Here’s a look at Julia Mancuso, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: Mancuso definitely has a penchant for capturing medals at the Winter Olympics and was able to do it one more time in Sochi. The pride of Squaw Valley ski resort, Mancuso claimed another m medal, taking a […]
2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic profile: Maddie Bowman’s dream comes true – Olympic gold in freestyle halfpipe
Here’s a look at Maddie Bowman, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics. A Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort product, the 20-year-old Bowman helped solidify Lake Tahoe’s standing as a region that producers excellent halfpipe freestyle skiers. Bowman joined Reno’s David Wise as a freestyle halfpipe gold-medal winner. One of the coolest and lasting […]
Olympic profile: David Wise, the ‘UnDude’ delivers gold in freestyle halfpipe
Here’s a look at David Wise, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: He was nicknamed “The UnDude” by the New York Times, which kind of sums it up. He’s a married man with a cute 2-year-old young daughter and admits that family comes first, while skiing is a distant second. […]
Olympic profile: U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson wins inaugural slopeside gold medal
Here’s a look at Jamie Anderson, one of the four Lake Tahoe medal winners at the Sochi Olympics.: Favored to win is never that easy, especially at the Olympics. Just ask Shaun White. Although White couldn’t ultimately deliver in Sochi, the favored Anderson certainly did, making her last effort her best one in the slopestyle competition. […]
Lake Tahoe’s Maddie Bowman joins David Wise as Olympic gold medal winner in freestyle halfpipe
Maddie Bowman helped solidify Lake Tahoe’s standing as a region that producers excellent halfpipe freestyle skiers. Bowman, who trains at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort, joined David Wise as a gold medalist, winning the women’s freestyle halfpipe Thursday at the Sochi Olympics. Wise, from Reno, does his training at Northstar California ski resort. Two days after Wise […]
David Wise – ‘The UnDude’ – captures gold medal in the inaugural men’s freestyle halfpipe
Nicknamed “The UnDude” by the New York Times, David Wise made Olympic history today, taking the gold medal at the Sochi Olympics in the first-ever men’s freestyle halfpipe event. Wise, who lives in Reno and trains at Northstar California ski resort in Lake Tahoe, won on a day when the snow and the conditions certainly […]
U.S. skier Julia Mancuso fails to finish women’s giant slalom; Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 5th
The weather was miserable and it turned out to be a rather miserable day overall for U.S. Alpine skiers Tuesday at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Tina Maze of Slovenia dashed through the clouds and even rain to capture her second gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday. Maze edged out silver medalist, Anna Fenninger […]
Commentary: Was Christin Cooper’s NBC interview with Bode Miller inappropriate?
One day after this controversial interview, the question lingers: Was U.S. skier Bode Miller pushed too far Sunday in an NBC interview that kept probing his feelings regarding the death of his younger brother? It was certainly an emotional moment even before Miller agreed to the interview with NBC’s Christin Cooper. Miller had come up […]
Lake Tahoe’s Travis Ganong finishes 23rd in Olympic men’s super-G
There was no individual reason to rejoice for Travis Ganong following today’s super-G at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Ganong, who trains at Squaw Valley ski resort, was far from the podium, finishing 23rd in the super-G, an event that combines the speed of the downhill with the skills of a slalom racer and is a […]
Bode Miller dedicates bronze medal to younger brother, who died a year ago
It was certainly an emotional day for Bode Miller, the aging U.S. Olympic alpine skier who is undoubtedly making his final appearance in the Winter Olympics. The 36-year-old Miller added one more Olympic medal Sunday, taking third place in the super-G at the Sochi Olympics. Canada’s Jan Hudec tied Miller for bronze. However, thoughts turned […]