Ottawa, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Sidney Crosby has been named captain of the Canadian squad that will compete in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Hockey Canada made the announcement on Sunday. This marks the first time […]

Igls, Austria (SportsNetwork.com) – Noelle Pikus-Pace and Katie Uhlaender will represent the United States in the women’s skeleton competition at the 2014 Olympics. John Daly, Matt Antoine and Kyle Tress will slide for the men in Sochi. “The quality of […]

(SportsNetwork.com) – This year’s Olympic biathlon competition will be highlighted by the largest squad for the United States in 22 years. Included in that is a feel-good story from two sisters. Tracy Barnes, who participated in three biathlon events at […]

Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Marie-Michele Gagnon will head the women’s alpine team for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Gagnon earned her first World Cup victory in January 2014 when she finished first in the super combined in Altenmarkt, Austria. […]

(Sports Network) – At age 31, this could be speed skater Shani Davis’ fourth and final Olympics. It will be hard for the Chicago native to top his performance from the past two Winter Games. Davis, who will anchor a […]

(SportsNetwork.com) – Short track speedskating was added to the Olympics at the 1992 Albertville Games and has expanded to include eight combined events for men and women. Unlike speedskating, racers in short track speedskating compete directly against each other instead […]

(SportsNetwork.com) – There won’t be a repeat men’s singles champion at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, although the ladies could see a back-to-back gold medal winner for the first time in a quarter century. American Evan Lysacek won’t defend his […]

Salzburg, Austria (SportsNetwork.com) – Austrian ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern is recovering from last week’s fall in his home country and could be ready to compete in the Olympics next month. Doctors gave an update on the Olympic champion’s condition Monday […]

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Jeremy Abbott won his fourth men’s title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday. After setting a U.S. record for points in the men’s short program Friday night, Abbott earned 174.41 points in the free […]

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time U.S. champion Ashley Wagner was added to the women’s Olympic figure skating team Sunday. Wagner finished fourth in this year’s U.S. championships, which concluded Saturday, but was awarded one of the three spots for the […]