Lindsey Vonn grimaces as she arrives for the first official training of the Olympic downhill at Whistler Creek side Alpine skiing venue on Thursday.
Brunt's Blog

Searching for a way to explain the inexplicable

Vonn drama has been a puzzling affair

Shaun White of United States attends the United States Olympic Committee Snowboard Halfpipe Press Conference at the Main Press Centre ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 11, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Vancouver 2010

American snowboarders charm Olympic crowd

Once known as ‘The Flying Tomato’ but now called ‘Animal’ The king of the halfpipe and reigning Olympic champion Shaun White and the United States team are preparing to unleash a whole new bag of tricks

Team Canada forward Hayley Wickenheiser at the 2008 Women's World Hockey Championships in Harbin, China.
Women's hockey

The coldest faceoff of them all

Two nations vying to be the world's superpower of ice and snow

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring a goal against the New York Rangers during the second period of an NHL hockey game Feb. 4, 2010, in New York.
2010 Hockey

Crosby, Ovechkin jump onto biggest, brightest stage

NHL rivals dominate spotlight as hockey tourney draws closer

Georgian luge hopeful Nodar Muaritashvili crashes during the men's Luge practice at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Friday.

Georgian luger dies after training crash

21-year-old slider Nodar Muaritashvili passes away after flying off track

Vancouver 2010

Let the Games begin

After seven years, after billions of dollars, Canada's Olympic dreams take shape tonight. What will the legacy be, the Springtime Olympics? The Clockwork Games? Perhaps, the Gold Games

One of the boys

Canadian Christine Nesbitt abandoned her female teammates to train with me. The risky move paid off

Forsberg thrilled to be in Vancouver

Swedish star: 'I'm not 100 per cent sure if I'm going to be great in this tournament or not, but I'm just going to go out and do my best'

WADA cracks down on drug cheats

World Anti-Doping Agency officials unleash stringent anti-doping measures, plan to test more than 2,500 athletes at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games

Ottawa gets Cullen from Carolina

Sens acquire veteran centre for a draft pick, defenceman Alexandre Picard

Laraque getting involved with Green party

Long-time NHL enforcer to announce his plans to get involved with the political party at an event in Montreal on Saturday

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Golf will outlast Tiger's tale

“Golf is much bigger than any one star, including Tiger Woods, because the game goes way beyond the PGA Tour, the LPGA, and country clubs,” George Kirsch says

in this Nov. 15, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods from the United States, hits an approach shot during the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. While Woods has not played since Nov. 15 in Australia, the competition has been as fierce as ever _ not against Phil Mickelson or any other player, rather the paparazzi. Some say the first picture of him, since driving his SUV into a tree outside his Florida home and setting off an explosive and incredible sex scandal, could bring as much as $100,000. ( AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)
Vancouver 2010
Following the Olympic torch

Every step of the 45,000-kilometre trek leading to the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver-Whistler

Torchbearer Kimberly Coomfer is seen carrying the Olympic Flame in Lions Bay, B.C., Feb. 4, 2010.