If you like your Olympic competition staid and sportsmanlike, the short track speedskating rink isn’t the place. The skaters’ helmets and pa…
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New mass start event spices up speedskating at Olympics
The big oval is going to get a lot more crowded at the Pyeongchang Games. Speedskating is spicing itself up with the Olympic debut of the ma…
1988: Katarina Witt wins her second Olympic gold in thrilling ‘Battle of the Carmens’
East Germany’s Katarina Witt won the 1984 Olympic gold medal and sought a back-to-back victory four years later at the 1988 Calgary Games. W…
Why Chloe Kim is glad she was too young to compete in Sochi
In 2014, Chloe Kim was relegated to a footnote in the Olympic history books. Her absence from the Sochi Games was noteworthy. Had she been a…
Join live cycling classes at home from the 2018 Winter Olympics
Does watching your favorite Olympic athletes compete motivate you to work out? Ever wish you could work out with them? That opportunity awai…
NBC looks to make Olympic coverage omnipresent
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off the Super Bowl, NBC begins more than two weeks of Winter Olympics coverage on Thursday with a new host, some new w…
U.S. bobsled pilot Justin Olsen undergoes appendectomy
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – On the evening of Monday, Feb. 5 – two nights prior to the start of unofficial training at the Olympic Winter Gam…
Steady as he goes: Shani Davis back for another Olympics
As a kid, Shani Davis always wanted to be the fastest skater on the ice. He didn’t care about ribbons or trophies or medals. He’s picked up …
Rising star Marcus Kleveland has two shots at Olympic snowboarding gold
When he first strapped into a snowboard as a young kid, Marcus Kleveland quickly discovered that it wasn’t as easy as it looked in his video…
The new Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and followed that up with two silver medals at the…