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Despite missing a significant portion of the season with an intestinal illness and an injured knee, Lindsey Vonn managed to win her sixth straight World Cup downhill title earlier this week after the finale was canceled due to fog. “Coming back from that and then going to Lake Louise and pulling off those wins was…
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American Ice Dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White skated the best short program of the year Thursday to take a first round lead on Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at worlds. “It’s a really good sign when, from beginning to end, you’re having a good time,” White told the AP afterward. “It was…
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Vancouver gold medalist Yuna Kim made her comeback look easy Thursday, winning the short program at her first major competition since 2011. “I was worried because it has been a long time since I competed at the world championships,” she said. “But at the same time I was confident.” Kim glided to a 69.97 to…
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Eleven-time Olympic medalist and future reality TV star Ryan Lochte sounded pretty passionate about training for the Rio Games when he spoke with Parade earlier this week. In fact, he seems to be putting his love life on hold until after the Olympics. “I do eventually want to settle down, but I am focusing on…
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We’re admittedly surprised it took so long for Russian President and wrestling fan Vladimir Putin to come out against the sport being expelled from the 2020 Olympics by the IOC, but here goes: “The removal from the Olympic program of traditional forms of sports, which were its basis from the beginning, and were in the…
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As Madrid preps for the IOC to come evaluate its potential as an Olympic host city next week, spirits are high despite the financial woes that have plagued the country’s economy in recent years. In fact, the Olympics have garnered overwhelming support from the country’s citizens, as a new poll shows that 83 percent of…
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Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan all but locked up his third straight world title Wednesday with a world record performance in his short program. His 98.37, highlighted by a quad-toe, triple-toe opening combo, was enough to put him nearly seven points up on the field heading into Friday. “I got into my last spin and…
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No surprises so far at the ISU Figure Skating Worlds in Ontario Wednesday, as the Russian pairs team of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who’ve swept every event this season, took an early lead following the short program. “One more day to show our best,” Volosozhar said after her performance. “The key to winning is…
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You can catch all the fast and furious Figure Skating action from the worlds in Ontario, Canada starting Wednesday on UniversalSports.com. And to be fair, if your bosses didn’t want you watching the event online, then they wouldn’t have given you a computer at your desk. Enjoy. Wednesday, 11:00 am – Pairs Short Program Wednesday,…
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The Figure Skating World Championships kick off in London, Ontario Wednesday, with the pairs short program first thing in the morning, and the men’s short program later in the afternoon. Here’s a quick rundown of who and what you should be watching this weekend. American upstarts: Taking a cue from The Cutting Edge, hockey player…
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No news is good news as talks between the NHL, IIHF, and Russian organizers about whether the pros will play in the Olympics continue. At least things are kind of, sort of moving forward according to NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. “We had two productive days of meetings in Sochi,” Daly told ESPN. “Saw and…
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Wrestling may be out of the 2020 Games (for now), but the (suddenly) popular sport was added to the inaugural European Games in 2015 in Azerbaijan. “I’d like to thank the EOC for its constructive approach in welcoming the sport of wrestling into the inaugural European Games in Baku,” FILA acting president Nenad Lalovic said…
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London track champ Usain Bolt took top honors at the Laureus sports awards Monday night, earning his third Sportsman of the Year award since 2009. Bolt, who swept the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m for the second consecutive Summer Games, beat out Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins, two-time gold medalist Mo…
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Following the Swiss citizens of St. Moritz shooting down the idea of bidding on the 2022 Olympics, Vienna, Austria rejected the idea of bidding for the 2028 Games in a referendum Tuesday. Voters still have a week to submit their ballots, but unlike the Swiss vote, which was vetoed by only a slim margin, Vienna’s…
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Michael Phelps was down in Rio for the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday, but reiterated the fact that he won’t be back for the Olympics in three years. At least not as a competitor. “I am having fun. I love being retired, I can’t stress it enough,” Phelps said during a swimming event for…
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Six months after designer Gil Hanse was set to break ground on the new Olympics golf course for the Rio Games, not a mound of dirt has been moved nor a blade of grass planted. Now he feels time may be running short to get it all done. “We’re right up against the deadline,” Hanse,…
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The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations said Monday that it opposes the IOC expelling wrestling from the 2020 Olympics because, in their words, it isn’t “in the best interests of the IOC or the Olympic movement.” The group plans to send a “constructive letter to the IOC” detailing its thoughts and hoping to help…
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Following in the footsteps of USA Swimming’s extremely popular lip-sync of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” the U.S. Cross-Country Ski team recently did a rendition of Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble,” complete with choreographed dancing on the slopes. And while I’d rather listen to pebbles being sucked up by vacuum cleaners –…
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Maze takes lead in slalom standings; looks to sweep season titles
Mar 11, 2013, 1:07 PM EDT
Alpine skier Tina Maze of Slovenia won yet another race this weekend to take the lead in the slalom World Cup standings. She aims to be the first woman ever to sweep all five disciplines as the season comes to a close this week. Maze earned her record tying 22nd podium finish of the year…
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Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers filed an appeal Friday against the bail restrictions imposed on the Blade Runner after he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, last month. “The conditions appealed against are unwarranted and not substantiated by the facts,” read the appeal, which was released to the Associated Press by the Olympian’s…
