Winter Sports News

Jacqui White and Paul Davis pose with White's son and Davis' daughter, ice dancing partners and 2014 Olympic gold medal winners Charlie White and Meryl Davis.

Even in an Olympic year, the World Cup is the purest test for racers, and the giant crystal globes awarded to overall winners are the sport's most prestigious honors.

Sochi Dogs make an appearance on the Today Show with owners Winter Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy and Robin Macdonald.

Eleven returning athletes from the Sochi Winter Olympics who train in the Adirondack Mountains are to be honored with a parade in Lake Placid.

The goalie for Canada's gold medalist women's Olympic hockey team made her debut in the men's Southern Professional Hockey League.

The childhood training partners fulfilled expectations from 20 years ago, when the ski-obsessed nation spotted their potential to win the sport's biggest prize: An overall World Cup title.

Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands celebrates holding the trophy on the podium after the men's 5000-metre speed skating race during the World Cup final at Thialf skating arena on Sunday in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

This 1981 photo released by the Las Vegas News Bureau shows David Brenner at the Riviera.

Jarome Iginla scored a pair of goals, backup goaltender Chad Johnson made 29 saves and the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins won their eighth straight, 5-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon.

Anna Fenninger of Austria is poised to add the World Cup giant slalom trophy to her overall title, after being faster than standings leader Jessica Lindell-Vikarby in the first run of the season-ending race Sunday.

On a podium in Russia, Ukrainian athletes cover their medals in a silent protest against the turmoil being inflicted on their country by the host country of the Paralympics.

Larney Johnson locked his arms into a position to where he could push himself up and out of his wheelchair, but he hesitated for a brief second.

Nam Nguyen of Canada has won a gold medal at the world junior figure skating championships, beating Russia's Adian Pitkeev, and American Nathan Chen took bronze.

Canada's Dominique Maltais capped her snowboard cross World Cup title by winning the final of race of the season on Saturday, while Paul Berg of Germany beat Olympic silver medalist Nikolay Olyunin.

Austria's Marcel Hirscher celebrates at the finish area after taking fourth place in men's giant slalom at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland on Saturday.

The 19-year-old American, who already won the season-long slalom title, timed 1 minute, 5.42 seconds through the lengthy course of 74 gates.

Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the World Cup 1,500-meter title Friday, making up in some small way for having to settle for silver in the same event at the Winter Olympics.

The Columbus Blue Jackets activated defenseman Fedor Tyutin off injured reserve Friday and reassigned defenseman Cody Goloubef to their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Mass.

Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal despite his positive drug test at the Sochi Games.

Mauricio Pochettino expects to be at Southampton next season and is looking forward to working with newly-appointed chairman Ralph Krueger.