What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled

The Winter Olympics skeleton competition is a thrilling head-first sliding sport. Athletes start by running about 30 meters ...

Skeleton at the Winter Olympics: What to know

It’s been in the Olympics since 1928, but took two long hiatuses and returned to the program in 2002.
The Japan Times

Planning failure dooms Japan’s Olympic bobsleigh hopes

Japan’s bobsleigh federation acknowledged that a misunderstanding by its competition committee had proved fatal to its ...

Team USA Coach Reportedly Raises Ethics Concerns Over Canadian Skeleton Program Ahead of Winter Olympics

Just weeks before the Winter Olympics begin, Team USA has raised concerns about what it describes as “unethical” behavior by ...

Matt Weston wins men’s World Cup skeleton race by largest margin in 14 years

Britain's Matt Weston enjoys a dominant victory in the men's World Cup skeleton, marking his fourth win in five races this ...
NBC Chicago

Yun's the One: South Korea Gets Men's Skeleton Olympic Gold

Somehow, Yun Sungbin felt no pressure. He's a 23-year-old who was expected to win gold and nothing else at these Pyeongchang Olympics, in his home country, with thousands of his countrymen showing up ...
News 6 WKMG

'Yeah, boyeeee': Flavor Flav gives bobsled and skeleton a try, joins team as hype man for Olympics

PARK CITY, Utah – At 66 years old, Flavor Flav went 67 mph. That was all it took to get him hooked on sliding. Meet the newest fan of the U.S. bobsled and skeleton program: a Rock and Roll Hall of ...