There is a certain brand of madness reserved for those who choose to hurtle down a winding corridor of jagged ice with nothing but a thin sheet of fiberglass between ...

The Winter Olympics feature a variety of sledding sports. Two of the most well known are bobsled and luge. And then there's skeleton. From the name to the sport itself, skeleton is a bit more of an ...

The British Winter Olympics team have failed with an attempt to debut a state-of-the-art new helmet in the skeleton bobsleigh next week. Despite an emergency appeal from Team GB, the Court of ...

Experience the thrill of skeleton racing through John Daly’s eyes, from sprinting to flying face first down the icy track.

MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - British skeleton athletes will not be able to use their specially-designed helmets at the Milano Cortina Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal ...

Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

Tabitha Stoecker and Matt Weston continued Britain's long Winter Olympics success in the skeleton this year When Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker made history at the Winter Olympics, winning three ...

The sport of skeleton sled racing isn't well known in the U.S., but it's drawn new attention at this year's Winter Olympics. That's because of controversy. A U.S. sled racer misqualifying and was ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (WWTI) – Those unfamiliar with the sport of skeleton may be surprised by some of the colorful designs as the athletes barrel down the track in Italy. There’s been plenty of ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Pocatello native Andy Whittier was as close to making the U.S. Olympic Team as you can get without procuring a ticket to Italy. Whittier, a former Pocatello High School and Idaho ...