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The little sled that could: How Israel’s bobsled team is pushing for Olympic glory with Gaza war raging

“When we make the games in 2026, which I believe we will, we'll take a look back at this season and say that we can be truly truly proud of...

I’m an Olympian who sucks her thumb — and now my teeth are crooked

The 29-year-old bobsledder said she won't get braces and is happy with her smile the way it is.

Elana Meyers Taylor teases Olympic retirement after historic medal

The American duo of Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman captured bronze in the two-woman bobsled event in Beijing on Saturday night.

USA dominates medal stand in this bobsled event's debut

Kaillie Humphries won gold and Elana Meyers Taylor captured silver in the one-woman bobsled event Monday morning in Beijing.

How the fast, strong and 'confused' make an Olympics bobsled team

Are you an elite athlete with a disaqualifying flaw in your chosen sport? Have you thought about becoming a bobsledder?

One US Olympic team already facing COVID 'nightmare'

COVID-19 is already throwing a wrench into plans for Team USA, a week before the 2022 Winter Olympics begin.

Red-hot bods of America's sexiest athletes ignite Winter Olympic flames

Members of Team USA were all business this week as they landed in Beijing, where they'll "snow" no mercy at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, beginning Friday (and airing on...

Jamaica to send four-man bobsled team to Winter Olympics for first time in 24 years

Jamaica is sending a four-man bobsled team to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing next month for the first time in over two decades

Lolo Jones' impossible Olympic decision puts her back into 'den of fire'

Lolo Jones pictured the 2020 Olympics as her emotional farewell. Now, she is training with a reimagined dream that will send her to Beijing instead of Tokyo, pushing a bobsled...

Olympic star goes to war with MTV: 'Forced me to quit' reality show

Lolo Jones isn't leaving MTV's "The Challenge" quietly. The Olympian went on a long rant against the reality show after she was seen quitting in the competition during Wednesday's episode....

DIY dad built a 588-foot backyard bobsled track

Time for a "Cool Runnings" sequel. This resourceful dad in Rujiena, Latvia, built a bobsled track in his backyard for his wife and kids, ages 4 and 7. "I used...

For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away

USA Bobsled and Skeleton typically has staff spending part of the spring and summer months on the road recruiting, looking for new talent and luring them with the potential of...

Former US bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic dead at 43

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic has died. He was 43. USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in a release Saturday that Jovanovic took his own life May...

Russian athlete who appeared in anti-doping video busted for doping

I Do Doping! Another Russian athlete failed a doping test at the PyeongChang Games, after she previously appeared in a promotional video where she appears to denounce performance-enhancing drugs. Russian...

Olympic bobsledders, snowboarders are crushing it on Tinder

PYEONGCHANG - The most popular athletes on Tinder at the Olympics in Pyeongchang are male bobsledders and female snowboarders, the dating app said on Wednesday. Tinder, the dating app owned...

Jamaica's miracle bobsled team in jeopardy after coach quits

Jamaica's bobsled team is off to a rocky start in PyeongChang after its coach quit just days before its runs at the Olympics. German Sandra Kiriasis, a 2006 Olympic champion,...

Nigeria's bobsled team is headed for the Olympics

Thirty years after a few men from Jamaica made bobsledding history, a new geographical barrier will fall for the sport at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Three women from Nigeria will...

US Olympic champion bobsledder found dead

Steven Holcomb, the longtime U.S. bobsledding star who drove to three Olympic medals after beating a disease that nearly robbed him of his eyesight, was found dead in Lake Placid,...

Assemblymen make Olympic push for Jamaican bobsled team

Two state legislators are introducing a bill to create special New York license plates to honor the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team. Assemblyman Nick Perry of Brooklyn is co-sponsoring a bill...

Bobsledding in St. Moritz is the most fun you'll have on ice

I spent New Year’s Eve in St. Moritz — which is weird for me. I don’t like cold weather, I’m not an especially gifted skier (read: awkward-as-heck skier), and starting...