Olympics
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Bobsled, skeleton officials finalize Olympic sled numbers
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - The lineup of nations competing in Olympic bobsled and skeleton events was finalized by the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation on Monday, with 30 countries fo...
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Austria to send 105 athletes to Pyeongchang Olympics
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Austria will send 105 athletes to the Pyeongchang Olympics, 25 fewer than four years ago when its hockey team qualified for the Sochi Games. The Austrian O...
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Team USA parade uniforms include touch of American frontier
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Polo Ralph Lauren unveiled Team USA's Olympic parade uniforms Monday and social media haters can leave the ugly sweater jokes back in Sochi. Roundly mock...
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With 4 babies on tour, the US Ski Team resembles a nursery
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - SAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy (AP) - Diaper bags and baby backpacks are in just as much demand as skis, boots and poles on the U.S. Alpine team this season. So is a good...
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Salt Lake City says budget works out to host Olympics again
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Salt Lake City would be able to host the Winter Olympics again without losing money thanks to existing venues and the expertise of a team that put ...
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Flying high: Caldwell, Bohonnon make it back to Olympics
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Aerials skier Ashley Caldwell has been named to her third U.S. Olympic team, where she'll be joined by Olympic veteran Mac Bohonnon and world cham...
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Mutko says Russia's Olympic athletes will be young, clean
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A new generation of young, talented and, above all, clean Russian athletes will compete at next month's Pyeongchang Olympics, according to Deputy Prime Min...
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USOC's Blackmun diagnosed with prostate cancer
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Scott Blackmun, the CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will not travel to South Korea for the ...
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Fernandez chasing Spain's 1st Olympic figure skating medal
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - VALDEMORO, Spain (AP) - It was still dark on a cold December morning when Javier Fernandez arrived for practice at a modest rink. Only a few local skaters were at the ve...
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Meyers Taylor still remembers the gold that slipped away
Jan 22, 2018 6:00 am - LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - The record books and the result sheets and the photos from the medal podium all make it very clear. Officially, U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Tay...