VANCOUVER (Reuters) – American Shaun White drew gasps for a dizzying new trick in a brilliant performance to defend his Olympic snowboarding halfpipe title on Wednesday.
Cheered on by an ecstatic crowd and dubbed ‘Shauntastic’, White …

WHISTLER, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Jon Montgomery put a smile backon Canadian faces at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Friday witha sensational gold medal run in the men’s skeleton.
The bearded Montgomery produced a faultless fourth …

At the Olympics in Turin four years ago, Johnny Weir didn’t like living among the silly snowboarders and frivolous bobsledders in the Olympic Village. so this year he thought he’d stay in a hotel. …

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Vancouver prepared to welcome the world to the Winter Olympics on Friday, with excitement over who would light the cauldron at the opening ceremony tempered by fog and rain and concerns over …