Olympics

Lindsey Vonn is perhaps the best know ski racer ever and this week Vonn competes at Sugarloaf in Maine in the U.S. Alpine Championships. Vonn and fellow olympian Mikaela Shiffrin headline the U.S. Ski Team list of racers. Many up-and-comer racers hoping to get a spot of the national team are also competing this week...

Husson University senior Kayla Merrill is the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Week for her pitching and hitting during last week's softball swing through Florida.

Former UMaine and NHL hockey standout Eric Weinrich and olympic rower Anna Goodale are among nine standouts selected for the 2015 class to be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in May.

Boston is one step closer to hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics after its selection by the U.S. Olympic committee as their choice to present to the International committee.

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe checked in on Downtown Monday to talk about his new book, "Scribe, My Life In Sports". The book chronicles Ryan's nearly half century of covering sports from the New England scene to the Olympics and he shared several stories from the book when talking with Rich Kimball...

Olympian Oscar Pistorius is not guilty of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend back in February of 2013. That's the ruling of a judge in South Africa after months legal proceedings and a trial.

Two Maine olympians, Julia Clukey (2010 luge) and Elle Logan (2008, 2012 crew), are part of the nine member class set to enter the Maine Sports Hall of Fame this weekend. The ceremony is set for Sunday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Maine's lone olympian at the Sochi Winter Games, Russell Currier (Stockholm in Aroostook County), spent time at the White House along with other 2014 Team USA members. Currier was part of the biathalon team and trains in the Maine Winter Sports Center in Presque Isle.

Former UMaine goalie Jimmy Howard returns from the Sochi Olympics to re-join the Detroit Red Wings. He was the third goalie on Team USA and did not get into any game action.

Forme UMaine Black Bear Gustav Nyquist and his Team Sweden hockey team had to settle for a silver medal at the Sochi Olympics. Canada defeated the Swedes 3-0 in the gold medal game. Nyquist was a late add to the Swedish team roster in the days leading up to the games.