Turin bids farewell to the Olympic circus
Web-posted 02/27/06
TURIN, Italy - Turin's Olympics, a topsy-turvy mix of marvels and misadventures, ended appropriately with a closing-ceremony Carnevale - a circus-like celebration full of clowns and acrobats, vibrant and often dreamlike.

U.S. danced away with 25 medals
Web-posted 02/27/06
TURIN, Italy - Across 16 topsy-turvy days in Turin, the U.S. Olympic team teetered somewhere between torment and triumph, each step up to the medal stand tempered by one step back somewhere else.

America wins 1st medal in curling
Web-posted 02/25/06
PINEROLO, Italy - Pete Fenson wanted the curling bronze medal to come down to the final shot, and he was ready to take it. The U.S. skip bent his rock into the target area, where it came to rest inside of Britain's best hope and clinched the Americans' first-ever Olympic curling medal.

Arakawa wins gold; Cohen settles for silver
Web-posted 02/24/06
TURIN, Italy - Shizuka Arakawa clutched the Olympic gold medal in her hand, refusing to let it go lest it all be a mistake. It was hers, all right. And Japan's.

Finger-pointing over U.S. hockey starts
Web-posted 02/23/06
TURIN, Italy - Mike Modano took no shots in the loss that bounced the U.S. men's hockey team from the Olympics. He saved his best one for afterward.

America's sliding soldier wins silver
Web-posted 02/21/06
CESANA, Italy - Shauna Rohbock shivered as she grabbed the American flag and draped it around her shoulders, temporary shelter from the frosty mountain air.

Davis' gold silences all his critics
Web-posted 02/19/06
TURIN, Italy - Shani Davis knew what he was doing. Davis became the first black man to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history Saturday, capturing the men's 1,000-meter speedskating race. Joey Cheek made it a 1-2 American finish, adding a silver to his victory in the 500.

Russian biathlete stripped of medal
Web-posted 02/17/06
CESANA, Italy - Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was thrown out of the Olympics and stripped of her silver medal Thursday for failing a drug test, the first athlete caught for doping at the Turin Games.

Chad Hedrick's pursuit ends
Web-posted 02/16/06
TURIN, Italy - One teammate didn't show up, another couldn't keep up. And not even Chad Hedrick could do it alone.

Dream turns into nightmare for Hakkinen
Web-posted 02/15/06
CESANA, Italy - Jay Hakkinen couldn't believe what he was seeing through his scope. The target didn't go down! Puzzled, he checked his rifle. Nothing. He lined up his sights and fired again. Another miss!

Cheek wins gold in 500-meter speedskating
Web-posted 02/13/06
TURIN, Italy - Negotiating four slippery turns with ease, Joey Cheek skated the two best races of his career Monday and came away an Olympic winner.

Tough first weekend for U.S. in Turin
Web-posted 02/12/06
TURIN, Italy - It was hardly a lost weekend for the U.S Olympic team. The good news was just hard to find among all the disappointments.

U.S. women shut Switzerland out
Web-posted 02/11/06
TURIN, Italy - When Tricia Dunn-Luoma skated in on a breakaway in the second period, the Swiss goalie facing her loomed larger than a Zamboni in the U.S. women's hockey team's uncomfortably close opener.

Benvenuto! Welcome to the Winter Games
Web-posted 02/10/06
TURIN, Italy - This gritty city below the Alps gave a heartfelt "benvenuto" Friday night to the Winter Games, a fiery opening ceremony dedicated to passion and to igniting the competitive spirits of more than 2,500 of the world's best athletes.