Olympics
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Sven Kramer ‘likely’ to skip 1,500 and focus on 10KFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — Sven Kramer is so intent on atoning for the blunder that cost him the 10,000-meter speedskating title four years ago that he will likely skip a shot at g...
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Mancuso leads downhill run in Olympic super-combinedFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Julia Mancuso showed yet again she’s a big-game player, racing into the lead of the downhill portion of the Olympic super-combined on Monday a...
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Sochi organizers: Volunteers used to fill up seatsFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — Organizers of the Sochi Games on Monday confirmed that they are using volunteers to fill the seats at less popular events. Competitions at the games have...
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SOCHI SCENE: ‘I am very famous,’ Plushenko’s wife saysFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — From her black handbag — Hermes, crocodile, “It’s a very simple and democratic brand,” she’ll have you know — the wife of Evgeni Plushenko fished out a b...
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Former world champ Colas out of men's mogulsFeb 10, 2014 4:00 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Former moguls world champion Guilbaut Colas of France is out of the Olympics due to a knee injury. The 30-year-old Colas sustained the injury ...
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Skating Algonquin brothers train with Sochi's eliteFeb 10, 2014 3:45 am - Rockne and Collin Brubaker train with the elite coterie of ice skaters now competing in the Sochi Olympics. So if anyone can talk ice dancing and pairs skating with auth...
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Suburban rinks, coaches polished Gracie GoldFeb 10, 2014 3:30 am - Gracie Gold, chasing an Olympic medal in figure skating to match her name, made her mark at suburban rinks for her jumps, her smiles and her dog, Yoshi. The 18-year-old ...
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5 things to know about Monday's OlympicsFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - Fast five, Monday edition: Things you'll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Kramer may skip short race Dutch speedskating star Sv...
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White says he's antsy; thanks his fansFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Shaun White says he's antsy about his upcoming chance to make history on the half-pipe and, in a shoutout to his fans, thanks them for support...
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U.S. bobsledder Lolo Jones fighting off cold, fluFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - American bobsledder Lolo Jones has gotten ill at the Sochi Olympics. Jones tweeted Monday that she was in a "quarantine room" in the village. ...