Rick Maese

From surgery to sled in 10 days? That’s bobsled driver Justin Olsen’s plan.

February 7, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

Carlo Valdes and his teammates had worked for four years to get to this point. They'd landed in South Korea hopeful about what these Olympics might hold, an excitement that...

Ted Ligety is back for another Winter Olympics, after a long and painful road

February 6, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.

Over the summer and into the fall, Ted Ligety's long road back was starting to appear headed for an unforgiving dead end. Injuries and time away from the hill had...

Meet Chloe Kim, the 17-year-old snowboarder poised to rule the Winter Olympics

February 6, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

Chloe Kim's appeal is easy to understand. With a snowboard strapped to her feet, she can twirl and flip and generally send eyeballs rattling in sockets better than any teenage...

Shaun White is bigger than snowboarding. That’s what made failure so hard.

February 6, 2018 at 10:44 a.m.

Shaun White wasn't used to falling. Flipping, twirling, watching the world spin wildly with the iconic snowboarder always serving as the point of axis? Sure. But falling, let alone failing,...

For short-track speedskater Thomas Hong, the fastest route is through the details

February 5, 2018 at 8:11 p.m.

Lap after lap and year after year, the thrill is in going fast, and the goal is always to go faster. Thomas Hong loves the sensation as much as anyone...

Up, up and away: Julia Marino’s lifelong fearlessness catapults her to Olympics

January 29, 2018 at 7:41 p.m.

Julia Marino and gravity were never really a great pair. To her, everything was a launching pad -- furniture, household objects, playground equipment. "She was always on the lookout for...

Team USA is loaded, diverse — and the biggest in the history of the Winter Games

January 28, 2018 at 7:56 p.m.

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced its full roster of Olympians headed to Pyeongchang, 242 men and women in all, the largest team that any nation has ever sent to a...

Maame Biney (1) reacts after winning ...

U.S. Olympian Maame Biney’s short-track speedskating journey, from Ghana to PyeongChang

January 23, 2018 at 4:48 p.m.

The sun hadn't fully poked over the Wasatch mountains when Maame Biney came bounding through the lobby of the Utah Olympic Oval, her braids bobbing and a smile enveloping most...

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates in ...

Heading into the Olympics, dominance is becoming routine for Mikaela Shiffrin

January 8, 2018 at 5:05 p.m.

At a news conference Sunday following her latest win on the mountain, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked whether she is afraid she might wake up and realize the past couple of...

ESPN president John Skipper resigns, citing a substance abuse problem

December 18, 2017 at 8:16 p.m.

John Skipper, the longtime head of ESPN, resigned suddenly Monday as president of the network and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks.

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