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American Napier wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) -- John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg. For one day, he owned it....

Hirscher, Borssen win parallel slaloms

MOSCOW (AP) -- Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the second edition of the parallel slalom Champions Cup on a giant ramp in a promotion of Alpine ski events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics....

Rochette leads Skate Canada, delights home crowd

KITCHENER, Ontario (AP) -- Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette....

Stiegler done for season with broken bones in leg

VAIL, Colo. (AP) -- U.S. skier Resi Stiegler is out for the season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash during giant slalom training....

Germany and Canada win WC skeleton races

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) -- The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains....

Female ski jumpers hear reasons for case dismissal

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Vancouver Olympic organizers didn't violate women ski jumpers' rights because they had no power to include their event in the 2010 Winters Games....

Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts
Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations....

Get to know Lindsey and the Vonntourage

Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head - the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier on the World Cup circuit the past two seasons, Vonn travels full time with two physical trainers provided by Red Bull, her ski technician, and her husband - a former U.S. Ski Team member and Olympian....

Tony Benshoof's back ailing again
Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin....

Olympic lodging plan off because of rough economy
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy....