Sledding News

The annual "Dickens Village" celebration will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. Nov.28 in downtown Sierra Madre, along Baldwin Avenue and at Kersting Court.

'I've always been an adrenaline junkie,' says Breanna Rosencrance of Yakima, an up-and-comer on the USA Luge Junior National Developmental Team.

Sledding is a common activity and lots of fun for children as well as for dads and moms during the winter months.

Steve Mesler can't help thinking what he plans to do if his dreams, his fantasies, turn into gold in February.

Reigning four-man bobsled world champion Steven Holcomb won the four-man World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg, N.Y., leading the U.S. to a 1-2 finish for the second straight day.

There wasn't a dark cloud in the Friday night sky over Canada Olympic Park but Wolfgang Staudinger saw it differently.

Central Wisconsin Hub will occasionally post stories from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's student newspaper The Pointer.

Zak Pashak wasn't just terrified -- he was mortified, humiliated at being embroiled in such a ridiculous public scandal.

When you've tired of plastic saucer sleds in the backyard and want to graduate up to professional mountain sledding, you're going to need this cool new Alpine Racing Sled .

Workers with the SPCA Laurentides-Labelle and Humane Society International rescued the neglected sled dogs Tuesday.

This year, holiday budgets might be tighter than they were a few years ago, but the recent economic recession has had the good outcome of encouraging Americans to appreciate what they have.

Brock Kreitzburg was once in minicamp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He pushed a bobsled in the 2006 Turin Olympics.

Late Saturday afternoon, snow was falling but not yet accumulating along the 16th Street Mall at Welton Street.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:18 p.m. PARK CITY, Utah - It's the hardest part of bobsledding, those 5 seconds where racers sprint alongside their sleds before jumping in for the bumpy ride down an icy chute.

Love dogs? Pristine Alaska wilderness? Then you'll be pleased to learn that the lone federal dog-mushing job is open.

Comments 0 Recommend 0 November 07, 2009 10:00 AM R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE LA VETA This tranquil, snow-covered hillside is where Larry Morgan's parents, brother and cousin are buried.

The snow at Yosemite in the winter inspires lots of games, including giant splash, which involves dropping snowballs into the river from a bridge.

There's no sledding allowed in Flagstaff this winter. Flagstaff plans to close its snow play area north of State Route 89.

ALLAN MAKI Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 2:29AM EST S keleton athlete Michelle Kelly's nightmare run is over.

This is no snow job. Flagstaff plans to deter would-be sledders by wrapping the eastside detention basin with a 6-foot high fence.