http://www.mail.com/subjects/2122-mens-skiing.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2122-mens-skiing.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2017894-flanagan-best-us-hope-boston-marathon-years.html BOSTON (AP) — Shalane Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead watching her father run the Boston Marathon. Her mother was a marathoner, too, setting the women's world record in 1971. But Flanagan never ran her hometown race even as she was building a celebrated cross-country career that took her to three Olympics. Now, as the 31-year-old local favorite prep... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:30:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2017894-flanagan-best-us-hope-boston-marathon-years.html 2013-04-13T22:30:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2007058-snowboarder-chelone-miller-dies-age-29.html MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) — Snowboarder Chelone Miller, the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller, died Sunday in the area of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. He was 29. The Mono County Sheriff's Office confirmed his death Monday in a statement. The cause of death is being investigated, but authorities say foul play is not suspected. According to the... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:16:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2007058-snowboarder-chelone-miller-dies-age-29.html 2013-04-09T05:16:50Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1982804-wada-backs-hgh-test-extremist-nfl-union.html LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency defended its test for human growth hormone on Wednesday and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for questioning its validity. WADA director general David Howman said the union was acting "the way they've operated the last few years" in trying to block the introduction of HGH testing in the National... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:46:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1982804-wada-backs-hgh-test-extremist-nfl-union.html 2013-03-27T18:46:07Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1976368-northug-clinches-cross-country-wcup-title.html FALUN, Sweden (AP) — Petter Northug of Norway clinched the overall cross-country World Cup title Sunday with a convincing victory in the final race of the season. Northug had a big lead over his main competitors going into the concluding 15-kilometer freestyle pursuit race at the three-day World Cup finals, and won the race in 35 minutes, 48.3 seconds. In... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:11:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1976368-northug-clinches-cross-country-wcup-title.html 2013-03-24T15:11:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967276-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-2006-turin-samples.html LONDON (AP) — With the eight-year deadline approaching, the IOC will retest doping samples from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin in a bid to catch any drug cheats who escaped detection. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist told The Associated Press on Wednesday that samples will be retested with more advanced techniques to search for banned su... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:49:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967276-apnewsbreak-ioc-to-retest-2006-turin-samples.html 2013-03-20T13:49:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1962780-lindsey-vonn-tiger-woods-theyre-dating.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sports has a new power couple: Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn confirmed they're dating. Two months after rumors began circulating in Europe, Woods and Vonn posted separate items on their Facebook pages Monday afternoon to announce their relationship. The posts include photos of golf's 14-time major winner and the Olympic and World Cup d... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:11:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1962780-lindsey-vonn-tiger-woods-theyre-dating.html 2013-03-18T21:11:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1960652-felix-neureuther-wins-final-world-cup-slalom.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Neureuther of Germany edged overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher to win the men's season-ending slalom race on Sunday. Neureuther hung on to his opening-leg lead to finish 0.36 seconds ahead of Austrian Hirscher in a two-run time of 1 minute, 52.20 seconds. Hirscher already won the season-long slalom standings a... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:53:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1960652-felix-neureuther-wins-final-world-cup-slalom.html 2013-03-17T11:53:11Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1959506-ted-ligety-6th-world-cup-giant-slalom-win.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Ted Ligety capped his dominant season in giant slalom with a sixth World Cup win Saturday, fueling comparisons with the best GS skier in history. The American skier joined Ingemar Stenmark as the only men in the 47-year World Cup history to get six GS victories in a season. Stenmark's 10-race sweep in 1978-79 is the record.... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1959506-ted-ligety-6th-world-cup-giant-slalom-win.html 2013-03-16T16:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1959266-ted-ligety-leads-1st-world-cup-giant-slalom.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Ted Ligety of the United States showed his supremacy in giant slalom again on Saturday, taking a big lead in the first run at the World Cup finals. Ligety has already clinched the GS discipline title and is looking for his sixth World Cup win of the season. He clocked 1 minute, 8.17 seconds on the steep course, 0.66 faster ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:12:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1959266-ted-ligety-leads-1st-world-cup-giant-slalom.html 2013-03-16T10:12:40Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1954572-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Aksel Lund Svindal conceded the overall World Cup title to defending champion Marcel Hirscher after both his favored speed events were canceled by bad weather at the finals. The super-G was canceled Thursday because of fog, wind and a 45-minute delay after Klaus Kroell of Austria crashed and broke his arm. He was airlifted ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:22:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1954572-svindal-concedes-wcup-title-to-hirscher.html 2013-03-14T16:22:28Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1952668-vonn-retains-wcup-downhill-title-without-racing.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn had the weather on her side this time when it came down to deciding a World Cup title. Fog canceled racing on Wednesday, giving the injured Vonn a record sixth straight World Cup downhill title without having to show up on the mountain. The title comes five weeks after a crash and season-ended knee injury for t... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:12:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1952668-vonn-retains-wcup-downhill-title-without-racing.html 2013-03-13T20:12:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1951224-injured-vonn-retains-world-cup-downhill-title.html LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Injured Lindsey Vonn won a record sixth straight World Cup downhill title without having to show up on the mountain Wednesday. Fog canceled the race and allowed Vonn to retain her title, beating Tina Maze of Slovenia by one point. The title comes five weeks after a season-ended knee injury. "Omg I won the World Cup Downhill... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:05:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1951224-injured-vonn-retains-world-cup-downhill-title.html 2013-03-13T16:05:56Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1944414-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ivica Kostelic of Croatia won a rain-drenched World Cup slalom Sunday while Marcel Hirscher of Austria clinched the season title in the event after his sole rival skied out in the opening run. Kostelic mastered the difficult conditions on the Podkoren course to finish in a total time of 1 minute, 45.81 seconds. Hirscher was ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:35:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1944414-kostelic-wins-wcup-slalom-hirscher-takes-globe.html 2013-03-10T14:35:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1944300-northug-kowalczyk-win-cross-country-races.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Petter Northug of Norway dominated a men's 15-kilometer classical race Sunday to gain ground in the overall cross-country World Cup standings, while Justyna Kowalczyk all but sealed the women's season title with another victory. Northug led from the start to win in 34 minutes, 35.6 seconds. Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan was second,... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:44:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1944300-northug-kowalczyk-win-cross-country-races.html 2013-03-10T12:44:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942972-ligety-us-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom-title.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety of the United States won his fifth giant slalom of the season Saturday to clinch the World Cup discipline title with a race to spare. It's his fourth GS title after winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world championships last month. "To win here again is a super cool feel... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:52:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942972-ligety-us-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom-title.html 2013-03-09T19:52:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942992-randall-us-wins-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by edging Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen at the line in the Lahti Ski Games. Randall and Bjoergen were in a two-day duel on the final stretch of the 1.55-kilometer freestyle race, and the American managed to throw her ski forwar... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:00:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942992-randall-us-wins-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html 2013-03-09T14:00:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942910-randall-clinches-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html LAHTI, Finland (AP) — Kikkan Randall of the United States clinched the cross-country World Cup sprint title on Saturday by beating Norwegian world champion Marit Bjoergen to the line in a close finish at the Lahti Ski Games. Randall and Bjoergen were in a two-day duel on the final stretch of the 1.55-kilometer freestyle race, and the American managed to t... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:02:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942910-randall-clinches-cross-country-wcup-sprint-title.html 2013-03-09T13:02:18Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942764-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Ted Ligety clinched the World Cup giant slalom title Saturday by winning his fifth race of the season. It's the American's fourth discipline title after also winning in 2008 and 2010-11. He also successfully defended his GS title at the world championships last month. Ligety held on to his first-run lead to win Saturday's ra... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:33:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1942764-ligety-wins-world-cup-gs-title-with-race-to-spare.html 2013-03-09T12:33:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1926760-frances-theaux-wins-mens-downhill-norway.html KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Adrien Theaux of France earned his second career World Cup victory Saturday by narrowly beating home favorite Aksel Lund Svindal in a downhill. Theaux raced down the steep 1.64-mile course in 1 minute, 29.10 seconds to edge Svindal by 0.19 seconds. Klaus Kroell of Austria was 0.50 seconds back in third. The Frenchman's only previo... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:54:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1926760-frances-theaux-wins-mens-downhill-norway.html 2013-03-02T12:54:37Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1926742-tina-maze-breaks-2000-point-mark.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Tina Maze of Slovenia broke the record for points in a World Cup season on Saturday by winning a downhill, which also made her only the third woman to win a race in all five disciplines in a single campaign. Maze secured the overall World Cup title one week ago and her ninth win of the season took her to 2,024 points... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:24:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1926742-tina-maze-breaks-2000-point-mark.html 2013-03-02T12:24:41Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1919010-northug-wins-individual-15k-nordic-worlds.html VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Petter Northug won his first gold medal of this year's Nordic world championships on Wednesday in the 15-kilometer individual freestyle. The Norwegian beat Johan Olsson of Sweden by 11.8 seconds, finishing in 34 minutes, 37.1 seconds. Tord Asle Gjerdalen was third, 22.3 seconds behind Northug. "I knew from the first races that ... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:40:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1919010-northug-wins-individual-15k-nordic-worlds.html 2013-02-27T15:40:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1912160-slovenias-tina-maze-clinches-world-cup-title.html MERIBEL, France (AP) — There was only one fitting way for Tina Maze to wrap up the overall World Cup title — with another victory, and with plenty of time to spare. She clinched her first crystal globe Sunday by winning a super-combined for eighth win of the season. So overpowering was her season that she clinched the overall trophy with nine races to go.... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:57:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1912160-slovenias-tina-maze-clinches-world-cup-title.html 2013-02-24T18:57:56Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911814-tina-maze-wins-super-combi-clinches-title.html MERIBEL, France (AP) — Tina Maze of Slovenia clinched her first overall World Cup title Sunday, winning the super-combined for her eighth victory this season with nine races still to go. Maze led the downhill section and coasted home in the slalom after Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out of contention. She also tied a season record with her 18th top-three fin... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:32:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911814-tina-maze-wins-super-combi-clinches-title.html 2013-02-24T15:32:40Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911746-us-wins-historic-gold-medal-nordic-worlds.html VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (AP) — Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first world championship gold medal in cross-country skiing Sunday by winning the women's team sprint by nearly eight seconds. After Diggins opened up a small lead on her last leg, Randall anchored the American duo to the victory with a scorching final lap to pull aw... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:58:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911746-us-wins-historic-gold-medal-nordic-worlds.html 2013-02-24T14:58:16Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911652-frances-pinturault-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Alexis Pinturault of France used a daring second run to win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday as his closest German challengers faltered. Pinturault was second after the first heat, behind hometown favorite Felix Neureuther and ahead of Fritz Dopfer. But Dopfer crashed out in the second run and Neureuther made a mistak... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:38:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1911652-frances-pinturault-wins-world-cup-giant-slalom.html 2013-02-24T14:38:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1910034-italys-innerhofer-wins-world-cup-downhill.html GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Christof Innerhofer of Italy won his third World Cup downhill of the season Saturday, on a course where he has a history of good results. Innerhofer bested three Austrians to earn his sixth career victory, covering the 2.58-kilometer (1.6-mile) Kandahar course in 1 minute, 37.83 seconds to beat Georg Streitberger by ... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:26:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1910034-italys-innerhofer-wins-world-cup-downhill.html 2013-02-23T13:26:31Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1897686-hirscher-wins-worlds-slalom-austria.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the men's slalom title Sunday on the last day of the skiing world championships for his first individual gold medal at a major event. Cheered loudly by a home crowd of 35,000, the Austrian overcame the pressure of expectation to earn the host nation its second gold of the worlds, af... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:16:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1897686-hirscher-wins-worlds-slalom-austria.html 2013-02-17T15:16:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1896976-world-champ-17-us-teen-shiffrin-rushes-to-gold.html SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin might as well be dancing or flying. That's what skiing is like for the American teenager these days. The victories and milestones keep piling up, fortifying a U.S. team that is without Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller. A day after Ted Ligety became the first man to win three gold medals at a world championships in 4... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:21:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1896976-world-champ-17-us-teen-shiffrin-rushes-to-gold.html 2013-02-16T21:21:55Z