Winter Sports News

Mellisa Hollingsworth won skeleton gold on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth captured her first World Cup skeleton gold medal of the season on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. Hollingsworth was fastest in both runs, finishing with a combined time of one minute, 54.85 seconds.

While the focus at Vancouver Canucks practice Thursday was supposed to be on the impending return of sniper Daniel Sedin, much of the attention instead centred around a shot that had nothing to do with pucks.

VAIL, Colo. - Vail's Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching the HBO series "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head - the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier on the World Cup circuit the past two seasons, Vonn travels full time with two physical trainers provided by Red Bull, her ski technician, and ...

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort has revoked a woman's season pass for publicly criticizing the ski area's new operating schedule.

Patrick Chan isn't picking a fight. Honest. He just wants Evgeni Plushenko to know that, despite a monster win in the Olympic champion's first competition since coming out of retirement, figure skating isn't quite where he left it four years ago.

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - U.S. skier Resi Stiegler injured her left knee when she crashed after hooking a gate during giant slalom training Thursday.

Jamie Sale and Craig Simpson, performing on CBC Television's Battle of the Blades on Nov.

In this Feb. 20, 2009, file photo, United States' Erin Hamlin, of Remsen, N.Y., races down the track during her first run at the Luge World Cup in Whistler, British Columbia.

On its road to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the U.S. Alpine Ski Team - including racers from Vail - is making a stop at Copper Mountain this week.

Sidney Crosby has added another iconic piece of hardware to the collection he's hoisted in his stellar hockey career - the Olympic torch.

Fans will have a chance to design the Olympic helmet of World Champion Lindsey Vonn, of Vail.

Theoren Fleury alleges in his recent autobiography that he was abused by Graham James starting when Fleury was 14.

" Winter Park Resort, one of Colorado's premier resort destinations less than two hours from Denver, opens Wednesday, November 18 for its 70th season with 33 acres, three chairlifts, two trails and the Sorensen Park beginner area.

Alex Ovechkin isn't saying for sure, but all signs suggest his injury absence is over and he'll play against the New York Rangers.

The syrup-suckers at Richmond have laid down the gauntlet to the Colbert Nation.

Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.

Detroit Red Wings' Dan Cleary , Jonathan Ericsson, center, of Sweden, and Henrik Zetterberg, right, also of Sweden, celebrate Zetterberg's goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of their NHL hockey game on Saturday, Nov.

Wayne Gretzky remembers this critical period before the Olympics well. He was executive director of Canada's men's Olympic hockey teams in both 2002 and 2006.

Kate Hansen clinched a spot on the USA Luge national team for the first two World Cup races Sunday, giving the 17-year-old a chance at making the Olympics.