The first time U.S. bobsledder Azaria Hill raced down the famed track located in Lake Placid, New York, she thought it “wasn’t that bad.” But there was one small issue with her line of thinking. That run began from the non-Olympic starting point. “On t...
As three-time Olympic medalist Lauryn Williams tells it, she’s always had an entrepreneurial streak. It’s no wonder, then, that when she couldn’t find the type of financial advice she was seeking as she contemplated transitioning into life after sport,...
Manteo Mitchell, The Broken Leg Runner.Mitchell doesn’t try to fight it. No matter what he does or where he goes, people want to ask him about what happened at the Olympic Games London 2012.“It always surfaces,” he says, “and it always will.”The moment...
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When Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor went 1-2 in monobob’s Olympic debut at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, their feat became the latest in a long list of historic firsts for U.S. women’s bobsled. Five days later, Meyers Taylor made m...
As we once again celebrate Black History Month, Team USA takes a look back at some of the history-making performances by U.S. athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. From pushing their sports forward to becoming the first Black Americans to meda...
Athletes attend a session at the 2018 ACE Olympic and Paralympic Summit on April 25, 2018 in Arlington, Va. ARLINGTON, Va. -- For Katie Uhlaender it’s not just about attaining the jacket. The four-time Olympic skeleton racer always remembers what her c...
