PYEONGCHANG - Cassie Sharpe wears a mouth guard with a gold tooth painted in the middle and raps to herself just before she drops into the halfpipe, the bars of hip-hop group M.O.P.'s hit Ante Up buzzing through the Canadian freestyle skier's head.
JEONGSEON, South Korea - American speed queen Lindsey Vonn said on Tuesday that she would require "medical miracles" to extend her trophy-laden skiing career after sustaining a string of devastating injuries.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Canada and the United States, the most intense rivals in women's hockey, will play for Pyeongchang Winter Olympic gold on Thursday in a gritty showdown both teams have awaited for years.
PYEONGCHANG - It was one of the closest sliding races in Olympic history, but when Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz rocketed over the finish line in Monday's two-man bobsled final, they knew they had secured gold.
NEWPORT BEACH, California - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a best-selling author, civil-rights activist, actor, historian and one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Roger Federer celebrated his return to the top of the world rankings by winning the Rotterdam Open on Sunday, his 97th career title, and declared it "one of the best weeks of my life".
MINNEAPOLIS - Whenever the Minnesota Timberwolves threatened on Tuesday night, the Houston Rockets had an answer.
LeBron James is going old school to make a new movie.
BASEL, Switzerland - Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan believes there is still more to come from his club after a "perfect" 4-0 rout of Basel left it on the verge of the Champions League quarterfinals.
The arrival of Africa's first Olympic bobsled team - pilot Seun Adigun and brakers Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga, representing Nigeria - has become a hot topic at the Winter Olympics for their groundbreaking qualification in the speedy sliding sport.
PYEONGCHANG - The pressure was real. So were the tears of joy, relief and redemption.
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