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  1. X Games Barcelona -- One packed day at X Games

    Jim Caple

    There's no better way to learn what X Games is all about than to see it live -- all of it

    Story | Conversation | May 18, 2013
  2. Olympic stage set for X Games Barcelona

    Jim Caple

    Channeling the 1992 Summer Olympics, X Games has taken over some of the most iconic venues in Barcelona.

    Story | Conversation | May 12, 2013
  3. Chris Klug looks to promote donor awareness

    Jim Caple

    In the early 1990s, snowboarder Chris Klug was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a life-threatening disease that led to the death of his boyhood hero, Walter Payton. But it took years for Klug to finally receive the liver transplant that...

    Blog | May 01, 2013
  4. How to make the World Baseball Classic even better

    Jim Caple

    At its best, the World Baseball Classic could grow into what the World Cup is for soccer. At its worst, the WBC still is better than spring training.

    Story | Conversation | March 20, 2013
  5. World Baseball Classic is different things to different teams

    Jim Caple

    Just an exhibition series here. A steppingstone there. A matter of national pride elsewhere. The World Baseball Classic means different things to different teams.

    Story | Conversation | March 07, 2013
  6. Blake Leeper worries Oscar Pistorius' arrest will put negative sp...

    Jim Caple

    Oscar Pistorius inspired many disabled athletes, including Blake Leeper, who worries about the negative effect Pistorius' arrest might have on the Paralympic movement that benefitted so much from the South African sprinter's success.

    Story | Conversation | February 21, 2013
  7. Meteorite makes star of Russian dash cams

    Jim Caple

    If you watched videos of last week's meteorite over Russia, you might have wondered why so many appeared to be taken from inside cars. As this Washington Post story explains, it's because Russians frequently mount cameras on their dashboards to help ...

    Blog | February 18, 2013
  8. Vonetta Flowers' legacy opens door to more diverse bobsled progra...

    Jim Caple

    Vonetta Flowers became the first African-American bobsledder from any country to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics when she and Jill Bakken topped the podium at the 2002 Salt Lake Games. And the current U.S. women's bobsled team diversity refle...

    Blog | February 17, 2013
  9. Bobsledder makes you look like a real luger

    Jim Caple

    OK, fans. It's Valentine's Day and the pressure is on to come up with something special and romantic for that special someone in your life. And if you need inspiration, check out what bobsledder Nic Taylor did last month. Just don't let your signi...

    Blog | February 14, 2013
  10. Five Olympic sports that should get the boot before wrestling

    Jim Caple

    I am still wrestling with the IOC's shocking and inexplicable decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics while preserving the modern pentathlon (which was expected to get the boot). Wrestling is a sport that is popular worldwide. It goes all...

    Blog | February 12, 2013
  11. espnW -- Skier Stacey Cook learns from Vancouver crash, hopes to ...

    Jim Caple

    Downhill skier Stacey Cook suffered a nasty fall during a training run at the 2010 Olympics and has been looking ahead to Sochi ever since, hoping for a fair shot at the medal stand.

    Story | Conversation | February 12, 2013
  12. espnW -- Lolo Jones, the Olympic bobsledder? It could happen

    Jim Caple

    After another disappointing end at the Summer Games, Lolo Jones needed a distraction. Her answer? Bobsled. Now, the track star is eyeing a new goal: making a Winter Olympic team.

    Story | Conversation | February 08, 2013
  13. 2014 Sochi Olympics -- With Winter Games a year away, we check in...

    Jim Caple

    With the 2014 Sochi Olympics a year away, it is becoming quite clear these Games won't be held in a traditional locale.

    Story | Conversation | February 07, 2013
  14. Dan O'Brien will race again, all for a good cause

    Jim Caple

    Gold medalist Dan O'Brien is competing in the decathlon again. Well, not the decathlon. He won Olympic gold in that event at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and at age 46, he is now a little past his prime. But he will compete in a decathlon. To be specif...

    Blog | January 29, 2013
  15. espnW -- Kaillie Humphries again finds new life on the bobsled tr...

    Jim Caple

    Just when Kaillie Humphries thought her Olympic dreams were shattered, she found new life as a bobsled driver and the world has been chasing her ever since.

    Story | Conversation | January 15, 2013
  16. espnW Headliners -- Jincy Dunne trying to squeeze Sochi Olympics ...

    Jim Caple

    Jincy Dunne, a 15-year-old from Missouri, has a hectic schedule and a lofty goal of making the U.S. hockey team for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

    Story | Conversation | January 10, 2013