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American Ligety 4th in World Cup giant slalom, loses ground in standings

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia – Alexis Pinturault of France dominated a men’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday, while Marcel Hirscher came second to take the season’s discipline title with a race t...

DATE: Mar 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

U.S.’s Shiffrin continues World Cup slalom roll, reunites with young fan

ARE, Sweden After outclassing her opponents to win her fourth World Cup slalom race of the season, Mikaela Shiffrin invited a young girl with a bashful smile to join her on the po...

DATE: Mar 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hirscher eyes overall title, but Ligety still looms

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia – Last year, Ted Ligety staged an unlikely comeback to edge Marcel Hirscher for the World Cup giant slalom title. This time, the American needs a miracle. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Fenninger wins GS to grab World Cup overall lead; U.S.’s Shiffrin 4th

ARE, Sweden – In what’s starting to look like a repeat of last season, Anna Fenninger of Austria is back in the overall lead of the World Cup standings after winning a giant slalom race Frid...

DATE: Mar 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Turning 20, Shiffrin wonders when she’ll stop being a rookie

ARE, Sweden – Mikaela Shiffrin’s days as a teenage sensation are over – and she doesn’t mind one bit. The American has been Alpine skiing’s wunderkind for so long that she can’t w...

DATE: Mar 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Alpine racers take a hike

Training for competition has been uphill climb

DATE: Mar 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A win for home team in men’s super-G

KVITFJELL, Norway – Kjetil Jansrud claimed the World Cup super-G title in his home race Sunday as the main challengers faltered in difficult conditions. The Norwegian completed th...

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

After a not-so-super stretch, a super ‘W’ in super-G for Vonn

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Lindsey Vonn is back doing what she does best, winning races and making history with each new win. After missing out on a gold medal at last mont...

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Reichelt claims 2nd consecutive World Cup downhill win; Ganong sixth for U.S.

KVITFJELL, Norway – Hannes Reichelt claimed his second consecutive World Cup downhill victory on Saturday, cutting the gap on discipline leader Kjetil Jansrud to just 20 points going into th...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Vonn finishes 7th, maintains downhill lead

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein earned her first World Cup downhill win Saturday, on the same hill where she captured her maiden victory two years ago. ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Fenninger takes Vonn’s super-G lead with 2 wins in Bulgaria

BANSKO, Bulgaria With less than three weeks of competition left, Anna Fenninger is on a roll. The Olympic champion from Austria overtook Lindsey Vonn in the super-G sta...

DATE: Mar 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Vonn criticizes FIS after racing in fog in Bulgaria

BANKSO, Bulgaria – Lindsey Vonn criticized the International Ski Federation Monday for allowing skiers to race in foggy conditions in Bulgaria. The 30-year-old American, who misse...

DATE: Mar 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports