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...gravitas, a weight largely manufactured by sponsors and NBC. Sometimes, it helps to just chill. And have a wicked good time. Case in point: the U.S. Olympic snowboarding team, rad and rippin', which bagged three titles last week in the pristine Alpine town of Bardonecchia, 60 miles northwest of Torino. It was a dominating performance that accounted for nearly half the country's total golden hardware...
Weeks away from retirement, Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister capped a remarkable career with her first Olympic gold medal, in the Torino Games women's downhill at San Sicario Fraiteve on Wednesday...
...wasn't involved. I've said that for seven days, and it's over and done with," Gretzky told more than 200 media members at a press conference, following Team Canada's first practice at the Palasport Olimpico arena prior to the Torino Winter Olympics hockey tournament.The defending Gold Medalists play their first game Wednesday against Italy...
...Still, even Gretzky understands the potential downside of choosing to come to Torino in spite of the media storm."If we don't win the gold medal, I'll get blamed, but I've been blamed for losses before," Gretzky said. Just not necessarily for something so far afield from the game being played...
Canada?s best hope in the Torino Olympic Games downhill at San Sicario Fraiteve, Emily Brydon, skied too cautiously at the top of the course in gusting, flat-light conditions and as a result, personified the team?s performance on Wedensday. Alpine Canada?s chief athletic officer, Max Gartner, assessed it with one word: ?Bad.? Brydon was the top Canadian, finishing 20th, followed by Kelly VanderBeek of Chilliwack, B.C., in 24th, Shona Rubens (26th) of Canmore, Alberta and Sherry Lawrence (27th) of Calgary. The winner was Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister who just weeks away from retirement capped a remarkable career with...