Oh-no! Slam! Bang! Apolo hits ice and loses the gold
Just as the cloud of skating controversy was dispersing from the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, along came more mind-boggling, unforeseeable medal results and vocal disbelief from a stunned crowd.
A cheeky bronze
With the Dutch brass band Kleintje Pils entertaining the crowd and with hundreds of orange-clad fans cheering their heroes, it probably should come as no surprise that the Netherlands took the gold and silver in the men's 1,000-meter race at the Utah Olympic Oval on Saturday.
Team USA, Russia fit to be tied
It was late Friday night, and Herb Brooks was in a fog. Or maybe he really was all the way back there. At Lake Placid. In 1980.
A golden day
Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen on Saturday did something no other biathlete has ever done: win a third gold medal at one Olympic Games.
Canadian pair just hoping to get on with lives
Now that they have been promised their Olympic gold medal, Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier just want to get on with their lives.
Aamodt skis to 2nd gold in super-G
Exactly 10 years ago, Kjetil Andre Aamodt won the Olympic gold medal in Albertville, France, in the super-G. The following year he won the World Cup super-G title. He was one of the world's bright young speed skiers. In 1996, however, he lost speed.
U.S. men's bobsled hopes are dimming
America's hopes of ending a 46-year drought in bobsled medals dimmed Saturday, as U.S. sleds came in fifth and ninth on the first of two days of Olympic racing.
All 4 U.S. men advance to today's aerials final
The disappointment of the morning dissipated for USA fans like the clouds burning off after a storm. Sunshine was all anyone could see Saturday after all four American men qualified for Tuesday's aerials final at Deer Valley despite neither of the team's women making the cut.
U.S. may finally win a nordic medal
Team USA's secret to winning its first Olympic medal in nordic combined is surprisingly simple: Just don't get passed.
U.S. women roll as DeCosta blanks Finns
If the U.S. women's hockey team plays for the gold medal Thursday as expected, Sara DeCosta likely will start in front of the net.
Ceccarelli wins women's Super G, Lalive falls again
Italy's Daniela Ceccarelli was the surprise winner of the Olympic women's super giant slalom on Sunday, with American Caroline Lalive falling again and extending her streak of big-event flops.
Cross country skiing: Norway edges Italy again for men's relay gold
Norway won the gold medal in the men's 40-kilometer cross-country relay Sunday, edging Italy and capturing the event for the third time in the last four Olympics.
Witty bounces back from mononucleosis to win Olympic gold
American Chris Witty won a gold medal in the 1,000-meter speedskating race in world-record time Sunday, bouncing back after coming down with mono just one month before the Olympics.
Finns take second Nordic combined gold; Americans fourth
Finland won its second straight Nordic combined gold medal of the Olympics, using a big early lead to win the team competition on Sunday.
Injury to Johnson could force change in U.S. sled
Two months after bobsled driver Jean Racine dropped partner and best friend Jen Davidson, the pair might be riding together again in the Olympics.
Men's hockey: Swedes in driver's seat after defeating Czechs
Tommy Salo outdueled Dominik Hasek in a matchup of gold medal goalies and Sweden beat the defending champion Czech Republic 2-1 Sunday for its second consecutive impressive victory.
Figure skating: French win original dance despite 6.0 for Russians
The big question wasn't who would win the original dance or whether the judging was fair. More pressing was just how soon the ice dance competition would end Sunday night so the real show — the pairs medals presentation — could go on.
Men's hockey: Canada escapes with narrow win over Germany
Joe Sakic scored midway through the second period as Canada struggled to a 3-2 victory over Germany in Olympic hockey Sunday night.
Boblseigh: Langen wins gold for Germany; Hays fourth for United States
Christoph Langen of Germany won the gold medal in two-man bobsled on Sunday, coming from behind on the final turns to edge Christian Reich of Switzerland.
Botterill shines as Canada romps
Finns soundly beat Belarussians after soundly losing to U.S.
Women's hockey: Russia beats China 4-1
Wadsworth to ski in relay
Voelker, Doan to face off in 1,000 meters today
Canada's Lemieux injured, may not make game tonight
Alternate gets chance as U.S. women advance in curling
Fracas isn't over
Snowbasin courses carefully groomed for speed, safety
Olympic daybook
Olympic Images
Curling: Men's results, standings
Curling: Women's results, standings
Men's hockey standings
Face-off Fodder
Women's hockey: Semifinal games
Alpine skiing: Women's Super G Results
Cross Country Skiing Results
Nordic combined men's team results
Bobsleigh: Two-man results
Speedskating: Women's 1000 meter results
Figure Skating: Original ice dancing results
Women's hockey: Germany 4, Kazakhstan 0
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