-a-lifetime trip: two tickets to the Winter Olympics to cheer on the U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team on February 14, 2026. Fans can enter* for their chance to win from now until January 2, 2026, at DownyRinseSweepstakes.com/OlympicWinterGames.
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Through this partnership, Downy Rinse is bringing its odor-fighting solution to hockey gear — instead of masking the stink, it helps remove it at the source. In one wash** it rinses away deep-set odors, leaving apparel fresher, softer, and brighter.
“Sweat from the game is something hockey players and their families know well,” said Redge Abueva, Vice President at Procter & Gamble. “Downy Rinse fights these tough uniform odors and is proud to support Team USA by engaging fans and offering them this unforgettable experience.”
“It’s exciting to welcome Downy to the USA Hockey family,” said Pat Kelleher, executive director of USA Hockey. “Our athletes give their all on the ice, and our fans are as passionate as any in the world. What better way to celebrate this partnership than by offering our amazing fans a chance to join us in Milan?”
Downy and USA Hockey will also roll out content featuring Laila Edwards, Caroline Harvey, and their families as they share some of their favorite stories associated with their hockey journeys. Viewers can tune in on Downy and USA Hockey social channels.
Downy Rinse is available at retailers nationwide. Try for as low as $5. Visit www.Downy.com for more information.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Void where prohibited. The Downy Rinse x USA Hockey Fan Sweeps is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., who are 21 years of age or older as of the last day of the month prior to date of entry. Begins 10:00 a.m. ET on 12/15/25; ends 11:59 p.m. ET on 1/2/26. VisitDownyRinseSweepstakes.com/olympicwintergamesfor Official Rules. Sponsored by The Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC. 36 USC 220506
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on bike rides around Baltimore. They have inspired a quest to turn litter into art, including Christmas wreaths, a giant fish and a large head of Snoopy.
It is a hobby that developed nearly two years ago from his love of cycling and the joy of making something out of the junk he has collected.
“I think it’s sort of the excitement of the hunt, for one thing," Wickham said. "I love to cycle. I love Baltimore. I love to go out in Baltimore, and there’s just enough hubcaps and other things like car grills to be interesting, but not so many that it’s too easy.”
Wickham, 54, says he can't quite explain it, but one day while cycling in early 2024 he decided to bring home a lost hubcap. Since then, he has started stringing hubcaps he comes across to his backpack.
“I keep track of them, and I have a Google map," he said. "I pin locations where I find each of them.”
Others in his community who have taken an interest in his projects let him know when they see hubcaps by the road. Now, Wickham keeps a list of them that he refers to as “hubcaps in the wild.”
He wants to do the collecting himself. That is part of the joy.
Wickham also gets a hand from his wife, Kate, who helps hold materials during construction and offers opinions.
“I’m just support team, and occasionally the cautious person who says, you can’t drive on this road, you can’t bike on this road or whatever. So I’m just more kind of supporting his love of trying new things,” she said.
It might seem like an odd pastime, but Baltimore has been known to celebrate its quirky side. The city is known for director John Waters, whose offbeat films earned him the moniker of the “Pope of Trash.” Baltimore is also home to the American Visionary Art Museum, which is nationally recognized as a repository for the work of self-taught artists and intuitive art.
Wickham, who works in marketing for a defense technology company, stores his finds in his garage and works in his front yard. He uses expanded metal as a framework, with sheet metal with holes and wiring to hold the sheets in place. He uses zip ties to link the hubcaps on the sheet metal.
“It’s all held together with zip ties," he said. "Hubcaps are filled with slots or holes, and so it’s easy to get a hold of them to hold them in place.”
His works are big. The head of Snoopy is 16 feet (4.9 meters) tall and about 21 feet (6.4 meters) wide.
While most of the hubcaps he uses were found in Baltimore, Wickham expands his range when he travels. Visits to see his son at Kent State University have added a few hubcaps with Ohio origins. A business trip to Italy, which included a bike tour in Rome, yielded a find. Wickham had to explain to his guide why he bothered to pick it up.
“And I was like, oh, I collect these. I’m just going to take this back with me. And I showed her a photo of the wreath, and she was like: ‘Oh, OK.’ Whenever anyone hears about it and understands it, they’re onboard," Wickham said.
Wickham donated two Christmas wreaths he made last year, one to the city and another to a nonprofit.
Wickham said the hobby has led to interactions with city residents. On one ride, a man who saw him pick up a hubcap, insistently signaled for him to come over to him. He wanted to let him know there was another hubcap nearby.
“It was clear to him that I was collecting these things, and all he wanted to do was help, to point one out for me. And there’s a lot of that,” Wickham said.
“It starts a lot of conversations, and it’s just something that people love to talk about," he said.
Cyclist Barnaby Wickham sorts through his collection of hubcaps stored in his garage, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at his home in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
With hubcaps fastened to his backpack, cyclist Barnaby Wickham pedals through a neighborhood on his journey home, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Cyclist Barnaby Wickham steps down and dismounts his bike after spotting a lost hubcap on the side of the road, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Cyclist Barnaby Wickham mounts his bike before riding off to collect lost hubcaps, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Cyclist Barnaby Wickham poses for a portrait in front of his art structure made from hubcaps, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at his home in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
