Snowboarding And Skiing News
They’re Rebels with a cause
Drew Pettit doesn’t want to see crutches ever again. Back in January, while skiing in Whistler, B. C., Pettit had a freak accident and badly injured his right ankle. The Niagara Rebels catcher and Welland Mustangs Minor Baseball Association graduate was later told he had two broken [...]
Dulcimer Orchestra hammers away in the mountains; plays at the YMCA August 1
Bonnie Carol is a flowered child of the 1960s. You can see it in the bloom of her dress, feel it sprout in her spirit, hear it released in her spirited music.
The view from Pennsylvania
If Obamania was stirring the spruce trees of Germany from Hamburg to the Black Forest yesterday, it had not reached as far as the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania where the citizenry folk who will vote in November have not been keeping close track of the Democrat nominee’s travel itinerary.
Tim Layden: Churchill Downs is more than sport
It is the first Saturday in May, 2002; my first Kentucky Derby as Sports Illustrated’s horse racing writer, following the deep footprints of my former SI colleague, Bill Nack. Ninety minutes prior to the race, SI reporter Mark Beech and I walk to around the clubhouse turn at the Downs to access the barn area, in order to later make the same walk in reverse to the saddling paddock with the horses …
Ski area to boost parking, snowmaking
The Steamboat Ski Area is pumping up parking and its downtown presence ahead of the 2008-09 ski season.
McGill sends 14-member entourage to Beijing Olympics
MONTREAL - A 10-member entourage with ties to McGill University are among the 331 competitors named to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Games on Wednesday.
Na arrives with victory at QLD Amateur
14-year-old Korean Ellie Na has announced her arrival on the golfing scene with a hard fought victory at the Queensland Amateur Championships today. Runner-up in several previous tournaments, the rising star played superb golf to beat the seasoned 19-year-old Tasmanian Ashley Dewhurst 2 & 1.
Lou Gehrig’s illness; Augie Nieto’s cure
In the three years since he’s been afflicted with a horrific disease, Augie Nieto has done more than most people do in a lifetime.
Application accepted: UVA switches to common application
John Blackburn, UVA dean of admissions. PHOTO BY WILL WALKER Prospective UVA students applying to various other schools now face a kinder, gentler application process. In an attempt to make its undergraduate admissions process more fair and applicant-friendly, UVA has switched to the common application for both incoming first-year and transfer students. Were trying to do as much …
College Skiing (5:08pm)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Liberty University soon will offer skiing on campus - all year long.
