Pipe Dream
The blue mountain sky turned golden for an American teenager Sunday. Snowboarder Kelly Clark soared to victory in the women's Olympic halfpipe contest in dramatic fashion, winning on the final run of the day before thousands of screaming fans in a sold-out stadium.
Picabo prepares for final Olympic downhill
This is it for Picabo Street. She'll have to ski from behind Monday and beat the world's best in her final bid for another Olympic downhill medal.
Ukraine's hopes alive after defeating Swiss
Valentyn Oletsky scored two goals Monday for Ukraine, which kept alive its hopes for advancement from Olympic hockey's preliminary round with a 5-2 victory over Switzerland.
Ron Street is bullish on daughter's chances
Picabo Street is going to do well in these Winter Olympics, predicts her father, Ron Street, who expects her alpine ski performance to be one of those "moments" for him, like watching her walk up the Rice-Eccles Stadium stairs with the Olympic flame during Friday's opening ceremonies.
Austria's Strobl grabs downhill gold
There were no "real" shocks coming out of the first alpine event of the 2002 Olympics, just some minor tremors in the world of speed skiing.
Women's curling: Favored Canadians win opener
The Canadian women's curling team, favored to win the gold medal, opened the Olympics with a 5-4 victory over Sweden Monday.
Finns capture top 2 spots in Nordic Combined
Samppa Lajunen could play the part of the patient, blue-haired rock star only so long.
Ammann jumps to surprise victory in the K90
No offense to Lifehouse, but Van Halen probably would've been the most fitting group to have performed at the Medals Plaza Ceremony on Sunday night.
Pechstein leads parade of marks in 3,000 meters
Two down, eight to go. The 10 records on the long-track speedskating world-record wall at the Utah Olympic Oval are going to be a lot different in a few weeks.
Berezhnaya-Sikharulidze keep Russian pairs streak going
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze extended Russia's dominance of Olympic pairs figure skating Monday night by the slimmest of margins — one judge's score — over Canada's Jamie Sale and David Pelletier.
U.S. sweeps men's snowboarding
Ross Powers of the United States won the halfpipe snowboarding gold medal Monday, leading an American sweep.
High winds force postponement of women's downhill
Winds up to 20 mph near the top of the Wildflower course forced postponement of the women's downhill Monday. The race likely was to be rescheduled for Tuesday, originally an off day in the Alpine schedule.
Hackl fails in bid to win fourth straight gold in men's luge
Georg Hackl of Germany failed in his bid to become the first Winter Olympian to win four straight gold medals in the same event, finishing second to Armin Zoeggeler of Italy in men's luge on Monday.
FitzRandolph in position for gold in 500-meter speedskating
American Casey FitzRandolph put himself in position to win a speedskating gold medal, posting the fastest time in the 500 meters on Monday to gain a slight edge over defending gold medalist Hiroyasu Shimizu.
Curling: United States upsets world champion Sweden, then loses to Canada
The U.S. men split their opening day curling matches Monday, including a 10-5 upset of world champion Sweden. In women's play, the favored Canadians defeated Sweden 5-4.
Women's biathlon: Forsberg ends wait for Olympic medal with bronze
Magdalena Forsberg of Sweden, the most successful female biathlete in history, missed two targets on her final shooting round but still won the bronze medal in the 15-kilometer biathlon Monday.
Men's biathlon: Bjoerndalen overcomes two shooting mistakes to win gold medal
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway skied more than 30 miles in the last three days. He might be a little fatigued, but he's far from finished.
Belarus win over France assures final berth
Vladimir Tsyplakov redirected a slap shot between French goalie Cristobal Huet's pads for the decisive goal, putting Belarus into the final round of Olympic hockey with a 3-1 victory Monday night.
United States upsets world champion Sweden in opening curling match
American curlers opened the Olympic tournament with a 10-5 upset of world champion Sweden on Monday thanks to a difficult shot by skip Tim Somerville.
Women's hockey: Sweden edges Russia
Ann-Louise Edstrand scored a power play goal in the first period on Monday as Sweden opened a three-goal lead and held on to beat Russia 3-2 on the first day of the Olympic women's hockey tournament.
A Star Spangled night at medals plaza
U.S. women start their quest for a 2nd gold
Dutch visitors toast their golden champ
Skater gave up jumps — for speed
Men's 500 meters set
Pairs finals today
U.S. biathlete Sabasteanski took long, winding road
Face-off fodder
Latvian dream is Slovakian nightmare
U.S. Olympians
Monday's schedule
Men's luge singles results
Mens, womens biathlon results
Curling: preliminaries results and standings
Speedskating: Mens' 500 meter results
Figure Skating Pairs judges cards
Figure skating pairs results
Men's halfpipe snowboarding results
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