Picabo Street Talks Lindsey Vonn, Knee Injuries, and Going Fast

America’s downhill racing queen in the nineties, Street, 54, discusses what it’s like to explain her sport to the Olympic audience (Photo: McCade Gordon) Published February 14, 2026 02:17AM Before Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, American women’s Alpine skiing revolved around one catchy name: Picabo (pronounced “peekaboo”). Picabo Street was the country’s greatest downhill racer … Read more

The injuries speed skater Sarah Warren overcame to get to the Winter Olympics is stunning

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy  —  She thought about watching “Miracle,” thinking the story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team would be the exact sort of motivation she needed. But then Sarah Warren thought about it a little more. “Miracle,” she realized, had some low points. It was January 5 of this year and later that … Read more

Most victims in migrant boat collision in Greece had severe head injuries, diver says

ATHENS, Greece — A diver who helped recover bodies from a deadly collision between a boat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard vessel said Friday that most of the 15 people who died had suffered severe head injuries, as questions mounted over the circumstances of the incident. Most victims in migrant boat collision in … Read more