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Bad knee knocks Niedermayer out of games
Feb 8 2006 7:20PM (CT)
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks withdrew from the Canadian hockey team for the Turin Olympics because he needs surgery on his right knee.
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What to watch at the Winter Olympics
Feb 8 2006 6:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If you want to watch the Winter Olympics, NBC and its related cable networks will have something for you at virtually any hour of the day or night. The games begin Friday and end Feb. 26.
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First lady Laura Bush en route to Turin
Feb 8 2006 6:47PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - First lady Laura Bush arrived in Rome late Wednesday ahead of a meeting with the pope and a visit to Turin, where she is heading the U.S. Olympics delegation.
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Koznick hoping injured knee holds out
Feb 8 2006 5:57PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - It's not the symmetry Kristina Koznick wants. The top-ranked U.S. women's slalom skier is hoping that her Olympic career doesn't end the way it started _ on the injury list instead of the slopes.
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Chief: Turin security flexible, vigilant
Feb 8 2006 5:48PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Fast-changing events, including regional protests and the surge of rioting across the Muslim world, have complicated the task of protecting the Winter Games. The host city's police chief still believes security plans are flexible and thorough enough to avert serious problems.
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Monaco suspends bobsled competitor
Feb 8 2006 4:53PM (CT)
MONACO (AP) - A former Olympic bobsledding teammate of Prince Albert II was suspended Wednesday over a positive test for a hair-restoration drug banned because of its steroid-masking properties.
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Tale of two ski towns: Genteel and scruffy
Feb 8 2006 4:38PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - At the Brahms Pub in this genteel Winter Olympics mountain hub, dimly lit booths are draped in red velvet and well-heeled patrons sip premium Scotch served by a bartender who confides with a flick of her head that she summers on the French Riviera.
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Torch relay diverted for the second time
Feb 8 2006 4:32PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The Olympic torch relay was diverted Wednesday for the second time this week because authorities feared that protests along the route could turn violent.
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USOC makes 'big jump forward' with Fasulo
Feb 8 2006 4:22PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The USOC introduced Robert Fasulo as its new chief of international relations Wednesday, hoping to bolster its global presence six months after losing its bid for the 2012 Games.
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Italy finds replacements for ski jumpers
Feb 8 2006 4:16PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Italy will replace its two injured ski jumpers with athletes from its Nordic combined team, making the host nation even more of a longshot to win a medal. The Italians were not considered contenders in ski jumping, but they were hoping to perform well in front of the home crowd at Pragelato.
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IOC to continue Marion Jones doping probe
Feb 8 2006 4:13PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The IOC will continue to investigate doping allegations against Marion Jones despite the five-time Olympic medalist's court settlement with the man who accused her of using banned drugs.
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Koznick hoping injured knee holds out
Feb 8 2006 4:06PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - It's not the symmetry Kristina Koznick wants. The top-ranked U.S. women's slalom skier is hoping that her Olympic career doesn't end the way it started _ on the injury list instead of the slopes.
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Downhill course earns director's praise
Feb 8 2006 3:54PM (CT)
SIESTRERE, Italy (AP) - The men's Olympic downhill course has gone from flop to formidable. Organizers finally got what they had been waiting for Wednesday: praise from World Cup race director Guenter Hujara, who last month called a lack of snow "very critical" on the upper part of the Kandahar Banchetta course.
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Oh, no! No Valentine's break for skaters
Feb 8 2006 3:36PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Apolo Anton Ohno and his girlfriend, Allison Baver, both happened to have their short-track races scheduled for the day after Valentine's day. Sorry, Allison. America's speedskating sweethearts have an agreement: Feb. 14 won't be a special day for them at the Olympics.
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Hays returns to scene of his 2005 injury
Feb 8 2006 3:29PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Todd Hays says he has no concerns about racing on the same bobsled track on which he was seriously injured last year. The U.S. driver, a medal favorite in both the two-man and four-man events, was hurt in January 2005 on the Cesana track that will host bobsled events at the Turin Games.
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U.S. bobsledders recall some nasty crashes
Feb 8 2006 3:28PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - The mood among U.S. bobsledders Wednesday ranged from merry to macabre. As they made a brief stop in Turin on the way to the mountains at Cesana, veterans showed off scarred shoulders, talked about some of the worst crashes they've seen, and spoke of burning flesh, skin grafts and torn uniforms.
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Olympic fever is a bit tepid in Turin
Feb 8 2006 2:22PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - No crowd, no snow, no view of the mountains. Less than 48 hours before opening ceremonies, the expression of Olympic fever in this northwest Italian city was decidedly understated.
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Panel to hear Swiss snowboarder's appeal
Feb 8 2006 2:09PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Swiss snowboarder Andrea Schuler will appeal against her non-selection for the Winter Olympics at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday.
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Canada's Guay to miss downhill with injury
Feb 8 2006 1:51PM (CT)
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) - Canadian skier Erik Guay will miss the Olympic downhill Sunday because of a severely bruised calf and an inflamed knee. Guay, who bruised both calves during giant slalom training two weeks ago in Austria, cannot lean back in his skis without pain, causing him to miss the last two weeks of World Cup racing before the Olympics.
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Altitude tricky for combined jumpers
Feb 8 2006 1:47PM (CT)
PRAGELATO, Italy (AP) - Nordic combined skiers who hit the jumping hill at Pragelato for the first time Wednesday had a strange sinking feeling. "It is quite difficult. I feel no air because of the altitude," said Finnish medal prospect Hannu Manninen.
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Hays returns to scene of his 1994 injury
Feb 8 2006 1:39PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Todd Hays says he has no concerns about racing on the same bobsled track on which he was seriously injured last year. The U.S. driver, a medal favorite in both the two-man and four-man events, was hurt in January 2005 on the Cesana track that will host bobsled events at the Turin Games.
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Copenhagen wins IOC vote, despite uproar
Feb 8 2006 9:11AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Despite the uproar over Prophet Muhammad cartoons published in Denmark, Copenhagen won the right Wednesday to host a series of major International Olympic Committee meetings in 2009.
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S. Korean on IOC convicted of embezzling
Feb 8 2006 9:05AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean IOC member was convicted Wednesday of embezzling millions in a family feud over control of the nation's oldest conglomerate.
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Miller unconcerned about past comments
Feb 8 2006 7:38AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Bode Miller has come to the Olympics focused on skiing _ and doesn't care much about the outspoken comments he has made in the months leading up to the games.
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For Flowers, an emotional four years
Feb 8 2006 7:30AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Vonetta Flowers still gets choked up watching the video of her bobsled gold medal ceremony at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. She nearly gets teary-eyed just talking about it. It's been an emotional four years for Flowers, the first black athlete to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.
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Pavarotti to sing at opening ceremony
Feb 8 2006 6:23AM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Opera star Luciano Pavarotti will sing at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Pavarotti's spokeswoman, Renata Meroni, gave no other details Wednesday about the 70-year-old Italian tenor's appearance.
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'Flying Tomato' cleared for Turin takeoff
Feb 8 2006 4:10AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The world's hottest snowboarder is going to bring a touch of red, white and flew to the Turin Olympics. There could very well be a splash of gold, too, once Shaun White, also known as "The Flying Tomato," touches down from his gravity-defying spins high above the halfpipe.
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Ski jumper Ahonen pursues Olympic first
Feb 8 2006 12:51AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Janne Ahonen was just 16 when he first won a World Cup ski jumping event. Since then, he has taken home almost every major medal imaginable. Except one.
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