Americans fall early and often as 2018 Winter Olympics women’s figure skating begins America’s hopes of even contending for a women’s figure skating medal ended early Wednesday amid a flurry of falls and mistakes. The top two entries — national champ Bradie Tennell and 2010 Olympian Mirai Nagasu — both […]
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American Brita Sigourney wins bronze in women’s halfpipe skiing at 2018 Winter Olympics After season-ending injuries the two seasons going into Sochi, freeskier Brita Sigourney was just happy to be there. Her sport made its debut, and the halfpipe skier was glad to get to compete. But Pyeongchang was different. […]
Ex-NHL player Slava Voynov competing for OAR despite domestic abuse issues Slava Voynov’s NHL career effectively concluded after he was arrested and eventually pleaded no contest to abusing his wife in 2014. Voynov, a Los Angeles Kings defenseman at the time, was suspended indefinitely after he choked, hit and pushed […]
French ice dance team rebounds from wardrobe malfunction to earn silver medal There were no tears this time, well, maybe a tiny one creeping into the corner of Gabriella Papadakis’ eye, but oh, what a difference. Less than 24 hours removed from becoming the most discussed figure skater at these […]
Virtue, Moir win second ice dance gold with world record Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir claimed their second Olympic gold medal with a brilliant free dance on Tuesday, edging to the top of the podium by less than a point and breaking the world record into the […]
Siebenhofer fastest, Vonn on pace in downhill training Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer set the pace in the final training run for the women’s downhill on Tuesday and Lindsey Vonn’s bid to reclaim the Olympic gold remained on course as she registered a top-five time for the third day in a row. […]
Ice Hockey: USA down Finland to head to gold medal game The U.S. cruised into third straight gold medal game appearance in the Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament on Monday, shutting down Finland 5-0 in semi-finals with help from a pair of goals by Dani Cameranesi and a shutout from […]
LeBron James wins third career NBA All-Star Game MVP, tying Michael Jordan The All-Star Game had meaning for LeBron James. Because of the format change, he picked his squad. He wanted to win. He disagreed with a replay review. He challenged and fouled DeMar DeRozan as DeRozan drove to the […]
Alpine skiing: Vonn to defy online ‘bullies’ Abuse on social media would not silence Lindsey Vonn from voicing her own personal political opinions or stop her from engaging with her fans online, the American has said. Vonn has faced hostility from some supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump since she […]
Motor racing: Patrick crashes out as her NASCAR career ends For Danica Patrick, it was a proud but sad ending to her NASCAR career. Stock car racing’s most successful female driver fell victim to a multi-car crash at the Daytona 500 on Sunday in what she had already announced would […]
