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In January of last year, aerial skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson sat across from me in a coffee shop in the lodge at the Deer Valley Resort, outside Park City, Utah. Sun was streaming in the windows and ambient noise swirled around us: Chatter, laughter...

Warm weather turned the Swiss slopes where the Alpine skiing World Cup was supposed to have been held over the last four days into soup. The best-of-four series that was to have decided the season-long title duel between Germany's Maria Riesch and th...

Four days, two women, one trophy. If this were a movie script, it might have been sent back for tweaks because it's a little too perfect, especially since Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch also happen to be good friends. The forecast in Lenzerheide, S...

At this time last year, Evan Lysacek and Lindsey Vonn had accomplished everything in their respective sports except medal at the Olympics. In the eyes of the American masses, that meant they were still somewhat off the radar -- unfair, perhaps, but t...

At this time last year, Evan Lysacek and Lindsey Vonn had accomplished everything in their respective sports except medal at the Olympics. In the eyes of the American masses, that meant they were still somewhat off the radar -- unfair, perhaps, but t...

Two-time World Cup giant slalom season champion Ted Ligety has been unbeatable so far this season, winning his third straight race in the discipline Sunday in Italy on the vaunted run at Alta Badia. His margins of victory have been substantial and h...

ESPN.com's Bonnie D. Ford recently caught up with Will Gregorak, who talked about what it's like being one of the new skiers on the slopes for the U.S. team and what he expects from himself in the giant slalom this season.Kyte.Embed.path="h...

ESPN.com's Bonnie D. Ford recently caught up with Will Gregorak, who talked about what it's like being one of the new skiers on the slopes for the U.S. team and what he expects from himself in the giant slalom this season....

The U.S. alpine ski team has made itself a hard act to follow, but that's a delightful problem to have, especially since the program appears to have an ensemble cast capable of keeping the show going.

VAIL, Colo. -- Bode Miller moves like a big cat and has had the appropriate number of lives. The fact he's back to race in 2010-11, emerging for an encore after one of the most dramatic seasons of a dramatic career, shouldn't be surprising ...

VAIL, Colo. -- The town square in this manicured resort was dark by the time Lindsey Vonn stopped signing autographs Saturday evening. Her teammates in their identical purple plaid jackets had gradually drifted away after a long day of training and m...

VAIL, Colo. -- Bode Miller moves like a big cat and has had the appropriate number of lives. The fact he's back to race in 2010-11, emerging for an encore after one of the most dramatic seasons of a dramatic career, shouldn't be surprising to anyone ...

VAIL, Colo. -- The town square in this manicured resort was dark by the time Lindsey Vonn stopped signing autographs Saturday evening. Her teammates in their identical purple plaid jackets had gradually drifted away after a long day of training and m...

There are certain athletes whom you just can't watch competing and think of them or their sports as obscure. Speedy Peterson is one of them.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Once every four years, Jeret "Speedy" Peterson spends a few seconds in the air that earn him something around 15 minutes of fame. There have been times he wished it didn't last that long. The daring aerialist from I...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Lindsey Vonn stands alone at the top of the Alpine skiing world today. Her cheese remedy stands alone, too. Hi-ho the dairy-o. Last week, Vonn told reporters she had used a soft, fresh Austrian cheese called Topfen to...