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Bearing up: The large stuffed animal thrown by a fan became Gracie Gold's only prize after a poor showing at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

First major title for Polina Edmunds, major failure for Gracie Gold

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

The positive? The 16-year-old who began looking a year ago like the next leader of U.S. women's figure skating was the surprise gold medalist at the Four Continents Championships in...

Shani Davis is a happy man after winning Saturday's 1,000 meters in the World Single Distance Championships at Heerenveen, the Netherlands.

Shani Davis back on top of speedskating world

August 19, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

Shani Davis had good reason for a rare crying jag Saturday because they were tears of joy. "When have you ever seen me cry after a race?" he said to...

Silver medal, big step up for U.S. skater Farris

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

This is the takeaway from the men's competition at the Four Continents Championships that ended Saturday in Seoul, South Korea: *Kazakhstan's Denis Ten, who trains in Los Angeles, is a...

John Mordach swims in the 100 Yard breast stroke.

UIC swimmer John Mordach overcame brain tumor, realized his dream

June 15, 2018 at 11:51 p.m.

The end is close now. One more meet, the Horizon League championships next week outside Milwaukee, and John Mordach will be finished with competitive swimming. This is not a valedictory...

Ted Ligety of the U.S. exults after a brilliant second run carried him to a third straight world title in giant slalom

Ligety split, a third straight world title for U.S. skier

August 19, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

Since the end of 2010, Ted Ligety had been the king of giant slalom, the event many feel provides the best measure of an Alpine skier's overall talent. This season,...

On track this season, Bowe wins world speedskating gold

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

You can look at this as one year too late or better late than never. A year after the U.S. debacle in Olympic long track speedskating – its first Winter...

Gracie Gold of the U.S. doing a spin while finishing second in the short program at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

A broken axel proves skater Gold’s undoing

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

If Gracie Gold is to have a shot at a medal at next month's World Championships, she almost certainly has to beat every skater who is not Russian. Even that...

Denis Ten of Kazakhstan at the end of a dazzling short program skate at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul.

Jason Brown skates into quadruple and triple trouble

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

It wasn't merely a botched attempt at his first quadruple jump in competition that consigned U.S. champion Jason Brown to ninth place after Thursday's short program at the Four Continents...

Sports, boundaries and eligibility: a persistent issue

May 25, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

Pushing the boundaries. So much of sports is about that, in a generally good sense: practicing relentlessly, striving to be the best, trying to exceed one's previous or perceived physical...

Highland Park's Jason Brown doing a split jump at the U.S. Championships.

Skater Jason Brown will up the ante, go for quad

May 22, 2019 at 7:12 a.m.

Less than a month after being criticized for becoming national champion without trying a quadruple jump, figure skater Jason Brown of Highland Park is surprisingly planning to do one in...

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