Sports
April 2, 2015
Vonn returns home after showing the world she hasn't gone away

Vonn returns home after showing the world she hasn't gone away

Skier Lindsey Vonn keeps the comebacks coming, returning to her home state Wednesday as a champion after two years of painful rehab.
St. Paul
March 18, 2015

Hamline chosen to host U.S. Paralympics in June

Roughly 200 track and field athletes expected.
Sports
March 9, 2015
Burnsville native Lindsey Vonn sped down the course on her way to win a women's World Cup super-G event in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, on Sunday.

Vonn takes Super-G race

Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup Super-G on Sunday to regain the lead in the discipline with one race remaining. Vonn is chasing her fifth Super-G World Cup title and stretched her record with a 23rd race win in the event.
Sports
February 25, 2015
Winner Sweden's Charlotte Kalla, center, celebrates besides second placed United States' Jessica Diggins, left, and third placed United States' Caitli

A miracle on snow with Minnesota skiers' Sweden medals

Sports
January 24, 2015

Paralympian Aaron Pike takes quickly to biathlon's challenges

Aaron Pike, who became accomplished in cross-country skiing and biathlon in barely a year, will race for the U.S. at the Nordic world championships.
Sports
January 21, 2015
Lindsey Vonn takes a jump on her way to win an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.

Souhan: Vonn powers through powder and changes her sport

When Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn started dating, one of them was considered the greatest ever, someone whose power had transformed the competitive landscape of a sport. That's still the case.
Sports
December 30, 2014
Diggins skis, Stillwater follows her to Sochi (Feb. 2)

Diggins skis, Stillwater follows her to Sochi (Feb. 2)

Jessie Diggins, at 22, has ascended to the elite ranks of cross-country skiing, and an entire community is along for the ride.
Sports
December 22, 2014
Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn crashes out in bid for record

Sports
December 19, 2014
Lindsey Vonn of the United States races down the hill during the women's World Cup Super-G ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014.

Lindsey Vonn considering giving up slalom to focus on speed

The 30-year-old American racer thinks she is still somewhat off the pace in speed events, despite clinching her first victory in nearly two years in a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, on Dec. 7.
Sports
December 17, 2014

Rio organizers create 'super bacteria' task force

Brazilian organizers of the 2016 Olympics are creating a task force to deal with a so-called "super bacteria" discovered in Olympic sailing waters.
Sports
December 17, 2014

Bach welcomes US decision to bid for 2024 Olympics

IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Olympics, saying Wednesday that whichever city is put forward will be a "very strong" contender in what is shaping up as a high-profile global race.
Sports
December 15, 2014

Rome 2024 Olympic bid could also involve Vatican

Sailing in Sardinia. Boxing in Florence. Basketball in Milan. Water polo in Naples.
Sports
December 9, 2014

IOC vote clears way for 2024 bidding to take off

With the IOC's new bidding process now in place, the race for the 2024 Olympics is primed to take off.
Sports
December 8, 2014

IOC passes votes on bidding, sports and TV channel

Thomas Bach never thought it would be this easy.
Sports
December 5, 2014

Swimming, beach volleyball will be on late in Rio

Swimmers and beach volleyball players will be competing in the midnight hour at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Sports
December 5, 2014

Column: Russia is athletics' Lance Armstrong case

winning a silver medal at the 2010 European Championships — now just feels "strange and frustrating."
Sports
December 2, 2014
Ted Ligety

Wrist on mend, Ligety will compete at Beaver Creek

October 21, 2014
Lake Placid, New York, February 1980 - The USA hockey team receives gold medals after their Miracle on Ice triumph over the Soviets and then Finland.

1980 US hockey team to host fantasy camp in Lake Placid 'miracle' arena

Several members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team are returning to the scene of their greatest triumph.
Video
October 14, 2014
Prosecutor argues Pistorius seen as 'victim'

Prosecutor argues Pistorius seen as 'victim'

Oscar Pistorius was being portrayed as a "poor victim" ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the chief prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Local
September 10, 2014
Obituary: Bob Suter, member of 'Miracle on Ice' team, dies at 57

Obituary: Bob Suter, member of 'Miracle on Ice' team, dies at 57

Bob Suter, father of Wild standout Ryan Suter, died Tuesday after apparently suffering a heart attack in Madison, Wis. He is the first member of the 1980 U.S. gold medal winning hockey to pass away.