Luger Niccum prepares for final run
SOCHI, Russia – As he anchors the final leg in the team relay Thursday, American luger Christian Niccum will most likely be taking his final run. After more than two...
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Hamlin makes history with women’s luge bronze
SOCHI, Russia -- American luger Erin Hamlin knew heading into the third-to-last turn Tuesday that she belonged to history. She had slid beautifully over the last two days at the...
Hamlin makes history with women’s luge bronze
SOCHI, Russia -- American luger Erin Hamlin knew heading into the third-to-last turn Tuesday that she belonged to history. She had slid beautifully over the last two days at the...
Russia gambles big on sleepy ski village
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Maxim Lugovoi stands in the town square, dressed in a Lightning McQueen costume and holding a palette of colorful face paints. At 22, his job during...
Johnny on the spot: Bobsledder breaks out of bathroom
Journalists aren't the only ones have difficulties with their accommodations, it seems. U.S. bobsledder Johnny Quinn got locked in a bathroom in the athlete's village Saturday and had to break...
U.S. shuffles bobsled team pairings
SOCHI, Russia — No one would ever accuse the U.S. bobsled team of being predictable. The federation surprised many Saturday when it announced top pilot Elana Meyers would compete with...
Defending champ Loch leads men’s luge
SOCHI, Russia — In the days leading up to the men's luge competition, the most oft-asked question was whether anybody could beat defending Olympic champion Felix Loch of Germany. The...
U.S. men and women doubling down in bobsled
After dominating the first half of the World Cup season, U.S. bobsled pilot Steven Holcomb walked into a suburban Chicago high school gym on an icy December morning and headed...
Jamaican bobsledders getting in gear
SOCHI, Russia – Things are once again running cool for the Jamaican bobsled team, which had spent two days here scrambling to find their luggage and equipment lost en route...
Noelle Pikus-Pace works at being gold-medal mom
Noelle Pikus-Pace's journey to Sochi, Russia, began the moment she walked away from skeleton racing after the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Seemingly content with her fourth-place finish in 2010, she...