2018 Winter Olympics

Time Out of Mind

by Adam Howard
June 30, 2020October 7, 2022

With a gold medal and a grand stage Jessie Diggins wonders “What can I do that’s going to help the most people?” As Bill Koch knows, the answer is as elusive as time itself. This… Read More »Time Out of Mind

From Koch to Kikkan: Gold Medal sprint team takes on torch from legend

by Danny Kuzio
February 23, 2018October 7, 2022

In Jessie Diggins’s bedroom in Afton, Minnesota, there’s a poster of Bill Koch. In it the 1976 Olympic silver medalist in the 30km is sand skiing against a backdrop of white Hawaiian surf crashing at… Read More »From Koch to Kikkan: Gold Medal sprint team takes on torch from legend

Cross Country Skier’s Top Seven Olympic Oddities and Observations

by Danny Kuzio
February 21, 2018October 7, 2022

The men’s Nordic combined or the mixed biathlon relay that I watched last night could have been contested anywhere in the world that has a jump, a range and a track. But Cross Country Skier… Read More »Cross Country Skier’s Top Seven Olympic Oddities and Observations

Goals: Reverse Splits—Women wanted relay medal; men had another hope

by Danny Kuzio
February 19, 2018October 7, 2022

American veteran racer Andy Newell was lit up by the lights of the Alpsensia Olympic Stadium on Saturday night. Leaning alone on the railing in the media zone, he looked quietly over the medal celebrations… Read More »Goals: Reverse Splits—Women wanted relay medal; men had another hope

Matt Whitcomb: good, clean, sport—Outspoken critic of doping, American coach helps fallen Russian in men’s classic sprint

by Danny Kuzio
February 18, 2018October 7, 2022

American women’s cross country head coach Matt Whitcomb is anything but understated in his opposition to the casual penalties handed down to Russian athletes, suspended from the PyeongChang Olympics after being found guilty of doping… Read More »Matt Whitcomb: good, clean, sport—Outspoken critic of doping, American coach helps fallen Russian in men’s classic sprint

All That Glitters is, Actually, Gold: American women show heart, tears and progress in 4x5km relay

by Danny Kuzio
February 17, 2018October 7, 2022

A decade before tennis legend Billie Jean King whipped Bobby Riggs in straight sets at the Houston Astrodome on national television in 1973 my mom was suspended from Burlington High School for wearing pants. Pants.… Read More »All That Glitters is, Actually, Gold: American women show heart, tears and progress in 4x5km relay