By Kathryn Reed GENOA – Layers were coming off relatively quickly – it was that warm. The ground was barren, even the higher elevations didn’t have much white stuff. It’s not supposed to still be hiking season. Five us and that dog named AJ ushered out 2017 with a hike instead of a snowshoe. And […]
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While the U.S. Olympic Team is still not solidified, one Lake Tahoe area skier is definitely not going — Travis Ganong. The 29-year-old ski racer from Truckee tore his ACL in a race this season. At the 2014 Games Ganong barely missed the podium. He placed fifth place in downhill and 23rd in super G. […]
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A Lake Tahoe woman has been named an Ironman All World Athlete for 2017. Judy Anderson of Carnelian Bay earned the honor in the women’s 50-54 age bracket. The designation is earned by competing in multiple events and earning age group ranking points during the 2017 season. Racers were rewarded for their top three performances […]
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By Terra Breeden Even though there isn’t any snow on the ground, winter sports are still thriving in South Lake Tahoe. Curling, a team sport played on ice, is sliding into popularity with the club Lake Tahoe Epic Curling leading the movement. “It’s like shuffleboard or chess on ice. There’s a lot of strategy involved,” […]
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We live in Elks Point and I walk my dog every morning up to the bike path and then to Nevada Beach or Round Hill Pines Beach. Friday morning my dog ran over the path and up the hill, which she usually does to chase squirrels. But as I looked up to where she had […]
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By U.S. Ski & Snowboard For the second-straight day, Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley) led the way for the U.S. Ski Team, finishing 17th on the famed Lauberhorn downhill course at Wengen, Switzerland, on Saturday. For any fans that arrived, or tuned in late, they missed the show as Switzerland’s Beat Fuez came out of the […]
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By Philip Marcelo, AP BOSTON — A new daily fantasy sports game that lets users home in on a single NFL playoff game has some gambling experts wondering if the contest inches the industry closer to the territory of sports betting that remains illegal in most of the United States. The “Showdown” variant offered by […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe is dedicating an event in memory of local snowboarder Natasha “Tash” Sagucka. The USASA Jammin’ 4 Tash event will take place Jan. 20 on Broadway Trail. Additionally, Sagucka will be commemorated each year on the last USASA Rail Jam event at Sierra. Sagucka competed in USASA events for seven years, from 2000-07. As a […]
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By Shawn Smith, NBC David Wise of Reno and Maddie Bowman of Meyers will both have the opportunity to defend their freeski halfpipe Olympic titles. The two gold medalists from the Sochi Winter Games qualified for PyeongChang at the U.S. Grand Prix at Snowmass, the fourth of five selection events for the U.S. Olympic ski […]
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By Alex Harris, Sacramento Bee Call it whatever you like — a blue red moon, a purple moon, a blood moon — but the moon will be a special sight on Jan. 31. Three separate celestial events will occur simultaneously that night, resulting in what some are calling a super blue blood moon eclipse. The […]
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