Sledding Sports

Germany's Michi Halilovic looks up to check his finish time following his second run in the men's World Cup Skeleton competition on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lou Reuter) Copyright 2009 AP News

With World Cup looming, US Olympic luge veteran Tony Benshoof dealing with aching back Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin. Benshoof, who was fourth in the 2006 Turin Games, ...

CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 19: Doubles luge team Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin of the USA practice during a training session prior to the Viessmann Luge World Cup on November 19, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta Canada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Copyright ...

Sweet reward: Erin Hamlin's world championship in luge came with a dessert, and a bulls-eye For $5.89, anyone can taste how Erin Hamlin was immortalized. Vanilla ice cream, stacked with Reese's peanut butter cups, Oreos and hot fudge, topped with whipped cream ...

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2009, file photo, United States' Erin Hamlin, of Remsen, N.Y., races down the track during her first run at the Luge World Cup in Whistler, British Columbia. Hamlin formally opens defense of her world championship this ...

Only 17, Olympic hopeful Kate Hansen gets a spot on the US luge team for World Cup opener Kate Hansen clinched a spot on the USA Luge national team for the first two World Cup races Sunday, giving the 17-year-old a chance ...

Canadian sled wins opening 4-man bobsled World Cup, while US drivers see gold chance slip away It's the hardest part of bobsledding, those 5 seconds where racers sprint alongside their sleds before jumping in for the bumpy ride down an icy chute. ...

Taking advantage of Olympic-year visibility, US bobsled, skeleton teams sliding for causes Knowing plenty of eyes will be on their sleds during the Olympic season, the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams have come up with a way to capitalize. They're sliding for ...

PARK CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 13: It was a cold night on the podium as pilot Sandra Kiriasis (R) of Germany, second place, gives a thumbs up to the socks of Bree Schaaf (L) of the USA, fourth place, as take the ...

PARK CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 13: Pilot Alexandr Zubkov and brakeman Alexey Voevoda of Russia celebrate after their second run as they finished fifth in the FIBT Men's Two Man Bobsled World Cup Park City at the Utah Olympic Park on November ...