Vail’s Vonn wins super-G season title
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland – Lindsey Vonn won a super-G race Sunday, clinching the discipline title in the final World Cup race before the Vancouver Olympics.
With Olympics coming, skicross racers Rahlves, Puckett…
Daron Rahlves and Casey Puckett are supposed to be a couple of feel-good Olympic stories – two 30-something veterans heading back to the games to give it one more shot in the crazy new freestyle sport of skicross.
Cuche cleared to ski after surgery on broken thumb
The Associated Press Updated: January 31, 2010, 8:20 am / Published: January 31, 2010, 8:19 am Olympic medal contender Didier Cuche is expected to ski again next week after a successful operation on his broken right thumb.
Saving face: Snowboarder Shaun White feels better than he thought he would day after accident
Shaun White received what a Winter X Games doctor called a thorough medical evaluation before he was cleared to head back down the superpipe after a skull-rattling accident that left him seeing stars.
Holland avoids accident in semis, goes on to win fifth straight crown in Snowboarder X
Snowboardcross rider Nate Holland was cruising along in his semifinal run when a spray of snow suddenly shielded his vision, a pileup of crashed snowboarders cluttered his path.
Casey Puckett suffers setback in skiercross training
Freestyle skier Casey Puckett of Old Snowmass has had a setback in his recovery from a separated shoulder, but still expects to compete in the Olympics.
Riesch ends Vonn’s win run
Maria Riesch poses with the mascot of the Engadine region following her victory in a World Cup downhill in St Moritz, Switzerland, yesterday.
Swedish Referee Dies After Being Hit By Puck
A Swedish ice hockey referee has died after being hit in the back of the head by a puck during a junior game.
Southeastern US stares down icy, snowy weekend
A thick band of heavy snow, freezing rain and cold temperatures was spreading across southeastern states early Saturday, promising a messy weekend of slick roads, power outages and prime sledding for kids out of school.
Texas Stars Helping Haiti Victims
The Texas Stars have been trying to help victims of the Haiti earthquake during their “Hockey for Haiti” week.