Apparently Michael Phelps didn’t have enough sponsorship deals already, so he signed up with Ping, a golf club manufacturer, and will play in the Phoenix Open Pro-Am against Masters champ Bubba Watson using a set of custom-fit sticks.
The IOC executive board will discuss eliminating an event from the Olympic program and adding another during a meeting on February 12 and 13 at their headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Olympic silver medalist, four-time world champ and nine-time national champ Alicia Sacramone said goodbye to competitive gymnastics Tuesday, announcing her retirement after a nearly a decade as one of the sport’s most accomplished athletes.
Chicago Bulls All-Star Luol Deng, who happens to play for the British team during the summer, wrote an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron questioning the Olympic Association’s removal of any and all funding from the national team.
Shaun White may have just won his sixth straight X Games superpipe gold, which will sit nicely next to his two Olympic halfpipe titles, but he’s still not satisfied and believes he’ll have to step up his game before Sochi comes around next February.
At about 5-2, 100 pounds, Torino Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen was the perfect size for a star figure skater like the one she played on TV all those years, but at 28-years-old, she’s apparently interested in a different sport all-together: rugby.
Vancouver figure skating champ Evan Lysacek missed out on competing at nationals in Omaha this weekend, but says he’s fully recovered from a November 20 surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle and says he’ll be ready for Sochi.
Two-time Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White won his sixth straight X Games superpipe title Sunday in Aspen, pulling off two double corks and his signature Double-McTwist to earn 98 points on his second of three runs.
Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones is officially a winter sports world champ after helping the U.S. win the combined bobsled-skeleton team event in Switzerland Sunday.
Despite two uncharacteristic falls during her free skate Saturday night, Ashley Wagner became the first American woman since Michelle Kwan in 2005 to win back-to-back national titles, holding off Gracie Gold, who finished second to earn her spot at the world championships in Ontario this March.
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn scored her 59th career World Cup victory Saturday, spoiling the homecoming for overall points leader Tina Maze by winning only her third career giant slalom.
Gold medalist Shaun White, the king of the superpipe, was unable to transfer those talents to the slopestyle event Saturday, finishing fifth as defending champ Mark McMorris of Canada took gold, again.
Rumors have recently been swirling about whether Tiger Woods and Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn are dating, with the words “might” and “possibly” being carefully attached to all stories about the world class athletes’ romantic encounters.
The competition in Omaha might seem a bit lackluster after Vancouver gold medalist Evan Lysacek and three-time national champ Johnny Weir have recently pulled out of the event.
Shaun White didn’t disappoint fans on the opening day of the X Games in Aspen, coasting into Saturday’s superpipe finals, where he’s the five-time defending champ.
Ashley Wagner is on her way to becoming the first American woman since Michelle Kwan in 2005 to win back-to-back national figure skating championships after taking the lead in Omaha with a solid short program performed to “Red Violin” Thursday night.
Three-time Olympic medalist Yevgeny Plushenko decided to withdraw from the European figure skating championships in Croatia Thursday after receiving a less than stellar score on his short program.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, The NHL’s all-time leader in wins (658) and games (1,193, and counting) already has two gold medals for team Canada under his pads.
