Astronauts on the International Space Station have a zero-g cup for their java. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center ...

There is a certain brand of madness reserved for those who choose to hurtle down a winding corridor of jagged ice with nothing but a thin sheet of fiberglass between ...

Olympic Skeleton is a high adrenaline sliding event which is a combination of speed, navigational skill, and pure daredevil courage. Though the discipline is similar to luge and bobsleigh with ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — Sliding face-first on an icy track at speeds up to 80 mph looks dangerous and terrifying. But that's what Olympic skeleton athletes choose to do, run after run ...

Venom was going for gold. The Marvel comic book character wasn’t competing in the Olympics, of course, but it sure looked like he was. His white eyes and sharp teeth glided down the ice at ...

Southington native and Olympic skeleton racer Austin Florian set a new start record in the men's skeleton competition Thursday morning. During his second run, Florian was the fastest to accelerate, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. skeleton athlete Mystique Ro seeks to become just the second American woman to earn an Olympic medal in the ...

MILAN — A Ukrainian skeleton athlete was barred from competing at the Winter Olympics just hours before his race on Thursday, after he refused to remove a helmet honoring compatriots killed in ...

One of the more interesting and more dangerous Olympic events is skeleton. Skeleton involves an athlete sliding down an ice track in a sled. Sounds simple ... except that the athletes go headfirst ...

The U.S. is sending just four athletes sliding to Milan to compete in the fast-paced sport of Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Games. You can catch all of Team USA's Skeleton Heats live on Peacock. Below ...