(AP) — John Shuster won’t be catching anyone by surprise at these Olympics. The five-time Olympian is back to defend his curling gold medal in Beijing, and the target on his back will be almost as big as the one on the ice. Four years after surviving five straight elimination matches to ...
(AP) — After her first Winter Games triumph as a teenager in 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin gushed about “dreaming of the next Olympics (and) winning five gold medals” — which not only didn’t happen, of course, but wasn’t even possible because the American ended up not competing in every ...
(AP) — Forward Brianna Decker was unable to contain her enthusiasm in being selected to represent the United States in hockey for a third Olympics. She then bluntly declared the team’s one and only objective heading to the Beijing Games next month. “Our business isn’t finished until ...
(AP) — When the National Hockey League and its players agreed to pause the season and participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics, it came with the caveat of pandemic conditions not making it impractical to go to China. Seven weeks before puck drop at what was supposed to be the first Olympics ...
(AP) — At the last Olympics, Kaillie Humphries was Canadian and women’s bobsledders had just one chance to win medals. A few things have changed over the last four years. Humphries holds American citizenship now, and she’ll be competing in two events at the Beijing Games, with this ...
(AP) — There wound up being five sliders chosen as part of the U.S. Olympic skeleton team that competed in the 2006 Turin Games. Of those, four are long retired. Chris Soule stopped sliding after those Olympics. Kevin Ellis stopped in 2009. Zach Lund and Eric Bernotas in 2010. The other ...
