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Brazil skier gives South America its 1st Winter Olympics gold

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The party in Brazil this week isn't limited to the annual Carnivale in Rio de Janeiro. Alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen delivered the first gold medal by a South American athlete at the Winter Olympics by surging to victory in the giant slalom. The ...

Jordan Stolz joins Eric Heiden with a speedskating double gold

MILAN — For a while now, Jordan Stolz's talent and dominance as a speedskater, and his much-anticipated potential for Olympic success, prompted many to repeatedly mention his name — prematurely, no doubt — alongside that of Eric Heiden. Now they really do belong in the same sentence, at ...

ISU ends KU’s winning streak with 74-56 result

AMES, Iowa — A day on which both No. 9 Kansas and No. 5 Iowa State were wearing throwback uniforms seemed like an appropriate occasion for an old-fashioned rock fight. The Jayhawks and Cyclones delivered that style of play for about 13 minutes on Saturday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum — ...

US women’s curling team beats Canada for first time at an Olympic Games

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada on Friday marked an Olympic first. "If that's true," caveated Minneapolis native Taylor Anderson-Heide said after the 9-8 nailbiter, "I think we just played a really good game. ...