December 09, 2005

In the spotlight

Karen Crouse of the New York Times has a profile of U.S. skier Lindsey Kildow - a potential Turin star with a sad story about that father/daughter tension that seems to be common among many young world-class female athletes.

December 06, 2005

Road to Turin

Today, the Boston Globe had a front page sports profile on Sarah Parson, the youngest player on the U.S. women's hockey team.

November 29, 2005

Blogging speed skater

USA Today is hosting a blog for Brigid Farrell who is trying to secure a spot on the U.S. speed skating team for the winter games. You can read it here

October 12, 2005

Fighting to get back in ...

The Seattle Post Intelligencer ran an AP piece the other day on the U.S. Olympic Committee's campaign to reinstate women's softball as an Olympic event. The sport was dropped along with baseball earlier in the summer.