olympics

The 2014 Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday with the host nation on top of the medal standings. Here's a recap of the final weekend of the Sochi Games:

Canada continued its dominance over the U.S in Olympic men's hockey on Friday. Here's a recap of all the day's action in Sochi:

The U.S. men's hockey team cleared another hurdle in its pursuit of gold, and the Americans seized the overall medal lead. Here's a recap of Wednesday's action in Sochi:

A big tip o' the Moose antlers to Lindsay Ball! She's from Benton and is a recent grad from the University of Maine at Farmington. Lindsay was born visually impaired and is preparing to head to Sochi as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team.

Team USA forged a tie with Norway for the overall medal lead, and Japan won its first Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating. Here's a recap of Friday's action in Sochi:

The Sochi Olympics are in full swing, and while the focus is (rightly) on the successes of the athletes, it is inevitable that there are going to be some spectacular crashes.

American snowboarder Shaun White did not medal in his signature event, and Norway took the lead in overall medals. Here's a recap of Tuesday's action in Sochi:

Just days after he got stuck in a bathroom and had to hulk his way out, US bobsledder Johnny Quinn has suffered another unfortunate turn of events at Sochi 2014.

An American skier continued to etch her place in Olympic history on Monday, and the Dutch rose to the top of the medal count. Here's a recap of the day's action in Sochi:

The United States dominated a new Olympic sport, and the host nation of Russia claimed its first gold of the Sochi Games during the first weekend of competition. Here's a recap of this weekend's action:

There is a Jamaican bobsled team and they are in Russia for the Sochi Olympics. That’s the good news for the team; the bad news is none of their equipment made it with them. Their sled is there but the blades were left by the airline in New York.

Team U.S.A. has unveiled their opening ceremony uniforms for the Sochi Winter Games and they are completely made in the U.S.A.  During the 2012 games in London the Olympic committee came under fire for having America’s opening ceremony uniforms made by Chinese workers. This time around they didn’t make the same mistake.

Maine's two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott, Thursday morning (Aug. 29), was in a car-moose collision.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and that could certainly be the case with this telling photo.

The Paralympics celebrates the human spirit, but there seems to be some serious spirit lacking in a controversial decision not to let a paralyzed woman participate.