Tribune Olympic Bureau

It would have been no surprise if all four U.S. aerial freestyle skiers had advanced to Thursday's men's finals. But Jeret "Speedy" Peterson is his country's only hope to win...

It's just about curtains for the U.S. ski team. The Americans failed Monday to medal in the men's giant slalom (Bode Miller, sixth) or the women's super-G (Lindsey Kildow, seventh)....

Good thing speedskating isn't a popularity contest. Shani Davis might lose in a landslide. But this isn't figure skating (we'll get to that). The fastest man in the 1,500 meters...

Cheap airline tickets and loads of carpet. That's what it takes to become an alpine skier when you live on an island with no mountains. Chemmy Alcott of Britain has...

Austria didn't get its top ski racers on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Austria let its skis do the talking, and right now those skis won't shut up. The U.S....

The day after costing his team a medal in his country's national sport, he received a bottle of wine in thanks. His embassy in Canada received bouquets of flowers, dozens...

The men's hockey team representing our neighbors to the north is heading south. And in a case of playing "Follow the Defending Champ," the U.S. team is headed in the...

Shizuka Arakawa had made up her mind to retire from figure skating in March 2004. It seemed a simple decision for a woman, then 22, whose major achievements had been...

Reflecting a year of inconsistency, U.S. speedskater Jennifer Rodriguez finished 10th in the 1,000-meter long-track event, well behind winner Marianne Timmer of the Netherlands. "This was my best shot," said...

Chris Chelios says the U.S. men's hockey team has gotten better with each game of the Olympic tournament. If a second successive one-goal loss is his definition of improvement, that...