CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Germany, Austria, Italy. They were the three best luge nations at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and very fittingly, they were the three best teams in the team relay on Thursday night, Feb. 12. Germany is now 4-for-4 in the team event in the Olympic program, ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Matt Weston doesn’t always win. It only seems that way. And at the Milan Cortina Olympics, the 28-year-old slider from Britain left no doubt — he’s the best skeleton racer in the world. Capping a four-year run that featured one remarkable finish after ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Monday, Feb. 16 would have been a fantastic day for fishing in Jamaica. The weather was just about perfect with bright sunshine, forecasters calling for temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s, somewhat calm breezes. Under normal circumstances, Shane Pitter probably ...
LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority is set to host the Lake Placid Finals, a FIS Cross-Country World Cup event that will bring some of the world’s best cross-country skiers to Mount Van Hoevenberg for a historic three-day season finale March 20-22. The event ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks. So close to winning China its first gold at the Milan Cortina Games, he still had a long wait to endure. Luckily for Su, one by one his rivals either fell or came up short of ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Nobody could blame the doctors for telling 13-year-old Jake Canter he should never step on a snowboard again. Nobody could blame 22-year-old Jake Canter for ignoring them. Nine years after enduring a traumatic brain injury, the result of getting kicked in the head in a ...