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Sit-skier Josh Dueck , of Vernon, B.C., pushes the limit every time he competes, helping to break down traditional barriers in Paralympic sport.

Laurie Stephens of USA competes in the Women's Super-G - Sitting during day three of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Laurie Stephens of USA competes in the Women's Super-G - Sitting during day three of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Team USA experienced both wins and losses for yesterday's women's super-G alpine skiing events at the 2014 ... (more)

Like many Americans over the past few weeks, I found myself cheering on and pulling for Team USA athletes as they participated in the Winter Games and the Paralymic Games in Sochi, Russia.

We caught some of the action in the sunshine state before the gate drops later tonight.

About 11 per cent of athletes are injured and seven per cent become sick in the two weeks of the Olympics, a relatively short time period, says Dr. Willem Meeuwisse, an expert in the field of sports medicine who went to the Sochi Olympics.

Sources say Pink has asked her husband, pro motocross racer Carey Hart to give up the sport because it's too risky! The couple has a daughter, and the source says Pink wants Carey to stop racing, because she "doesn't think the risk is worth the reward," now that they are parents.

Consumer prices increased slowly during the past five years, up 8.2% from 2008 to 2013, according to the Labor Department .

The family of a Canadian skicross racer killed two years ago at a World Cup event feels vindicated now that sport authorities no longer blame him for the tragedy and instead have made safety improvements to course design, their lawyer said Monday.

The family of Nik Zoricic has settled issues with the International Ski Federation over the Canadian racer's 2012 death in a skicross World Cup event.

As the fate of the icon of disability sport is determined, some of the athletes who aspire to match the global recognition of the "Blade Runner" hang on the verdict.

Canada's Josh Dueck celebrates after racing in the Men's Downhill - Sitting Skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games on March 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia Kimberley native Josh Dueck won a silver medal in downhill sit-skiing, finishing only 0.39 seconds behind the gold medallist at the Paralympics in Sochi on Saturday.

Mark Arendz during his Silver medal performance in the 7.5km standing biathlon at 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

Chicken salad, roast beef-these were some of the old school grabs that Taylor Gold was throwing into tricks like a Cab 1080 and Crippler on his way to winning the 2014 Burton US Open pipe.

Palmer's Andrew Kurka and Juneau's Joe Tompkins both injured themselves in crashes during training runs for the men's sit-skiing downhill race at the Paralympic Games in Russia.

Cincinnati Police said its investigation into the Greenpeace high-wire, stunt protest at Procter and Gamble headquarters is closed, police said Friday.

Canada won two medals on the slopes and the sledge hockey team continued to roll Sunday at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games.

David Wise sits on a couch in his split-level home in southwest Reno. The ever-present Monster Energy hat rests atop his head, propped to the side.

Granted, its factories produce a lot less vehicles than the biggest players in the industry -- around 425,000 for the U.S. in 2013 -- but pretty much every one of them has customers clamoring for it before it's out the factory door.

Ryan Villopoto took the lead away from Discount Tire Racing/TwoTwo Motorsports Kawasaki's Dean Wilson two turns into the 450-class final and then blitzed his way to a dominating win on an extremely rough and difficult track, leading every lap of the 2014 Daytona Supercross by Honda.

Spain's Queralt Castellet holds on as she soars out of the halfpipe during the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships halfpipe finals in Vail on Saturday.