- The 2010 Tour de Ski kicks off tomorrow with the 2.5/3.75km freestyle prologue.  Despite rain today, the course is in excellent shape, and organizers are expecting it to be hard and fast tomorrow. 4 Comments

 - Austrian Olympic Champion Christian Hoffmann was suspended with immediate effect on Thursday by the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) over suspicions he is involved in a blo... 3 Comments

 - The sport of cross-country skiing has changed dramatically over the past decades.  In a recent blog post, Vegard Ulvang, Chairman of the FIS Cross-Country Committee and an ... 2 Comments

 - Canada's National Team coach has made a quick recovery from his hip replacement and a month later is coaching the team at the Tour de Ski.

 - With the Olympics just over a month away, the US has gained another spot, and is now up to eight in cross-country skiing.  Additional spots are a possibility - the quota pro... 9 Comments

 - The 2010 Tour de Ski kicks off tomorrow in Oberhof, Germany.  Festivities start today with the Team Presentation ceremony.  You can watch a live stream of this even right h...

 - "I have long been irritated over the great distance between the ski tracks, because it disrupts good weight transfer and kick. If you were to use a narrower stance this would... 14 Comments

 - Updates from TeamToday.org.

 - The Western Canadian Masters Championships have been revived.  Races will be held in mid-March.

 - Pavel Sotskov is in Anchorage preparing for the US National Championships.  After last year's weather debacle, both the forecast and venue are shaping up well.

 - Jeff Schloss is heading up a new program at Sugarbowl Academy, a private school in northern California.  The Sugarbowl Academy has long been a top choice for downhill skiers, 1 Comment

 - In light of the reactions to Erik Remsen's recent article "Nordic Skiing Must Become Greener", as well as the Copenhagen climate talks, here is a look into the affect that th... 21 Comments

 - FS Author Nat Herz copied the link to this article during a FasterSkier email team-building session earlier this month. It is written by a guy that turned himself into a Dope... 4 Comments

 - Christmas has come and gone, and the next phase of the season is just around the corner.  Here is a quick run down of where and when the next major competitions will occur.

 - Another graphical update from the Australian National Team.

 - Tim Burke is in the New York Times again and Laura Spector in the Boston Globe.  Both articles are well-done and worth the read. 1 Comment

 - In exactly nine days, the fourth edition of the Viessmann FIS Tour de Ski performance by Craft Sportswear will get underway. For the first time this exciting race series will...

 - He said it could have been anyone's day. But Wednesday belonged to hometown hero Johnny Spillane (Steamboat Springs, CO) who, in front of family, friends and fans, solidified...

 - FasterSkier was able to talk with Tim Burke after he was announced as the new leader of the Biathlon World Cup.  Here are a few questions and his remarks from that conversat...

 - MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Triple Olympic cross-country skiing champion Julija Tchepalova has received a two-year ban for doping, the Russian cross-country skiing federation (