By Devon O’Neil, XGames.com ASPEN — Ten years removed from her first Winter X Games gold medal, Kelly Clark reminded everyone Friday night why she will go down as the greatest snowboard halfpipe rider in history. Clark, wearing a “Celebrate Sarah” sticker on her helmet in memory of late halfpipe skier Sarah Burke, posted both […]
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By Colin Bane, XGames.com ASPEN — Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe is now 6-for-6 in podium finishes in women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Winter X Games. Her gold medal Friday is her third. She dominated the competition, posting a Run 1 score of 94.00, then improving to 95.33 in Run 3 — the highest […]
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By Colin Bane, XGames.com ASPEN — Shaun White’s planned return to the podium in men’s snowboard slopestyle at the Winter X Games will have to wait. After taking practice runs Friday morning before the elimination round, White deemed his sprained left ankle too much of a liability, and left the Winter X Games 2012 venue […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn of Vail torched the St. Moritz speed track for a 1.42 second margin of victory and her career 49th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win. Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley was fifth and Leanne Smith of North Conway, N.H., seventh as three Americans crowded […]
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The inaugural Tahoe Fat Tire Festival will be Sept. 20-23 for a weekend of all things mountain bike at Squaw Valley. It will feature cross country, short track and gravity racing, rides, trail work, demos and vendor expo, and nightly antics with a beer garden, movie screenings and local bands. TAMBA and the Truckee Trails […]
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It’s one thing to take a life-saving class in a pool in a rather controlled environment. It’s another to train in the middle of winter, in icy water – outdoors. Dressed in odd looking wetsuits, South Lake Tahoe firefighters plunged into Lake Tahoe on Friday morning. It was all in the name of ice rescue […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn of Vail pushed her Audi FIS Alpine World Cup points total to 1,070 with a super combined victory in bluebird St. Moritz on Friday. It was Vonn’s seventh victory of the season. She now leads the overall chase by 302 points over Slovenian Tina Maze, who was […]
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Nevada State Parks needs a name for the trail that currently is called the Marlette Hobart Trail. This section is scheduled for completion in July and will offer 2.7 miles of flowy singletrack to bypass the exposed and steep Sunflower Hill. A committee will determine a handful of the best submissions that meet parks criteria […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Federal attorneys withdrew a challenge to a judge’s ruling against plans to restore one of America’s rarest trout by poisoning a remote Sierra stream, a move conservationists are calling a victory but which federal officials characterize as but another development in a lengthy dispute over a project they still intend […]
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By Chris Gabel, Reno Gazette-Journal They built the stadium. They drew the crowds. They won a division title. Now the Aces — and the city of Reno — are to be rewarded. The Aces on Tuesday officially announced the “least best-kept secret” in town: Reno will host the Triple-A All-Star Game in 2013. Stuart Katzoff, […]
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