Winter Sports News

Skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace has a lot to be happy about. She recently won her first Olympic silver medal at Sochi.

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock band Kiss put down their instruments, wiped away the face paint and unveiled their own arena football franchise on Monday, promising to pair the niche sport with the pyrotechnic theater of their concerts.

Fans filed into the First Niagara Center and took their seats shortly before the players took the ice - for the morning skate.

Henrik Lundqvist earned his 300th NHL victory and 49th career shutout in the New York Rangers' 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.

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.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing "I Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness among young people.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, shown during the 2013 IIHF International Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki on May 12, 2013, encouraged those curious about his play to come to the Capitals' game Monday.

Oshie and Alexander Steen scored shootout goals and the St. Louis Blues took over the top spot in the NHL standings with a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

Chloe Kim affirmed her position as heir to the U.S. snowboarding throne Saturday at the Burton U.S. Open, capping a spectacular season with a third-place finish at snowboarding's most venerable contest.

Born with a paralysed arm and left homeless by Japan's 2011 tsunami, schoolgirl skier Yurika Abe has overcome severe hardships to compete at the Sochi Paralympics -- and she carries the hopes of her fellow disaster victims with her.

Pushing through pain in her debut at the Winter Paralympics, Tatyana McFadden only had to remember who was watching to draw inspiration on this emotional homecoming.

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Eighty-three-year old Ron Kilmartin was in a hospice, dying of lung cancer. His daughter was at his bedside, cracking jokes about it.

Greg Westlake of Canada is challenged by Marcus Holm of Sweden during the Preliminary Round Group A match between Canada and Sweden at Shayba Arena on March 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

Shannon Szabados is turning pro. The 27-year-old Edmontonian, who backstopped Canada's Olympic women's hockey team to gold in Sochi last month, is joining the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the rest of their season.

The American timed 1 minute, 12.66 in spring-like conditions on the Podkoren course to build a 0.43-second lead over Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen, who won the junior world title in GS four days ago.

Benjamin Raich has reached a World Cup podium for the 91st - and probably last - time in his career at the same resort where he earned his first top-three finish 15 years ago.

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup slalom on Saturday to retain her season-long title with one race remaining.

The 18-year-old American timed 52.99 seconds on the Olympia course, 0.66 faster than Frida Hansdotter of Sweden who is also second in the discipline standings.

An RCMP investigation spanning British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan has resulted in the arrest of a former Mountie who's alleged to have sexually assaulted eight boys in the late 1970s and early '80s.