It was 1997 and Charlie White had poor posture. He was eight years old and had been skating since he was three but after playing ice hockey he had developed bad habits. To improve his skating, Whites parents decided to sign him up for ice dancing lessons. read more

A sneak Preview of Olympic women's ice hockey in Vancouver.

Growing up, John Benton didn't have the potential to be a football player, and he probably wasn't going to make it to the pros in baseball. Instead, he made a name for himself by doing something more unique, something many people don't even know exists.

The 2010 Winter Olympics begin Friday in Vancouver with the opening ceremonies, the first to be held indoors, and these Games seem likely to resemble the nation that will host them.

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) Ted Ligety of the United States won a mens World Cup giant slalom Friday for his first win of the season and fifth overall.

The 2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey competition opens its 30-game schedule Tuesday, and the gold medal match Feb. 28 will be the final event of the Vancouver Games.

Jason Spezza scored his 10th goal in his last 10 games late in the second period to send the Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night in Ottawa. Brian Elliott made 27 saves in his 10th straight start for Ottawa, which won its 12th in...

Imagine Salt Lake City 2002 without Sarah Hughes or Apolo Anton Ohno or Atlanta 1996 without Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, and its easy to understand why all of Canada so anticipates the nations first victory at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn recalls being mobbed by fans when Alpine skiing s World Cup made its debut stop at Bansko, Bulgaria, a year ago.

The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado. Yet Alan Kildow, himself a former competitive skier, will almost certainly have to watch on television, not in person, when Vonn competes as perhaps the biggest U.S ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joni Pitkanen scored the go-ahead goal, and former Red Wing Manny Legace made 19 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers, 4-1, on Tuesday night.

The North American Soccer League welcomed aboard a 2011 expansion entry on Tuesday: FC Edmonton.

We're just a couple days away from the start of the Winter Olympics. As part of the build-up to the games, the Olympic torch has been working its way through Canada.

(MCT) In honor of the 2010 Olympics, we humbly submit the names of 10 athletes to watch in Vancouver. Some are obvious, which means theyll get plenty of face time in NBCs prime-time coverage. Others are a little more obscure, either because of their sport or their country of origin. So, in the spirit of global understanding that the Olympics are supposed to foster, weve included a few of them ...

Here's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.

Nobody produces figure skaters like the Soviets. Athletically unparalleled and artistically unrivaled, the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation, has taken home all but two Olympic ice dance gold medals since the sport first appeared in the games in 1976. In comparison, the United States has only claimed bronze and silver never gold. read more

Just days ahead of the opening of the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, the UN General Assembly on Monday appealed for all member states to observe the ancient tradition of the Olympic Truce. "I solemnly appeal to all member states to demonstrate their commitment to the Olympic Truce for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and to undertake concrete actions at the ...

As America settles down from the New Orleans Saints triumph in Super Bowl XLIV " a triumph, it is worth noting, that this columnist predicted at the midseason mark " sports fans only have to look ahead one week for the next great athletic spectacle to come our way.

This was the scene in downtown Vancouver yesterday morning: a woman walking to work in a blue floral miniskirt and 3-inch heels. Thats not necessarily a bad sight, unless you are trying to organize a successful Winter Olympics.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (MCT) U.S. Olympic officials have one thing they would like to say to our neighbors from the Great White North.

By Brad Fuqua, The Western News Like many other youth growing up in Troy, Justin Hunt headed over to Schweitzer a couple of times to try his luck going down the mountain on skis.

KEARNS, Utah -- Katherine Reutter remembers figure skating lessons as a little girl, thinking how much more fun it would be to just cut loose and zip around the rink as fast as she could.

Much-maligned athlete hopes for comeback in Vancouver W hat's good for Bode Miller is good for America. What?

BUFFALO, N.Y. David Krejci scored the winner in the third round of the shootout, and rookie Tuukka Rask made 43 saves to help the Boston Bruins send the Buffalo Sabres to their fifth consecutive loss with a 3-2 win Tuesday night. ... - The Associated Press

Russia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the leader of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday.

Former Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf so far has failed to work out a plea deal to resolve drug and burglary charges against him in Texas and might face a trial soon as a result.

The United States womens technical ski team could have gone anywhere in North America to train for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Any other year, those medals around the necks of Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir would be their most prized possession.

Here's a look at weekend sports in brief around the world.

Lab technicians Jean-Francois Naud, right, and Alexxa Albrecht work at the doping control laboratory for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.