Israel’s bobsled and skeleton racing teams are going downhill fast – and that’s a good thing. Both “sliding” sports involve racing down an icy track and making fifteen to twenty 90-degree turns at ...

Downward-facing skeleton riders do the same. Whether in a team of two or four, bobsled riders stay tucked tightly inside the sled to reduce the area available for air to smash into. Any body ...

Mystique Ro seems to know the Mount Van Hoevenberg sliding track better than anyone. The 30-year-old skeleton slider from ...

Behind every international sporting competition is an army of local volunteers working behind the scenes to make it happen.

IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., wrapped up last weekend with U.S. athletes on the podium.

Friedrich — a 15-time world champion, with nine two-man golds and four two-man golds on his resume along with two more ...

It’s the French word for “sled.” Some thought the sled looked like a skeleton and it’s said that’s how the sport got its name. But others think the term skeleton comes from people ...