Olympic athlete Lolo Jones appeared on a segment of the "Today" show Tuesday, days after the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced that she made it to the U.S. team for the Sochi Games. Jones ...

Learn the basics of Olympic bobsled—explore all events (2-man, 4-man, 2-woman, monobob), key rules of racing, how timing and ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race ...

Before the Jamaican bobsled team made its world debut in 1988, its dream of Olympic glory began with a makeshift sled and an unconventional training ground on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid. "I borrowed a ...

Germany not only won its seventh of eight contested sliding sport events at the 2022 Winter Olympics with Francesco Friedrich's first-place finish in two-man bobsled – the country also swept the ...

Perhaps you remember the underdog story of Jamaican bobsled team at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Perhaps you at least remember the Hollywood movie it inspired. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "COOL RUNNINGS") DOUG ...

BEIJING (KXAN) — For the first time since 1998, the Winter Olympics are due for some rhythm and rhyme. The Jamaican bobsled team still rides the Disney wave after the 1993 movie “Cool Runnings,” ...

Kaillie Humphries has been riding in bobsleds for 23 years, but this past weekend’s races marked a new experience. Humphries, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, competed on the World Cup for the ...

VAN WERT, Ohio (WANE) — Van Wert native Ryan Rager is used to racing on all-weather running tracks after competing in track and field at the collegiate level as recently as 2021. However, Rager will ...

In January, the North Country Sports Council approached the Franklin County Legislature with a proposal to partner with the council to house the Jamaican Bobsled team in Saranac Lake while training.

A great start can cover errors later on, and a lousy start can sink even the best drivers. USA-1, the top U.S. four-man entry in the competition that begins Friday, is the World Cup champion largely ...