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Dec 18, 2011 at 7:35 PM
As she skis across Antarctica, Felicity Aston is taking on dangers including crevasses, storms, injuries and frostbite. Her biggest challenge, though, has been adapting to solitude in the seemingly endless expanses of white.
Nov 24, 2011 at 7:13 PM
For some reason, Scandinavia is not its frigid self, with unusually warm weather delaying the onset of winter in northern latitudes normally decked in white.
Nov 21, 2011 at 12:18 AM
A 33-year-old British adventurer preparing for a historic solo crossing of Antarctica was waiting at a base camp for the weather to improve on Sunday in order to begin her long journey on skis.
Jul 9, 2011 at 1:00 AM
Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday.
Jul 1, 2011 at 1:39 AM
A summer that looks a whole lot more like winter has travelers across the West scrambling to revise their Fourth of July itineraries - or at least their packing lists.
Jan 22, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Mono skier Ravi Drugan has his sights set on a gold medal at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
Dec 23, 2010 at 1:29 AM
After years of disappointing ski seasons, Willamette Pass Ski Resort needs a good year, and so far both the snow - and the skiers - are showing up.
Oct 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM
The sometimes tear-filled eyes of rescued miners in Chile are being shielded by a type of Oakley sunglasses designed to minimize heavy glare.
Aug 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
A fun summer day in the water at Cooper Creek - swimming, tubing and water skiing!
By mjejjchartier12
Channel: Sports
Mar 1, 2010 at 4:19 PM
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded Monday that sports officials step down over the country's dismal performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Feb 25, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Current Olympians and others in the ski community are mourning the loss of professional free skier C.R. Johnson, who died in a fall while skiing a steep chute at California's Squaw Valley.
Feb 25, 2010 at 4:56 AM
A professional free skier and who competed in the Winter X Games died Wednesday after he fell and hit his head on a rock outcropping while taking a run down a steep chute at California's Squaw Valley.
Feb 12, 2010 at 9:28 PM
A men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash during training. IOC president Jacques Rogge said the death hours before the opening ceremony "clearly casts a shadow over these games."
Feb 10, 2010 at 9:01 PM
A blizzard howled up the East Coast on Wednesday, making roads from Baltimore to New York City so treacherous that even plow drivers pulled over and bringing more misery to a Mid-Atlantic region having the snowiest winter on record.
Feb 7, 2010 at 8:15 PM
A young skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, Swiss police said Sunday.