Evgeni Plushenko

There's an interesting opening screen at men's figure skater Evgeni Pluskenko's official website.......

Game on, guys. Reigning Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko posted a monster 90.85 points early in the men's short program Tuesday night, daring the competition to beat it. World champion Evan Lysacek and Japan's Daisuke Takahashi came pretty darn close,...

Two races, two medals. Bode Miller is putting together one heck of a Vancouver Olympics. Miller picked up a silver in the super-G Friday to go with the bronze he won in the downhill. Andrew Weibrecht surprisingly finished right behind Miller, plopping...

After 10 weeks, 17 dances and more sparkle and shine than the Main Street Electrical Parade, Season 10 of “Dancing With the Stars” has finally come to an end. And loosen up your buttons, ballroom fans, because the winner of......

Kimmie Meissner got gold-medal questions yesterday at a downtown news conference. Speed skater Chad Hedrick, who won the 5,000-meter race last Saturday, asks about her availability to skate doubles with him. Fellow long-track skater Derek Parra, who...

There are certain inevitabilities to any figure skating competition. Plastic-wrapped flowers and stuffed animals will be thrown onto the ice. The audience will gasp at a botched triple Lutz, then break into mild applause for encouragement's sake. A gangly...

By John Cherwa Olympic Bureau It was a day of roller coaster emotions for the U.S. ski team on Tuesday. It started with a brilliant downhill run by Bode Miller in the first leg of the men's combined. Then it was followed by Miller's disqualification in...

Unlike world figure skating champion Michelle Kwan and courageous medal-winning skier Picabo Street, most Winter Olympians are not household names except, perhaps, in their own households. However, here are 10 athletes (or duos) who are capable of making...