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US breaks medal record; hockey team in gold game

US breaks medal record; hockey team in gold game

So these won't be remembered as the Vonn-couver Olympics after all. It's looking like they will belong to the entire U.S. delegation instead....

 

Apolo Anton Ohno disqualified in men's 500-meter final

Short-track speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno didn't add another medal to his collection Friday night, when he was disqualified for pushing in the final of the men's 500 meters at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

 

Kim Yu-Na Wins Gold With Record Figure Skating Score

Kim Yu-Na Wins Gold With Record Figure Skating Score

Kim Yu-na put one hand to her mouth and let the tears flow. All that pressure, so many expectations. The "Queen" took it all on and delivered royally.

 

Canada Women Win Hockey Gold, Beat Team USA

Canada's game. Canada's ice. Canada's gold. Again. Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals, Shannon Szabados made 28 saves, and Canada rolled through its American rivals, 2-0, to win the gold medal in women's hockey for the third straight Olympics Thursday night in front of a raucous Vancouver crowd ringing cowbells and frantically waving thousands of maple leaf flags.

 

Coach: Vonn will race slalom despite injury

Coach: Vonn will race slalom despite injury

Lindsey Vonn is sure to compete in the final women's Alpine ski race of the Vancouver Olympics despite fracturing her little finger on Wednesday, the U.S. team's head coach said.

 

Vonn suffers broken finger, may skip final race

Lindsey Vonn crashed and failed to finish the first run of the fog-shrouded Olympic giant slalom race Wednesday and broke her right pinkie.

 

U.S. survives scare vs. Swiss, reaches semis

Zach Parise scored twice in the third period as the United States survived a scare Wednesday, beating Switzerland 2-0 in their quarterfinal men's hockey game Wednesday.

 

Stunning gaffe costs skater a gold

Holland's Sven Kramer was as certain a gold medalist in the 10,000 meters as any contestant in any event at these Games. The world-record holder had been on his way to an Olympic record with eight laps to skate, holding a steadily expanding lead of more than six seconds over Lee Seung-Hoon of South Korea. That's when Kramer's coach, Gerard Kemkers, called out "inner lane!"

 

Kim takes big lead in short program

Kim takes big lead in short program

Ursula Andress, Jane Seymour, Halle Berry -- they've got nothing on the newest Bond Girl. Nobody does it better than Kim Yu-na. The South Korean skater delighted fans and judges alike with a playfully sexy and sophisticated James Bond medley Tuesday night in the women's short program, shrugging off the enormous expectations that come with being the biggest favorite since Katarina Witt in...

 

Pressure on Yu-Na Kim to turn Olympic gold into gold

Olympians often secure endorsement deals after winning gold, but South Korean figure skater Yu-Na Kim has the...

 

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