Bobsledding News

These days, 2002 Olympic bobsled champion Vonetta Flowers is pursuing other kinds of victories.

Driver Pierre Lueders of Canada competes in his second run of the 2-man bobsled competition during the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup on November 21, 2009 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York.

Gert Ignatiussen throws a chunk of seal meat to one of his sled dogs in Tasiilaq, an Inuit town on the southeast coast of Greenland , in this photograph taken on Aug.

You learn a lot about someone from watching childhood videos. "Nice job, Bree!" You could hear Ken Schaaf's voice loud and clear.

The cortisone shot Tony Benshoof needed for his back pain was only a temporary fix.

John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg. For one day, he owned it.

Sledding is a common activity and lots of fun for children as well as for dads and moms during the winter months.

The end of the trail is near for Isobel the blind sled dog. The nine-year-old Siberian husky-malamute cross will retire in January, five years after she lost her sight.Some might think a blind sled dog is of no use in the North.

Family, friends and sponsors turned out to support a World Champion and Olympic gold medal hopeful.

'I've always been an adrenaline junkie,' says Breanna Rosencrance of Yakima, an up-and-comer on the USA Luge Junior National Developmental Team.

St. Joseph's High School hockey team hadn't lost a game all season, but Sunday, they faced their toughest opponent yet and it was all for a good cause.

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Steve Mesler can't help thinking what he plans to do if his dreams, his fantasies, turn into gold in February.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y . // As he slipped into the bullet-shaped black bobsled and stared down the mile-long icy chute, Stephen Colbert faced his moment of truthiness.

Kaillie Humphries of Calgary and Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., won the bronze medal Saturday at the women's bobsleigh World Cup.

Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.

Tony Benshoof's back problem is back, already causing concern for the Olympic season.

Kenai roams the hallways of McKinley Alternative School daily, looking for snacks and playmates.

Germans finish 1-2 in women's WC bobsled Eds: APNewsNow. LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Cathleen Martini won a World Cup women's bobsled race at Mount Van Hoevenberg, leading a 1-2 finish for the German team.

It was a 1-2 finish for the Americans in the two-man bobsled on Saturday morning, to the delight of the crowd in Lake Placid, N.Y. John Napier led USA 2 to the fastest times in both runs at Mount van Hoeverden, finishing in a combined time of one minute, 53.62 seconds.