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Austria’s Mayer wins super-G for weekend sweep

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria – A year after his surprise win in the Olympic downhill, Matthias Mayer is starting to follow up his success on the World Cup circuit. The Austrian w...

DATE: Feb 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic champion Mayer leads Austrian downhill sweep

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria – In the space of two weeks, the Austrian downhill team has gone from “historical disaster” to a clean sweep of the podium Olympic champion Matthias ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Shiffrin 5th in giant slalom; Vonn leads, then stumbles

MARIBOR, Slovenia Giant slalom world champion Anna Fenninger used her 10th career World Cup victory to give the fight for the overall title new impetus. The defending c...

DATE: Feb 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Vonn matches World Cup victory record

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy Lindsey Vonn never thought she would make it this far. Perhaps that’s why, after matching the World Cup’s all-time record for wins Sunday, she ...

DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Family affair

Vonn’s relatives arrive as she nears record

DATE: Jan 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Ligety beaten by Hirscher again in GS race

ALTA BADIA, Italy – Ted Ligety needs some training. A lot of it. And some snow would help, too. Struggling with a broken wrist and without the training volu...

DATE: Dec 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Sports

Air bag system approved for World Cup ski races

ROME – Perhaps if Lindsey Vonn had a big cushy air bag to fall on when she tore two ligaments in her right knee she wouldn’t have missed the Sochi Olympics. And maybe Aksel Lund S...

DATE: Nov 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Mancuso is saving her momentum for the Olympics

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Julia Mancuso is not afraid to say it: Her entire season will be defined by the Sochi Olympics. And for a skier who always has thrived at the Winter Gam...

DATE: Jan 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports