Russia's Alena Zavarzina celebrates winning the gold medal of the women's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom in La Molina, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Nathan Johnstone and Holly Crawford have completed an Australian sweep of halfpipe gold at th…
Read more >>Benjamin Karl of Austria and Alena Zavarzina of Russia earned commanding victories in the parallel giant slalom events at the snowboard World Championships Wednesday. Karl defeated Rok Marguc of Slovenia in the men's final on the La Molina course.…
Read more >>You often hear about the need for more "free-market" solutions to the health-care crisis. The problem for this theory, as Matt Yglesias notes, is that "the only reason most people are insured today has to do with the non-market elements of the sys…
Read more >>Ted Ligety has moved up to a point-scoring 30th place in last Saturday's World Cup downhill race after Frenchman Alexandre Bouillot was disqualified. The United States Ski Team says the International Ski Federation accepted its appeal that Bouillo…
Read more >>As the number of people killed by Ben Ali’s security forces rises, Victims’ family have reported that some of the fallen are citizens of European nations. The French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that one of the victims killed…
Read more >>Belgian Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks during the opening of the executive board's meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan 12, 2010. Five senior International Olympic…
Read more >>Namibian IOC member Frank Fredericks speaks during a press briefing of the IOC and the Athletes' Commission during the opening of the executive board's meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Frank Fred…
Read more >>Skiers perform during the men's ski cross World Cup event of the Alpe d'Huez, southeastern France, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Daniel Bohnacker of Germany and Kelsey Serwa of Canada won ski cross events at a freestyle skiing World Cup meet Wednesda…
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