Tribune Olympic Bureau

Aaron Parchem has "17 or 18" relatives, mostly on his mother's side, cheering him on in Turin. At least that many more apologized to Parchem because they couldn't be here...

The man who just won the unofficial title of coolest dude in the Winter Olympics still lives with his parents. The new king of the men's halfpipe, the rockin'est event...

When it was time for the consolation final in the 1,500-meter short-track event Sunday night, Apolo Anton Ohno was nowhere in sight, causing spectators to wonder if perhaps the A-lister...

As a raucous partisan crowd cheered, reigning Olympic luge champion Armin Zoeggeler warmed Italian hearts by winning his country's first gold medal of the Winter Games. "I still don't believe...

Will the last American with a chance to medal please turn out the flame on the way out of Turin? After a golden start Saturday, the momentum--and the U.S.' biggest...

It's a dog's life ... don't we wish? U.S. ski racer Daron Rahlves has brought his dog Chevy to the Olympics. What's so special about that? Ski team spokesman Marc...

A 22nd-place finish may not be everyone's Olympic dream, and it wasn't Maggie Crowley's. But the 19-year-old speedskater will return to Northwestern with her Olympic moment etched in her brain--the...

Shani Davis might walk away from the Winter Olympics with more medals than friends on his team. After finishing seventh Saturday in the 5,000 meters, the Chicagoan confirmed he would...

Even if she medals for the second straight Olympics, what U.S. bobsledder Vonetta Flowers found in nearby Verona, Italy, is far more precious than gold. Two months ago Flowers made...

Heading into Day 3 of the Games, a nation's eyes (this nation, your eyes) turn to the mountains. In the men's alpine downhill, Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves headline the...