Skeleton is a sport of extreme speed, razor sharp precision, and daredevil courage. Here's how the sport works on the icy track.

Skeleton offers a high‑adrenaline blend of speed, precision and sheer courage as athletes hurtle head‑first toward victory. Athletes race down an ice track lying on a small, flat sled, with their face ...

The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human The remains of the boy, ...

Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, ...

Kaillie Humphries will be trying to medal in her fifth straight Olympics. She leads the top U.S. bobsled pairing. Robert Michael / Getty Images The Americans have medaled in all three sliding sports ...

Austin Florian of Southington was named to the U.S. Olympic skeleton team for the first time, USA Bobsled & Skeleton announced Monday. Florian, 31, is a former All-American college ski racer who tried ...

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Jan 9 (Reuters) - Belgium's Kim Meylemans clinched her second European Championship skeleton title in St. Moritz on Friday, as the countdown to next month's Milano Cortina Winter Olympics gathers pace ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Modern infantrymen carry 80 to 120 pounds of combat gear depending on mission requirements. Night-vision devices and digital systems like ATAK have become fundamental to infantry operations. Plate ...

A new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order could determine whether the U.S. grid can scale quickly and responsibly enough to meet AI-driven demand. In an assertive use of its authority, ...