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If you've read Slow Motion, her memoir recounting a misspent youth as the cokehead mistress of a rich creep and the car accident that nearly robbed her of both parents, you know Shapiro has a heightened sense of drama. She is wiser now but still can't stop obsessing...
Just spend a few minutes around Marty Lawthers, the mother of chipper U.S. Olympic luger Chris Mazder, and you'll discover the roots of Mazder's disposition. During Sunday afternoon's men's luge final at the Whistler Sliding Center, Lawthers enthusiastically shows off both her cowbells - one has a...
German Felix Loch, 20, became the youngest luge gold medalist in Olympic history on Sunday, as he compiled a time of 3 min. 13.085 sec. over four runs, 0.679 faster than his fellow countryman David Moeller. And while the event retained its festive feel - a giddy Loch hoofed it up...
After the accident, in which Kumaritashvili was thrown from his sled into a metal pole on the track's final turn during a practice run, Olympic officials considered postponing or even canceling the event. But the athletes themselves met with each other last Friday and urged organizers to push forward...
The men's luge event is still scheduled to start late Saturday afternoon local time. After an investigation, Olympic officials concluded that athlete error, not a track deficiency, was ultimately responsible for the accident. Of course, that explanation won't assuage everyone. "This is a time for sorrow," Rogge said...