Olympic Winter Games News

If you need a day brightener in the face of H1N1 paranoia, pending bad weather and the lameness that is hump day, here's one for you.

If you Google Churchill, Manitoba, you will not get all the data about the town you're researching, like the fact that only 962 people live here, or that it's right on the shore of Hudson Bay in the province's North, and thus as chilly a place as subarctic can be.

James Worrall, the Canadian flag bearer during the 1936 Games, and Olympian Marnie McBean celebrate Toronto's winning bid for the 2015 Pan-Am games.

EAST LANSING - Dr. Jim Pivarnik is getting ready for one of the shortest runs of his life.

Ralph Lauren's affinity for Americana will be on full display on athletes at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia - complete with red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes flags and, of course, polo ponies.

Two torchbearers are seen passing the Olympic Flame from one to the other in Yellowknife, NWT, Thursday, Nov.

Anyone hoping to grab some of the last remaining tickets for the 2010 Winter Games will have to wait until next Saturday.

Ski.com has come up with a list of what it calls the '10 most affordable ski resorts', including Whistler-Blackcomb , site of the Winter Olympics.

After years of disappointments, Toronto has finally won a major international sporting event, beating two South American cities to host the 2015 Pan Am Games.

J.R. Celski could hear his mother screaming. The 19-year-old rising star had crashed right in front of his parents during the U.S. short track speedskating championships Sept.

Age 5 is shaping up to be a big year for Josh Sacco. In the past month, the Chapman's Retreat kindergartner has sat on Ellen DeGeneres' couch, seen his image on ESPN's SportsCenter and made plans to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Willy Bogner has been named head of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The former two-time Olympian skier, who won the famed Wengen downhill as a 17-year-old, later became a movie maker and directed and filmed skiing scenes in four James Bond movies, as well as movies from several Winter Games.

Speedskating just got a huge ratings boost in the U.S. this week -- with seemingly everyone but Canadian athletes paying attention.

Dr. Tim Alford, a family physician in Kosciusko, has been selected by Coca-Cola as an Olympic torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Canada in February.

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games have already generated as much as $1 billion for the B.C. and Canadian economies, says an independent report prepared for the two governments.

Torah Bright gets some air on her way to victory in Switzerland. Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has qualified for February's Winter Olympics in Vancouver after taking out a World Cup halfpipe event in Saas Fee, Switzerland.

SEGA heats up the slopes and announces cover athletes for Vancouver 2010 - The Official Videogame of The Olympic Winter Games.

Five-time Olympic medalist and a native of the Seattle area Apolo Ohno talks about when he knew he wanted to be an Olympican in Part 1 of a seven part interview series.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in Wireless Communications Equipment, today announced the public availability of its Wireless Olympic Works communications platform, a comprehensive application designed to keep users connected and informed during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Steve Yzerman will unveil the Olympic men's hockey team on New Year's Eve. Steve Yzerman has made some pretty important plans for New Year's Eve.