Current crew challenged to surpass 1994's 14th place finish Popularity undimmed since 1988 debut inspired 'Cool Runnings' film Jamaican bobsleigh team mobbed by fans in Italy CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, ...

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 ...

ITALY, — Three sliding sports—bobsled, skeleton and luge—will take center stage at the Winter Games, with athletes reaching speeds approaching 90 mph on icy tracks. Bobsled combines elements of ...

ROME – When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of tunnel ...

WASHINGTON — Luge, bobsledding and skeleton events are some of the most dangerous sports at the Winter Olympics. While at a glance they may appear similar, the three sliding events have distinct ...

Olympic sliding events: Everything to know about luge, skeleton, and bobsled USAT's Sam Cardona-Norberg breaks down the differences between luge skeleton and bobsled in this fast paced Winter Olympics ...

WHISTLER, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Manami Hino's may not be the fastest bobsleigh racing down Whistler's track on Tuesday but if medals were awarded for artistic impression it would win gold. Sign up here.

This story from the Adirondack Explorer, a nonprofit news outlet covering people and policy in the state forest preserve, is part of a special winter guide presented in partnership with the Times ...