Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Defending national champions Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir easily won the pairs short program Thursday at the U.S. figure skating championships. They were awarded 73.13 points by the judges. Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay were second […]
(Sports Network) – For the fourth straight Olympics, skeleton is part of the games and Sochi’s contest will be a heated one. When skeleton, which is essentially luge on your stomach, and face-first, returned at the 2002 Games in Salt […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – It was touch and go there for a while, but the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics will feature the participation of National Hockey League players. This year’s Sochi Games marks the fifth time since […]
Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Two-time Olympian Erik Guay will lead Canada’s three-man alpine ski team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Guay has never won an Olympic medal, but has been close twice. He was fourth in the super-G at the […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Cross-country skiing has been part of the Winter Olympics since the inaugural games at Chamonix in 1924, although the women did not have the opportunity to participate until Oslo in 1952. It’s a discipline that has been traditionally […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Youth will be served for the United States Luge team at the 2014 Sochi Games. There won’t be many familiar names on this year’s roster, but one that stands out will be 18-year-old Tucker West, who became the […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – In the days leading up to the announcement of Team Canada, it seemed like a real possibility that Claude Giroux would be left off the country’s roster for the upcoming Sochi Olympics. That being said, it […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was named to the 2014 Russian Olympic team. Ovechkin will be making his third Olympic appearance. In his two previous Winter Olympics appearances, Ovechkin has recorded seven goals and two assists in 12 […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby is one of 25 current National Hockey League stars on Team Canada’s roster for the Sochi Olympics. Hockey Canada, along with executive director Steve Yzerman, made the announcement on Tuesday. “I would like […]
(SportsNetwork.com) – Youth will be served for the United States Luge team at the 2014 Sochi Games. There won’t be many familiar names on this year’s roster, but one that stands out will be 18-year-old Tucker West, who became the […]