Winter Sports News

Winchester mayor Ernie Jeffs, was keen to show fellow mayors exactly what Christmas means to Winchester by taking to the ice, though the 'chain gang' didn't quite seem the next Olympic figure-skating team.

Apologies to everyone who thought their team had a chance to sign Henrik Lundqvist away from the New York Rangers this summer.

In fact, she'd prefer it. That would mean the American women are back in figure skating's spotlight, something the two-time U.S. champion says is good for the entire sport.

The U.S. skier took chances few would even contemplate - besides Bode Miller, of course - for the sake of more and more speed.

Hard to believe it was four years ago, when we first listened in to hear who Steve Yzerman had chosen to be the cogs of his team - well, Canada's team - for Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics.

Defending Brier champion Brad Jacobs and Olympic gold medallist Kevin Martin are still undefeated at the Canadian Olympic curling trials with victories on Tuesday in Winnipeg.

Openly gay Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir defended his anti-boycott views about the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics during a heated discussion at Barnard College in New York City on December 2, calling some activists "idiots" for their tactics, and then later apologizing.

According to the Calgary Flames website , Calgary Flames ' prospect Ben Street of the Abbotsford Heat has been named the American Hockey League's player of the month for November.

Fans wear paper backs in the stands in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Cleveland Browns Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Cleveland.

Yep, the 1988 Olympic champion and American figure skating icon - the last U.S man to win a gold medal until Evan Lysacek pulled off the feat at Vancouver in 2010 - is eager to chat with the current U.S. champ.

The naming of Australia's women's Olympic figure skating team has been delayed after Sochi hopeful Chantelle Kerry took a dispute over the selection of fellow prospect Brooklee Han to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Stanley Cup champion, three-time Olympian and four-time NHL All-Star was inducted Monday night at the Motor City Casino - in the city where he grew up.

SWINDON Wildcats forward Floyd Taylor has been added to the Great Britain Under-20s squad for next week's World Championship in Dumfries.

Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov returned to court Monday morning to face a misdemeanor assault charge after his girlfriend said he attacked her.

Seven NHL referees and six linesmen are among the officials named for the men's and women's hockey tournaments at the Sochi Olympics.

"I guess we're not going undefeated," Howard said with a wry grin after losing 8-6 to John Morris of Vernon, B.C. The four-time world champion from Penetanguishene,Ont., wasn't the only veteran skip to fall on the first day of the Trials, which will select Canada's men's and women's teams for next year's Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Canada hasn't won a gold medal at the world juniors in four years. Last year, the squad lost to Russia in the bronze-medal game.

Aksel Lund Svindal won the men's alpine World Cup super-G at Lake Louise on Sunday on an Olympic course the Norwegian has made his own.

Brad Gushue, left, has found himself playing alongside longtime rival, Alberta's Kevin Martin.

Anna Marno, of the United States, looses control just before crashing at the Kestrel section of the Raptor World Cup super-G race on Saturday in Beaver Creek.