U.S. men take silver in team pursuit speedskating
The U.S team pursuit crew featured three first-time Olympians all under the age of 20. Chad Hedrick, the lone veteran, woke up Saturday with sharp pains in his hip and wasn't sure he'd even skate. And against a Canadian gold medal team that set Olympic records just a day earlier, they lost by a respectable .23 seconds. | 02/27/10 23:53:23 By - Brian Hamilton
Martin elevated to Canadian sporting royalty after curling gold
As the Canadian men's curling team neared victory in the gold medal match against Norway on Saturday, the crowd in the Vancouver Olympic Centre stood and began singing "O, Canada." When Canadian skip Kevin Martin threw the last stone, ensuring a 6-3 victory and the gold, the Canadian players leaped into each other's arms, women in the stands wept, and the Prime Minister cheered. | 02/27/10 23:41:16 By - Jim Souhan
Greatest U.S. Winter Olympian? Sorry, Apolo, not in short track
The fickle arena of short track smiled on Apolo Anton Ohno one last time when he won his eighth Olympic medal to confirm he is the supreme survivor in his sport. But does he win the argument for best? It would be hard to place him above Eric Heiden and Bonnie Blair. | 02/27/10 18:35:09 By - Linda Robertson
Canada defeats Slovakia, sets up rematch with U.S.
All of Canada watched goalie Roberto Luongo get his glove on a point-blank shot by his Vancouver Canucks teammate Pavol Demitra in the dying seconds to preserve a 3-2 victory and set up a men's hockey championship match between Canada and the U.S. at noon PST Sunday. | 02/27/10 01:32:29 By - Helene Elliott
Reutter wins silver in short track, Ohno collects medal No. 8
Katherine Reutter's silver in the women's 1,000 meters Friday is the first individual medal for a U.S. woman in short-track since 1994. Apolo Anton Ohno was disqualified in the 500 but anchored the U.S. men to bronze in the 5,000 relay. | 02/27/10 00:48:24 By - Brian Hamilton
With eyesight restored, USA's Holcomb on brink of bobsled breakthrough
Steve Holcomb is the top-ranked four-man bobsled driver in the world and the favorite to win gold Saturday at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Holcomb enters the final two runs with 0.40-second lead over second-place Canada 1 after setting track records on both his runs Friday. | 02/27/10 00:32:25 By - Craig Hill
U.S. pursuit teams advance: Women upset Canada; men skate for gold
There has been bigger upsets in Olympic history, but for the U.S. long track speedskating team it sure didn't feel like it Friday afternoon. The U.S. women upset the Canadian gold-medal favorites in the team pursuit, inspiring the men to pull off a similar surprise. The U.S. men beat the Netherlands in the semifinals assuring themselves of a medal. | 02/26/10 22:26:47 By - Craig Hill
U.S. men rip Finns, advance to gold-medal hockey game
Team USA, an inexperienced and unheralded bunch, has yet to trail in this tournament and is the only unbeaten team remaining with a 5-0 record. It will play Canada on Sunday for gold. This is just the second time the U.S. reaches the championship since the 1980 Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid. | 02/26/10 19:31:06 By - Michelle Kaufman
Vonn straddles slalom gate, misses chance at final medal
Good thing Lindsey Vonn got her gold out of the way early. After winning an Olympic title in her signature event, the downhill, Vonn took bronze in the super-G. Things went, well, downhill from there. | 02/26/10 21:42:38 By - Meri-Jo Borzilleri
Netherlands' Sauerbreij splashes to women's parallel giant slalom gold
Nicolien Sauerbreij of the Netherlands survived a minuscule first-run deficit to beat Ekaterina Ilyukhina of Russia. The lone U.S. entrant was Michelle Gorgone, who finished 14th. | 02/26/10 22:01:48 By - Lisa Dillman
USA's Peterson takes silver in aerials
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson soared through the crisp night air and pulled off his signature trick — the Hurricane, a five-twist, three-flip maneuver — and electrified the spectators. The 28-year-old from Boise tamed it, landed it and reeled in a silver medal. | 02/26/10 02:33:26 By - Lisa Dillman
Figure skating 'Queen' could be headed for long reign
South Korea's Kim Yu-na took women's figure skating to an ethereal level in winning the gold medal. She obliterated her own world record and looked like she was dancing down Broadway. Has any skater been so far ahead of her opposition since Sonja Henie commanded the sport 70-plus years ago? | 02/26/10 13:00:00 By - Linda Robertson
Kim's record free skate earns women's gold for Korea
Twenty four women dolled up in sequins and heavy makeup competed for Olympic figure skating medals on Thursday night, but most of them were off the ice long before things got really tense. The glamour night of the Games was billed as a two-skater showdown between elegant world champion Kim Yu-Na of South Korea and sensational jumper Mao Asada of Japan, a former world champion. | 02/26/10 00:48:10 By - Michelle Kaufman
Canada stops U.S. 2-0 for gold in women's hockey
It's the third straight gold medal for Canada in women's hockey since the United States won the first in 1998. The Americans were the underdogs against a team that had beaten them seven of 10 times in the 2009-10 season. | 02/25/10 22:38:28 By - Bob Condotta
U.S. wins gold and silver in Nordic Combined
Billy Demong's victory, along with a second-place finish by teammate Johnny Spillane, capped a historic two weeks for the U.S. in this obscure sport that combines ski jumping with cross-country skiing. The Americans come away from Vancouver with a startling four medals in three events. | 02/25/10 22:26:57 By - David Wharton
Mancuso philosophical after eighth-place finish in giant slalom
The women's giant slalom was finally put to bed Thursday as Julia Mancuso tried to put a few rumors, and her emotional Olympic experience, to rest. Germany, Slovenia and Austria took the medals. | 02/25/10 21:03:09 By - Chris Dufresne
This is not your father's Russian ice juggernaut
The Russian Federation has had an awful Winter Olympics, now punctuated by what Canada did to its once-mighty hockey team. With only four days of competition left in these Games, the Russian delegation has only 13 medals, three of them gold. | 02/25/10 18:58:19 By - Gil LeBreton
U.S., Canada take women's hockey rivalry to gold-medal stage
The U.S. women's hockey team knows exactly what to expect Thursday when it plays Canada for an Olympic medal. The famously polite Canadians suddenly turn mean. Their faces turn as red as the maple leaf on the flags they wave. And the Americans suddenly become "everyone's worst enemy." | 02/25/10 01:01:59 By - Craig Hill
Lassila of Australia emerges from mist as aerials winner
The United States was nowhere close to the medal race. It did, however, have three women in the finals. Lacy Schnoor was ninth, 16-year-old Ashley Caldwell, competing in her first Olympics 10th and veteran Emily Cook finished 11th. | 02/25/10 01:26:14 By - Lisa Dillman
Ice dancer Kim carries weight of skating-mad South Korea
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea leaps, floats, emotes. She combines the presence of Katarina Witt with the technique of Shizuka Arakawa. Five skaters trailing Kim will try to unseat the reigning world champion and record-holder known as "The Queen." | 02/25/10 01:19:44 By - Linda Robertson
Canada's hockey team gets physical against Russia
The Canadians hammered the Russians with every early hip check, bodycheck and face plant. They hit everyone wearing red. They threw pucks into the corners and hungrily chased after them. They were a step faster and several shades meaner than Russia. | 02/25/10 01:05:14 By - Steve Kelley
Canada 1-2 in women's bobsled; U.S. gets bronze
For the first time in Olympic history all three medals in a bobsled event went to North American teams. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse took gold and Canada's only other sled, Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown, took silver. Erin Pac and Elana Meyers of the United States won bronze. | 02/24/10 23:22:52 By - Craig Hill
U.S. women win bronze in 3,000-meter short track; Ohno, Reutter advance
South Korea had been the metronomic constant in the race, a four-time Olympic champion seeking an unprecedented fifth straight gold in Wednesday's race — and it had one until a disqualification for impeding wiped out their effort. China took the gold. | 02/24/10 22:41:14 By - Brian Hamilton
Vonn is out, Mancuso sits 18th in giant slalom
Skiing bib-to-bib in the Olympic giant slalom, Lindsey Vonn at No. 17 and Julia Mancuso at No. 18, Vonn crashed while flying back-first into a retaining fence, broke her right pinkie finger, and it might have cost Mancuso the chance to defend her gold medal. | 02/24/10 22:00:23 By - Chris Dufresne
U.S. men beat Swiss 2-0, reach hockey semifinals
Do you believe in good old-fashioned teamwork and patience? The unheralded U.S. Olympic men's hockey team relied on both to finally break Switzerland and dogged goalie Jonas Hiller for a 2-0 quarterfinal win that came down to the final period. | 02/24/10 18:47:42 By - Michelle Kaufman
Hottest sport on ice? Curling
Admit it - you've been drawn in for a few minutes or maybe a few hours by the mesmerizing sport shown nearly 24-7 on NBC's cable networks. Yes, the one with the circles and heavy rocks and awkward delivery. Curling is hot. | 02/24/10 15:42:33 By - Brian Murphy
World weeps for Canadian ice dancer Rochette
Joannie Rochette skated with a broken heart, but somehow she skated, because that is what her late mother would have wanted her to do. She was in third place after Tuesday night's short program, putting her in contention for a medal Thursday. | 02/24/10 01:49:17 By - Linda Robertson
U.S. women place three bobsleds in top six
The precipitous bobsled track punished most sliders Tuesday. They at times careened down the course like a marble in a rain gutter, taking more blows than bobsleds were designed to absorb. Two crewmen in one sled slammed into the sides of the track so hard that the plastic facemasks were blasted off their helmets. | 02/24/10 01:09:57 By - Ron Judd
U.S. men's hockey team is 'appropriately paranoid' for playoff game
Team USA is putting its exhilarating upset of Canada behind it as the top-seeded Americans prepare to face Switzerland on Wednesday. | 02/24/10 00:57:30 By - Helene Elliott
Bode, U.S. take a powder in giant slalom
The United States' streak of six consecutive Alpine races with at least one medal ended Tuesday when Bode Miller bowed out early in the first run and Ted Ligety came in late for the second run, finishing in ninth place. | 02/24/10 00:37:23 By - Chris Dufresne
U.S. claims historic silver in Nordic combined
Not many Americans can tell you what events comprise the Nordic combined. The U.S. won a medal in the team competition Tuesday for the first time in history, as Todd Lodwick, Johnny Spillane, Bill Demong and Brett Camerota finished second to Austria. Germany took the bronze. | 02/24/10 00:18:05 By - Charean Williams
Dutch speedskater disqualified after setting Olympic record
Dutchman Sven Kramer threw his arms in the air. His expected 10,000-meter speedskating victory was bracingly thorough, obliterating an Olympics record that had been set only an hour earlier. But then triumph dissolved into Olympic-sized infamy. | 02/23/10 22:50:01 By - Brian Hamilton
U.S. curling teams head home empty handed
Round Robin play ended Tuesday night with both the men and women in last place. At one point things got so frustrating TV cameras caught men's skip John Shuster saying "I hate this stupid game." | 02/23/10 22:35:11 By - Craig Hill
Meet the oldest and youngest Olympians at these Games
in the men's giant slalom on Tuesday, the oldest man in the Games — 51-year-old German prince/pop star/photographer Hubertus Von Hohenlohe — raced for Mexico (yes, Mexico!) against the youngest guy in the field — 16-year-old Peruvian Manfred Oettl Reyes. It didn't matter much to them where they finished. They just wanted to finish. | 02/23/10 21:16:00 By - Michelle Kaufman
Canada's star-crossed ski-crossers net one gold medal
Ashleigh McIvor won gold for Canada Tuesday in women's ski cross in picturesque heavy falling snow, leading early and easily holding on. Her boyfriend, Chris Del Bosco, had failed in his medal quest Sunday. | 02/23/10 20:53:34 By - Lisa Dillman
Canadian ice dancers take gold, U.S. silver
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir unveiled a flawless routine to win the ice dancing gold medal — Canada's fifth gold medal of the Games and 10th overall. The American duo of Meryl Davis and Charlie White finished second. | 02/23/10 02:16:03 By - Bob Condotta
Freestyle aerials feature twists in plot
Ryan St. Onge of the U.S. was the model of consistency Monday with two stellar jumps, qualifying second for Thursday night's finals. Fellow American Jeret "Speedy" Peterson is in fifth. | 02/23/10 01:41:28 By - Lisa Dillman
U.S. teams finish 9th, 6th in cross-country sprint
Near the end of the men's team sprint, cross-country skier Torin Koos experienced what every racer dreads — an empty tank. An Olympic medal, the U.S. cross-country team's first since 1976, and only second ever, hung in the balance. | 02/23/10 00:27:33 By - Meri-Jo Borzilleri
Canadian curling team rips American men, takes some sting out of hockey loss
Raw emotion is nothing new to the curling venue. While the players tend to be understated, engrossed in chess-like games that stretch toward three hours, the crowd at the Vancouver Olympic Centre has been downright raucous at times. | 02/22/10 23:32:14 By - David Wharton
As women's hockey blowouts continue, a call for patience
Another day of Olympic women's ice hockey competition, another lopsided score. And, unfortunately, more fodder for critics who say women's hockey doesn't have enough global competition to warrant a place on the Winter Olympics menu. The U.S. overwhelmed Sweden 9-1 to clinch a spot in Thursday's gold-medal game. | 02/22/10 19:29:43 By - Michelle Kaufman
U.S. stuns Canada 5-3 in ice hockey upset
The stacked Canadian team, burdened with the gold-medal expectations of the entire country, was up against the carefree, inexperienced U.S. squad on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid. The game lived up to the hype in the most anticipated event of these Games so far. | 02/22/10 01:01:49 By - Michelle Kaufman
Bode Miller completes the set, adds gold to silver and bronze
His resume now lacks for nothing. The argument about who's the greatest ski racer in U.S. history has probably been settled. Bode Miller finally has his Olympic gold medal, coming from behind Sunday to win the super combined on Whistler Mountain. | 02/22/10 01:27:47 By - Craig Hill
Americans in second place in ice dancing competition
American ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White put themselves in prime position to make history. But first they will have to win a showdown with Canada and beat their training partners. Davis and White were in second place after the original dance Sunday, 2.60 points behind Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. | 02/22/10 01:50:44 By - Linda Robertson
German, American headed for bobsled showdown
Germany's Andre Lange won the two-man competition. But the win merely set the table for the larger battle to come — the four-man bobsled showdown between Lange and U.S. driver Steven Holcomb, the reigning world champion in the four-man and a serious threat to Lange's perfect record. | 02/22/10 01:07:56 By - Ron Judd
U.S., Canada come up short in women's speedskating
Not a good weekend to be a North American speedskater, not after the U.S. followed its Saturday results with nothing better than Heather Richardson's 16th place finish on Sunday. But those efforts stung far less than the ones posted by the Canadian hosts. | 02/22/10 02:09:32 By - Brian Hamilton
U.S. curling squads struggle
An 0-4 start for the men in round-robin play and an 0-3 beginning for the women left both American teams scrambling to dig out. Just as they were making a bit of headway, they slipped backward on the sixth day of the tournament, leaving the women's medal hopes dangling by a thread and the men's on life support. | 02/21/10 23:36:28 By - Rachel Blount
Russia turns backs Czechs in ice hockey, 4-2
Alexander Ovechkin downplayed the significance of the jarring, open-ice hit he inflicted on Czech Republic forward Jaromir Jagr early in the third period of Russia's 4-2 victory Sunday in the teams' preliminary-round finale. But Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals' franchise player, didn't need to say much. | 02/21/10 21:13:48 By - Helene Elliott
Americans make early exits in men's ski cross
Americans Daron Rahlves and Casey Puckett — both of whom insist this is their last Olympics — had no chance because of recent injuries. Neither got out of the first round. Rahlves crashed near the end of his heat and finished third, 28th overall. Puckett finished fourth in his heat and 23rd overall. | 02/21/10 20:03:46 By - Charean Williams
Canada abuzz as hockey game vs. U.S. looms Sunday
Canada's national pride is on the line, and nothing but a win over Team USA and a gold medal will heal the four-year-old scar this hockey-loving nation has been nursing since leaving the Turin Olympics red-faced, without a medal of any color. Fans here don't just want the hockey gold, they yearn for it. | 02/21/10 01:01:50 By - Michelle Kaufman
Ohno survives bump, skates to historic 7th Olympic medal
Apolo Anton Ohno, the former in-line skater from Seattle, won a record seventh Winter Olympics medal on Saturday night. It wasn't gold, however. It was bronze, although it might've been one of the toughest third-place finishes of his career. | 02/21/10 00:23:10 By - Jerry Brewer
Shani Davis can't catch Dutch skater, settles for silver
There would be no star-spangled storybook ending or scintillating drama in the last chapter of the Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick story. The two best American speedskaters had patched things up after feuding four years ago, and were back on the Richmond Olympic Oval Saturday night for a crack at a gold medal in the 1,500. Neither skater got his wish. | 02/21/10 01:01:14 By - Michelle Kaufman
Vonn adds to U.S. medal haul with Super-G bronze
After deftly maneuvering through the challenging upper portion of the Olympic super-G course, Lindsey Vonn thought she had the race in hand and skied conservatively the rest of the way. She finished in first place but could only watch as two skiers used the bottom of the course to bump her to bronze. | 02/21/10 01:01:12 By - Craig Hill
USA's Reutter finishes fourth in women's short-track 1,500
Katherine Reutter was trying to be the first U.S. woman to win an individual Olympic short track medal since Cathy Turner in 1994. It did not happen, as she finished fourth in a race when she got into trouble twice. She has one more chance in the 1,000 later this week. | 02/21/10 00:00:18 By - Philip Hersh
U.S. teen finishes 32nd in ski jumping
Peter Frenette, considered the future of U.S. ski jumping, barely missed the cutoff to advance to the finals in the large hill ski jumping event Saturday. He finished 32nd out of 50 jumpers with a score of 90.6 after soaring 114 1/2 meters at a top speed of 92.2 kilometers per hour. | 02/21/10 00:46:16 By - Michael Russo
Controversy dogs Russian ice dancers
Throw another Russian on the barbie, mate. It's ice dancing time. The event Sunday night is original dance, and the skaters were told to come up with something around a theme of country-folk. And that's where world champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia may have been watching too many "Crocodile Dundee" reruns. | 02/20/10 23:43:03 By - Gil LeBreton
Plushenko's whining unbecoming of a champion
The cheeky chatter — and nobody does cheeky chatter like figure skating — was about Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko's impudent suggestion that he had been robbed. Move along, everyone. There's no crooked judge to see here. | 02/20/10 02:04:52 By - Gil LeBreton
U.S. ice dancers third, fourth after opening round
Compulsory ice dance is the figure skating version of watching paint dry for the three hours the event took Friday. And, while everyone is bored to tears, the real action is taking place behind the scenes. | 02/20/10 00:01:02 By - Philip Hersh
Skeleton bronze slips away from USA's Pikus-Pace
Noelle Pikus-Pace settled for fourth, a tenth of a second off the podium. Germans Kerstin Szymkowiak and Anja Huber were second and third respectively, winning their country's first two medals in skeleton. | 02/19/10 23:02:58 By - Craig Hill
Canada-U.S. men's Olympic hockey game headed for MSNBC
Normally billed as "The Place for Politics," MSNBC on Sunday night will be the place for Olympics hockey. Live coverage of the much anticipated United States-Canada men's matchup will run there in prime time, rather than over the air on corporate cousin NBC. | 02/19/10 22:45:35 By - Phil Rosenthal
Miller adds a silver in super-G, Weibrecht takes bronze
Canada's Olympic motto is "Own the Podium," but halfway through the Vancouver Games it seems the best it can hope for is to sublet a step from the U.S. Ski Team. American skiers continued to dominate the slopes of Whistler Mountain on Friday. | 02/19/10 18:52:02 By - Craig Hill
USA's Lysacek beats Russia's Plushenko in figure skating
To appreciate men's figure skating, you have to look past the outfits to the athleticism. And anybody who thinks there's no athleticism in the sport couldn't have been watching Evan Lysacek. Skating with steely focus and confident preparation, he dethroned Evgeni Plushenko to win the Olympic gold medal. | 02/19/10 01:12:23 By - Gil LeBreton
U.S. women roll into hockey semifinals
The margin of victory was the smallest for the U.S. in the three games its played (China 12-1 on Sunday; Russia 13-0 on Tuesday). The United States advanced to the medal round and will play Sweden in Monday's semifinals. The Swedes knocked the U.S. out of gold-medal contention in the semis of the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy. | 02/19/10 00:11:37 By - Chris Kuc
U.S. wins silver, bronze in women's halfpipe
Torah Bright of Australia pulled off a sensational second run to secure the gold medal. Winning the silver and bronze were two former Olympic champions for the United States, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark. | 02/18/10 23:58:56 By - Lisa Dillman
Luge officials were warned of Olympic track's hazards
A slider from Venezuela said he sent warning letters to luge officials, warning of the dangers, after he crashed in training last November and failed to qualify for his third Olympics. Meanwhile, the head of Georgia's Olympic committee blamed last week's fatal accident on the organizations that built the world's fastest track. | 02/18/10 23:28:46 By - Candus Thomson
Another day without medals for U.S. women speedskaters
There is optimism about Jen Rodriguez's 1,500-meter race on Sunday. There is a growing hope for the next Olympic cycle. But there are no medals. There is a lot of relative thinking regarding the U.S. women's speedskating team's performance in these Winter Games. | 02/18/10 21:52:59 By - Brian Hamilton
Mancuso makes U.S. Olympic history with 3rd skiing medal; Vonn catches gate
In the rush to anoint Lindsey Vonn the greatest American woman skier in Olympic history, most media and fans forgot about Julia Mancuso, who skied into the U.S. record books Thursday by winning a silver medal in the super combined. | 02/18/10 14:13:23 By - Craig Hill
Looking toward Canada, U.S. men beat Norway 6-1 in hockey
If youthful, fresh-legged Team USA can outskate big strong Team Canada for a victory on Sunday, it might not rank with the 1980 gold medal-winning team's defeat of the Soviets. But it's going to rankle the host nation very, very much. | 02/18/10 20:52:34 By - Phil Sheridan
Snowboarders worry about Shaun White wannabees getting hurt
Four years ago, Shaun White needed to pull off back-to-back 1080s to win Olympic gold in the men's halfpipe competition at the Turin Winter Games. | 02/18/10 16:45:08 By - Joe Sunnen
USA's White repeats as snowboard halfpipe champion
He has cool nicknames — "The Flying Tomato" and "The Animal" ... his own private halfpipe — Project X — in Silverton Mountain in Colorado ... his own video game — "Shaun White Snowboarding" ... his own DVD — "The White Adventures" ... endorsement deals that have made him a multimillionaire. Now, snowboarder Shaun White has another Olympic gold medal. | 02/18/10 00:15:39 By - Charean Williams
Ohno, Celski qualify for 1,000 meter short track quarterfinals
Apolo Ohno highlighted a busy night of short-track skating by qualifying for the quarterfinals of the men's 1,000 meters, then leading the U.S. into the finals of the 5,000 relay. Meng Wang of China won the gold in the women's 500, her second straight Olympic victory in that event. | 02/18/10 02:51:59 By - Bob Condotta
Colbert Nation turns out to include Canada
Irreverence was the rule, not the exception, Wednesday in the first of two giant outdoor shows Stephen Colbert is taping in Vancouver. It was a rock-star moment for the popular comedian, who has goaded Canadians over the Olympics and even spoofed the Games on the cover of Sports Illustrated. | 02/18/10 01:16:22 By - Chris Erskine
U.S. lugers finish 6th in doubles competition
Christian Niccum, 32, of Woodinville, Wash., slid to a sixth-place finish with partner Dan Joye in Wednesday's luge doubles competition, won by Andreas and Wolfgang Linger of Germany. U.S. sliders Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin finished 13th. | 02/18/10 02:25:06 By - Ron Judd
Vonn leaves drama, downhill field behind in run to Olympic gold
Forget about the bruised shin, the controversial magazine pictures and all the other hype. American Lindsey Vonn left all of those distractions along with her competitors behind. She became the first American woman to win the Olympic downhill with a scorching time that beat her teammate, Julia Mancuso, who happily settled for a silver medal. | 02/17/10 17:39:46 By - Craig Hill
Koos struggles to 36th in cross-country sprint
Torin Koos' four-year obsession ended with the abruptness of a trap door. Koos, 29, skiing in his specialty, failed to make it out of the qualification round of the Olympic men's classic individual cross-country sprint at Wednesday at Whistler Olympic Park. | 02/17/10 23:27:46 By - Meri-Jo Borzilleri
For Vonn, no pain reliever like victory
Somehow, despite stabs to her shin bone with every bump, despite a ferocious, washboard course that sent six skiers flailing or skidding, and despite a brilliant run by her teammate, Lindsey Vonn did exactly what she had to do. She won the downhill gold medal. She proved she's the fastest woman on snow. She fulfilled a lifelong dream and year-long buildup. | 02/17/10 21:18:57 By - Linda Robertson
USA's Davis, Hedrick celebrate medals at speedskating oval
Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis and bronze medalist Chad Hedrick shook hands after their 1,000-meter race, laughed together on the podium, and even briefly carried the American flag together as a Dutch oompa-loompa band belted out a segment of "The Star-Spangled Banner." | 02/17/10 23:15:30 By - Michelle Kaufman
West Coast viewers find Olympic TV schedule maddening
Even though the Winter Games are taking place in the Pacific time zone, residents of that time zone can't watch the ice skating and snowboarding competition live. That's because those events were scheduled for prime time in the Eastern and Central time zones, and NBC is delaying their broadcast on the West Coast so they'll be seen in prime time there, too. | 02/17/10 15:40:28 By - Gina Kim
High school coach saw woman speedskater's talent
Over his 12 years as track coach at Northwestern High School, Calvin Hudgins has worked with many talented athletes. Few left an impression like Lauren Cholewinski | 02/17/10 14:53:08 By - Matt Garfield
U.S. college student arrested in Olympic protest
A 22-year-old Western Washington University student was one of seven people arrested Saturday, Feb. 13, during a Winter Olympics protest march in Vancouver, B.C. | 02/17/10 11:55:30 By - Isabelle Dills
Washington state resident revels in Olympic hockey goal
Karen Thatcher said her greatest thrill so far at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics has been pulling on her jersey and taking the ice as a member of the U.S. women's hockey team. After scoring her first goal as an Olympian against Russia, the Blaine resident won't have to look far to find which moment is second on the list. | 02/17/10 11:50:08 By - Joe Sunnen
Plushenko leads deep field in men's figure skating
Evgeni Plushenko of Russia knows figure skaters score no points for subtlety. So he strode onto the ice for his third Olympics on Tuesday wearing a rhinestone-studded black jumpsuit with fake plunging neckline — and wearing black gloves, of course. He wore his customary mullet hairdo. He jumped and jumped, practically out of the Pacific Coliseum. | 02/17/10 01:57:15 By - Linda Robertson
Young U.S. women speedskaters off to 'rough start'
By the end of racing Tuesday at Richmond Olympic Oval, Heather Richardson was in sixth place, the rest of the U.S. entrants outside the top 16, another hardware-free day at the track. | 02/17/10 00:58:23 By - Brian Hamilton
USA's Jacobellis fails to reach final in snowboard cross
Lindsey Jacobellis and the Olympic gold medal are not destined to go hand in hand. On Tuesday, Jacobellis, of Stratton, Vt., failed to reach the women's snowboard cross final, going off the course in the semifinal round, nicking a course gate. | 02/16/10 23:47:39 By - Lisa Dillman
What makes curling so endearing? Maybe Norway's pants
Don't snicker about curling around these parts. Lord, no. Curling is nearly as popular as hockey in Canada with 1.3 million participants (the U.S., by comparison, has 16,000) and their top skip, Kevin Martin, a 43-year-old father of three who looks like the accountant down the street, is as well-known here as NHL star Sidney Crosby. They call him "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart." | 02/16/10 21:39:40 By - Michelle Kaufman
U.S. men's hockey tops Switzerland 3-1
The much-anticipated men's Olympic hockey tournament, the first played on NHL-size ice, opened with a bang Tuesday. Actually, it opened with more than a few bangs, as the U.S. beat Switzerland, 3-1, in a fast and consistently physical game at Canada Hockey Place. | 02/16/10 21:12:00 By - Helene Elliott
Now that Bode Miller has a medal, are we supposed to love him?
Miller was the big loser of the 2006 Winter Games. He was vilified for failing to win a medal in five events, dancing in Sestriere clubs and having the audacity to say he didn't care. He was Bode being Bode, erratically brilliant, consistently independent. So is the villain a hero now, after a daring run Monday on the Whistler downhill earned him a bronze medal? | 02/16/10 12:56:27 By - Linda Robertson
Korean's speedskating win overshadowed by resurfacing problem
The 2010 Winter Olympic version of the fastest event in speedskating is likely to be remembered mostly for how long it took to complete. A victory by Tae-Bum Mo of Korea was overshadowed by problems with ice-resurfacing machines. | 02/16/10 01:28:44 By - Bob Condotta
Russian streak ends as China wins pairs figure skating
The streak is over. For the first time since 1960, the Olympic pairs gold medal did not go to a team from the Soviet Union or Russia. It went to four-time Olympians and sentimental favorites Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China, a married couple that had retired after winning bronzes in 2002 and 2006, and decided to return for one last shot. | 02/16/10 01:15:34 By - Michelle Kaufman
Alaskan snowboarder fails to advance
The Winter Olympics are over for Girdwood snowboarder Chythlook-Sifsof, 21, who is the first Alaska Native to compete at the Olympics. | 02/16/10 18:58:19 By - Staff Reports
Wescott wins gold with big comeback in snowboard cross
The 33-year-old Seth Wescott came from last to first Monday in the men's snowboard cross final at Cypress Mountain, holding off crowd favorite Mike Robertson of Canada at the finish line to win the U.S.'s second gold medal. | 02/16/10 01:56:58 By - Lisa Dillman
Women's hockey officials say blowouts are sport's growing pains
Should there be a mercy rule for women's hockey? Canada's women's hockey team recorded another blowout victory in Monday's preliminary round in Vancouver, this one a 10-1 rout of Switzerland. It wasn't a record-setter like the 18-0 win over Slovakia in the opener Saturday, but it wasn't pretty, either. | 02/15/10 23:56:17 By - Arthur Staple
Bode Miller strikes bronze in tight men's downhill race
American Bode Miller missed his first Olympic gold medal by 0.09 seconds in the closest downhill race in Olympic history. Switzerland's Didier Defago took gold in a time of 1:54.31 and silver went to Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal. | 02/15/10 19:51:14 By - Craig Hill
Lugers unhappy with changes made to slow Whistler run
Officials at the Winter Game had no choice but to try to bring down the speeds on the luge track where a 21-year-old Georgian luger died during a practice run Friday. But the changes are likely to affect the outcome of the competition, and many lugers are not happy as a result. | 02/15/10 11:58:45 By - Linda Robertson
Pairs skaters thrill hometown of Bradenton
They cheered during warmups. It was that kind of night at Suds Sports Grill, just yards from Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex, the training home for all four U.S. pairs figure skaters. | 02/15/10 14:14:15 By - Timothy M. Wolfrum
During Olympics, Vancouver shines
Vancouver may be the host of the 2010 Winter Games, but it felt more like summer in the city Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14. | 02/15/10 13:45:58 By - Zoe Fraley
Historic finish for U.S. as Spillane nabs silver in Nordic combined
Johnny Spillane, 29, from Steamboat Springs, Colo., won America's first Olympic medal in the Nordic combined Sunday, ending a drought that began 86 years ago when the U.S. competed in the first Games. | 02/14/10 21:46:19 By - Meri-Jo Borzilleri
Bilodeau masters moguls, gives Canada its first gold
Bilodeau, a 22-year-old from Montreal, won the gold medal — which was the first for Canada when the Olympics have been on its home soil — when the final skier of the men's moguls competition, Guilbaut Colas of France, was fast but not sharp enough, tumbling to sixth place. | 02/14/10 23:02:53 By - Lisa Dillman
U.S. pairs celebrate Valentine's Day on skating's biggest stage
Jeremy Barrett and Amanda Evora are U.S. Olympic pairs figure skaters from Bradenton, Fla., (yes, Florida), and though they train in the same rink and have been dating for five years, they are competing against each other with other partners. | 02/14/10 23:47:41 By - Michelle Kaufman
Germans dominate luge; Benshoof top U.S. finisher at 8th
Felix Loch won gold by blowing away the field by 0.679 seconds. He covered his four runs in 3 minutes, 13.085 seconds. Fellow German David Moeller took silver and '02 and '06 gold medalist Armin Zoeggeler won bronze, 1.290 seconds behind Loch. | 02/14/10 22:40:44 By - Craig Hill
Tough going for U.S. in biathlon sprint
Tim Burke, the 29th athlete to start, finished 47th after missing three of his 10 targets. Jay Hakkinen, who shot perfectly, finished 54th. Meanwhile, American Jeremy Teela finished ninth after leaving 13th from the starting gate. | 02/14/10 23:35:31 By - Phil Sheridan
U.S. rolls in women's hockey opener, beats China 12-1
The U.S. outshot China 61-7 and didn't allow a goal until under there were less than three minutes left in the game. China scored on a power play against the third-team goalie. | 02/14/10 22:16:08 By - Bob Condotta
Ohno makes history with silver in men's short track 1,500
Apolo Anton Ohno stands alone among United States men who have competed in Olympic Winter Games. He has six career medals, surpassing Eric Heiden, and is tied with Bonnie Blair for most medals by an American. | 02/14/10 01:06:09 By - Chris Kuc
Kearney wins U.S. gold in women's moguls
It took Hannah Kearney 27.86 seconds down a windy, rainy course to snatch gold away from Canada on the very last run of a drama-filled women's moguls final, a night filled with sublime skiing and spectacular crashes. | 02/14/10 01:53:28 By - Lisa Dillman
Davis struggles in 5000m, Netherlands' Kramer takes gold
U.S. speedskater Shani Davis finished 12th in the 5,000-meter race, 13.84 seconds behind winner Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, who set an Olympic record in 6 minutes 14.60 seconds. Davis' finish wasn't a surprise, as he specializes in the 1,000 meters and the 1,500 meters. | 02/13/10 22:53:31 By - Michelle Kaufman
First gold in Vancouver goes to Swiss ski jumper
Simon Ammann of Switzerland won his third career gold medal with a 108-meter final jump in the normal hill (the smaller of the two ski jump hills) and a score of 276.5 points. Silver went to Poland's Adam Malysz, his third Olympic medal. Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria won bronze. | 02/13/10 17:47:43 By - Craig Hill
Protesters turn violent in downtown Vancouver
A group of about 200 protesters clashed with police at a busy downtown intersection Saturday morning as competition got under way at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The group, calling itself the Olympic Resistance Network, smashed windows with newspaper boxes, overturned mailboxes and spray-painted buses and cars. | 02/13/10 20:04:14 By - Michelle Kaufman
Olympics opening ceremony dedicated to Georgian luger
This wasn't how organizers envisioned the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics — with a death on the luge track, steady rain, protests along the torch relay route and the postponement of Sunday's women's alpine event due to slushy conditions on Whistler Mountain. But for two and a half hours Friday night, the genial can-do Canadians tried to put the troubles aside and celebrate their heritage and the Olympic spirit. | 02/13/10 01:57:01 By - Michelle Kaufman
Olympic luger dies during training run; officials 'heartbroken'
Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old luger from the Republic of Georgia, died after a high-speed crash during his final training run, casting a pall over the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Kumaritashvili was going 88 mph when his sled flew off the course. | 02/12/10 15:39:16 By - Michelle Kaufman
Saturday's Olympics TV highlights
As provided by NBC, here are Saturday's scheduled TV highlights (Eastern/Pacific times). | 02/12/10 22:11:45 By -
Vancouver's 'real world,' outside Olympic bubble
Kelly Flanagan lives in a transient hotel for women just five blocks from the B.C. Place stadium, site of the lavish Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics. But she might as well live a million miles away from the gleaming waterfront condos, spotless trains, stylish haberdasheries and hip restaurants of Vancouver. | 02/12/10 22:28:40 By - Linda Robertson
Danger an inescapable part of the Winter Games
Much more so than their summer counterparts, the sports of the Winter Games are about cheating disaster. Whether it's flying high above the half pipe on a snowboard, launching from a ski jump tower, skiing 90 mph down a mountain or skating at high speed with the equivalent of knives on your feet, athletes stand to lose much more than Olympic glory. | 02/12/10 16:24:49 By - Craig Hill
Speedskater Ohno may see familiar face on podium
If things go the way they hope at the Winter Olympics, Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski will stand together on the short-track speedskating podium in Vancouver, B.C. It was watching Ohno win gold in 2002 that inspired Celski, now 19, to try speedskating. | 02/11/10 21:28:27 By - Craig Hill
In balmy Vancouver, weather a hot Olympics topic
Unseasonably warm weather has descended over this Pacific Coast city, forcing organizers to deliver hundreds of tons of snow and 1,000 bales of hay by helicopter and dump trucks to build up the snowboard and freestyle ski courses at the green-sloped Cypress Mountain. Some of the snow was airlifted from as far as 150 miles away. | 02/11/10 16:09:01 By - Michelle Kaufman
Preparing for the Olympics, frequent border crossers plot strategy
Regular border crossers will have to cope with more traffic at the borders during the Olympics. Federal officials estimate February traffic, normally the slowest of the year, will look more like an August day, the busiest time of the year. Area residents have different strategies for the traffic generated by the games. | 02/11/10 13:05:51 By - Jared Paben
South Carolina speedskater prepares for Olympics
You don't hear a lot of Southern drawls at the Winter Olympics. Lauren Cholewinski — a long-track speedskater who grew up in Rock Hill, S.C., and now lives in Utah — is an exception. | 02/11/10 12:30:34 By - Scott Fowler
Skier Lindsey Vonn says bruise may keep her from Olympics
Vonn was expected to be the Michael Phelps of the Winter Games, a contender for five gold medals. But Wednesday, she told reporters a bruise on her right shin might keep her from competing. She had avoided skiing since suffering the injury in a practice run Feb. 2. She said trying to put on a ski boot "was excruciatingly painful." | 02/10/10 21:09:00 By - Frank Fitzpatrick
A personal test for speedskater Jennifer Rodriguez at Vancouver Games
As Jennifer Rodriguez stroked around the Richmond Oval, she knew why she was back for her fourth Olympic Games. Any doubts about her decision to return to the punishing sport of long track speedskating melted. | 02/10/10 18:56:48 By - Linda Robertson
Comedian Stephen Colbert has a rapport with the Games
Stephen Colbert, whose deadpan punditry on Comedy Central has become a force of nature, has an honest appreciation for speed skating. No joke. He is not, he insists, enamored of big-thighed men whose muscles bulge through body-hugging suits. OK, that was going for a laugh. Meet your newest NBC reporter for the Vancouver Olympics. | 02/10/10 19:16:46 By - Diane Pucin
What you need to know about Winter Olympics' hockey tournament
The 2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey competition opens its 30-game schedule Tuesday, and the gold medal match Feb. 28 will be the final event of the Vancouver Games. As a result, the NHL will close shop from Monday until Feb. 28 and send its top players to the Olympics for the fourth straight time. | 02/10/10 19:41:01 By - Andrew Gross and Tom Gulitti
Washington state visitor centers await Olympic visitors
With people from all over the world descending for the Winter Olympics, the Bellingham, Wash. area, is gearing up to answer questions from visitors. | 02/10/10 10:42:44 By - Dave Gallagher
Olympic medal podium designed by man from Wichita
A Wichitan's work will be seen around the world Saturday when the first snow sports medals are presented at the 2010 Winter Olympics. | 02/09/10 14:50:29 By - Karen Shideler
Winter Olympics are full of dangerous sports
Whether it's flying high above the half pipe on a snowboard, launching from a ski jump tower, skiing 90 mph down a mountain or skating at high speed with the equivalent of knives on your feet, athletes stand to lose much more than Olympic glory. | 02/09/10 14:44:21 By - Craig Hill
Errol Kerr, one-man Jamaican ski team
As Errol Kerr finished his World Cup run, he saw 15 people sitting near the finish line with green-yellow-and-black Jamaican flags, 'No. 1' signs and rastafarian hats. Now his drive propels Errol Kerr toward an Olympic moment that connects two countries, two parents. | 02/09/10 12:59:13 By - John Schumacher
Canadians love ice hockey so much it's even on the money
Hockey Night in Canada, which began in 1931, is believed to be the longest-running sports show in the world, the equivalent of Monday Night Football in the United States. But it's not the only sign of Canada's deep love for the sport. More than 18,000 people show up to watch 11- and 12-year-olds compete in the annual Quebec International Pee Wee Tournament and the $5 bill features a quotation about hockey. | 02/09/10 07:09:17 By - Michelle Kaufman
Gov. Schwarzenegger to carry Olympic torch
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia, to serve as a torchbearer Friday for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the committee organizing the Games announced. | 02/08/10 20:24:33 By - Michael Rothfeld
Team USA takes momentum and depth into Winter Games
Whether it's a matter of manners, caution or trying to evade the radar, Team USA isn't trumpeting a medal projection for the Vancouver Olympics, which commence in the Great White North on Friday. | 02/08/10 20:34:53 By - Vahe Gregorian
New sport for Vancouver Olympics: blogging, vlogging and twittering
Sacramento's two "Olympians" leave Wednesday for the Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their events? Blogging, vlogging and tweeting. Karl Alexander, 35, and Jeremiah Mayhew, 26 – who call themselves Team Kinetic – are social-media-savvy colleagues who will participate in the Games as Samsung Mobile Explorers. | 02/08/10 14:12:36 By -
Olympic torch gets British Columbia fired up for the Games
There may have been dark skies and threatening rain, but it couldn't dampen the excitement as the Olympic torch made its way into Chilliwack, B.C., Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7. | 02/08/10 12:15:24 By - Zoe Fraley
What do Canadians eat? French fries with gravy, for starters
The United States shares the longest nonmilitarized border in the world with Canada, yet many U.S. citizens haven't a clue what their northern neighbors eat. There's poutine — french fries with cheese curds and gravy — which may be the closest thing to a national dish. | 02/03/10 15:47:07 By - Niesha Lofing
Practice by Olympic pairs skaters excite Florida hometown
Outside of the ice rink, in the concession stand area of Florida's Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex, throngs of fans — small children, senior citizens and every age in between — were perched on chairs so they could catch a view of the best pairs figure skating teams in the country — U.S. champions Caydee Denney, of Wesley Chapel, and Jeremy Barrett, of Venice, and runners-up Mark Ladwig, of Parrish, and Amanda Evora, of Bradenton — grace the ice for practice. | 01/28/10 13:11:41 By - Ryan T. Boyd
Olympic fever spills over border into Washington state
With a little more than two weeks until the opening ceremonies begin, Whatcom County seems to be catching Olympic fever. | 01/27/10 11:46:20 By - Dave Gallagher
Test your knowledge of Winter Olympics history
Take our Flash quiz of 20 questions, beginning with the first Winter Games in 1924. | 01/26/10 16:10:57 By -
Alaskan skier Holly Brooks is late addition to U.S. Olympic team
Anchorage cross-country skier Holly Brooks saw disappointment turn to delight this morning when the U.S. Ski Team called to tell her to pack her bags for Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. | 01/26/10 16:40:49 By - Mike Campbell
Alaska's Callan Chythlook-Sifsof joins Olympic snowboarding team
Gutsy young snowboarder Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Girdwood made history on Monday when she capped a remarkable comeback season by becoming what is believed to be the first Native Alaskan to earn a berth on an Olympic team. | 01/26/10 12:23:03 By - Mike Campbell
Alaskans nominated to U.S. Olympic ski team
When his cell phone rang Monday night and James Southam saw that the caller was the coach of the U.S. Ski Team, a stressful week of waiting and wondering ended. | 01/20/10 12:16:29 By - Beth Bragg
Washington state transport companies looking forward to Vancouver Olympics
Opportunities may be difficult to spot, but local transportation companies are figuring out ways to provide services for the expected influx of visitors for next month's Winter Olympics. | 01/19/10 12:59:36 By - Dave Gallagher
USA's Cunningham qualifies for Vancouver Olympics' bobsled team
Nick Cunningham, who has been competing in bobsled for 18 months after wrapping up his Boise State career, qualified during a World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday. | 01/18/10 13:12:32 By - Staff
American cross country skiers vie for Olympic spots
With the Olympics clearly in their future, Kikkan Randall and Kris Freeman could afford to go out conservatively in Monday's freestyle races at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships. | 01/05/10 17:49:13 By - Beth Bragg
Handicapping Olympic men's hockey: Is host nation good as gold?
A quick rundown of the national rosters, plus some predictions and omissions. | 01/03/10 18:02:31 By - Arthur Staple
Canadian women's hockey team beats U.S. in pre-Games exhibition
For the ninth time this fall, the U.S. and Canada took measure of each other on the ice. But after their pre-Olympic series ends in Ottawa, the cold war between the reigning superpowers in women's hockey promises to rage on. | 12/31/09 18:10:49 By - Rachel Blount
The mettle to medal: U.S. women curlers aim high
The phrase "U.S. curling superstar" probably qualifies as an oxymoron in a nation that pays attention to the obscure winter sport for roughly two weeks every four years. So let's just say Debbie McCormick is among the most accomplished female curlers in U.S. history. | 12/22/09 18:16:07 By - Gary D'Amato
Moguls champ has winning formula
By the time she was 5, Michelle Roark says, she had mapped out an ambitious and apparently contradictory life plan. And despite bumps, twists and turns that include six knee surgeries and living in a tent in a forest while working three jobs along the way, each aspect essentially came to be in harmony with the other. | 12/21/09 18:21:48 By - Vahe Gregorian
Washington border towns are cautious regarding Winter Olympic
With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C., just four months away, Whatcom County's two northernmost towns are expecting to see plenty of people making their way through the border crossing. Merchants are unsure, however, whether that will translate into gold for local coffers. | 10/12/09 12:19:28 By - Dave Gallagher
McClatchy faces off with Olympic Committee over trademark
The U.S. Olympic Committee is protesting an effort by The McClatchy Co. to trademark the name of its newspaper in Olympia, Wash., The Olympian. The USOC argues that the similarity of its trademarks to The Olympian "tends to cause confusion or mistake, to deceive, and to falsely suggest a connection." | 10/06/09 15:25:41 By - Christian Hill
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