CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn's defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — For Breezy Johnson, the road to an Olympic gold medal was similar to the winning downhill run she turned in Sunday: It was full of jarring bumps that nearly knocked her off course, but not off target. There was the knee injury here in Cortina during a training ...
MILAN — Every goal still feels special for Hilary Knight, no matter how many USA Hockey's most decorated woman has scored in her record-setting career. Saturday night was no different for the 36-year-old appearing in her U.S. women's hockey-best fifth Olympics. With U.S. Vice President JD ...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Will there be an Olympic spirit or will it seem like a bunch of individual world championships? Will a complicated transport network connecting far-flung venues run smoothly? Will crowds fill the arenas, rinks and stadiums despite sluggish advance ticket sales? ...
From the coffee shops and bars to the local grocery stores, the neighbors know all about Mike Eruzione, Buzz Schneider and John Harrington for their roles in one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. They are long since retired, now more focused on their golf games than their ...
LIVIGNO, Italy — Ask freestyle skier Colby Stevenson if he likes big air, the most high-flying event in a sport full of them, and his answer is short and to the point. "No,' he said. "I have no real use for it." Which makes him pretty much like a lot of his action-sports brethren — all ...