It’s been a rough couple of years for many of the speedskaters who train at the Utah Olympic Oval.
While there has been success here and there for a handful of the American skaters, it hasn’t been as across-the-board as most would like. And with the 2010 Olympic Games less than a year away, Team USA knows there is little time left to fine-tune things….  Details
As the Volvo Open 70 fleet drag raced towards the scoring gate at 36 degrees S, it was all to play for, up to the very end. With the eventual winner of the first points of leg five being Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA), yet it was Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson/SWE) who received all the interest after their crossing.
Grael and his International crew picked up four points at 00:21 GMT last night as they crossed the gate and were closely followed by their stable-mate Ericsson 3….Â
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There’s not an event throughout the 36-race Sprint Cup schedule where NASCAR’s begrimed top-35 rule doesn’t loom over the landscape like King Kong perched atop the Empire State Building.
It smells about that bad, too.
But as the 2009 season creeps toward Race 6 at Martinsville—the first event where the current year’s owners’ points will be used to set the 35 guaranteed starting positions—it’s time to recognize some significant accomplishments by a couple of the sport’s smaller organizations….Â
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Lebanese ski racer Georges Salameh is facing a ban from the sport after testing positive for cocaine at the world championships last month.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) confirmed Thursday that the 33-year-old Salameh failed a doping test during the two-week event at Val d’Isere, France.
“The ‘B’ Sample confirmed the results of the ‘A’ sample containing …. Details