- Billy Demong nabbed third for his best World Cup result in two years, and Bryan and Taylor Fletcher matched and set career bests in Sunday's Nordic Combined World Cup in Val di Fiemme, Italy. 1 Comment

 - Jessie Diggins continued to roll on the World Cup, placing 12th despite an early crash in the 15k skiathlon. She was joined in the top-30 by teammates Kikkan Randall and Liz ...

 - Kris Freeman finished 13th in the 30k skiathlon in Rybinsk, Russia, a season-best result. Just 6 seconds off the podium, Freeman has turned his season around. Fellow American...

 - While Andy Newell and Simi Hamilton fell short of their expectations in Moscow, placing 22nd and 31st, respectively, Mike Sinnott (37th) and Sylvan Ellefson (53rd) skied bett...

 - Just when it didn’t seem possible for Jessie Diggins to perform any better than she already has this winter, she went ahead and set another career best in the Moscow freest... 1 Comment

 - Just how tough were those climbs in Otepää? Why didn't any women use skate skis for the sprint? All that and more, in the leftover quotes from the World Cup this weekend. 1 Comment

 - Much has been said about the string of impressive performances by the U.S. women on the World Cup this season, but on Sunday, the entire team deserved the credit for putting ... 5 Comments

 - Within a week after U.S. Nationals, Skyler Davis of the U.S. Ski Team's D-team learned he had mononucleosis. While the virus was currently dormant, it shed light on Davis's s... 2 Comments

 - Alessandro Pittin of Italy captured his third-straight victory in the nordic combined World Cup in Chaux-Neuve, France. Americans Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane finished th...

 - A day after Alessandro Pittin became the first Italian to win a nordic combined World Cup event, the Olympic bronze medalist repeated his success, edging Jason Lamy Chappuis ...

 - Jessie Diggins of the U.S. made the quarterfinals and ended up 19th; it was her first appearance in sprint heats on the World Cup circuit. In all, five North American women a... 1 Comment

 - Andy Newell and Simi Hamilton of the U.S. and Lenny Valjas of Canada had to be content with skiing just a single heat on Saturday after they failed to advance to the semifina...

 - The friendship between the Swedish and American ski teams has continued to flower through the competition season, after blossoming in the summer.

 - Eight hours after finishing the Tour de Ski, Kikkan Randall and Liz Stephen were already competing in another race: a team sprint on Sunday evening. 1 Comment

 - While men skied a rugged, 35 k course for Stage 7 of the Tour de Ski, women skied a three laps of a standard 5 k course. We asked athletes and coaches about the discrepancy. 2 Comments

 - While Holly Brooks is dead set on finishing the Tour, she has a big decision ahead of her when the race ends on Sunday: what to do after she arrives at the finish. 1 Comment

 - An MRI on Monday revealed that Holly Brooks has been racing with non-displaced fractures in her forearm, as well as a “big bone bruise.” 1 Comment

 - Kikkan Randall was in 29^th on Tuesday, 43 seconds behind Marit Bjoergen. Hard to believe, but the result was her worst this year, despite what she said was a dece... 2 Comments

 - It took 11 races, but Russia's Alexander Legkov finally got his first win of the 2012 season in Stage 5 of the Tour de Ski on Tuesday.

 - With a berth in the finals of Saturday's classic sprint all but guaranteed, Kikkan Randall's day came to an untimely and ignominious end when she crashed herself out. 3 Comments