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| Sasha Rearick replaces Phil McNichol as coach of men's US Ski Team (AP) | 22/03, 15:19 |
| Sasha Rearick is the new men's alpine coach of the U.S. Ski Team, replacing Phil McNichol. Rearick was the men's slalom and giant slalom head coach. His promotion was announced Saturday at the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. McNichol announced his retirement last week during the World Cup Finals after American skiers wrapped up their best season. |
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| US alpine ski coach McNichol to step down (AFP) | 19/03, 16:51 |
| Phil McNichol, coach of the US Alpine Ski World Cup team for the past five seasons, is stepping down following a season in which American ski stars claimed a record five titles. |
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| Italian alpine skier Mirko Deflorian tests positive for cocaine (AP) | 19/03, 16:28 |
| Alpine skier Mirko Deflorian tested positive for cocaine at the Italian junior championships last month. Cocaine metabolites were found in Deflorian's system following the test on Feb. 19 in Pozza di Fassa, the Italian Olympic Committee said Wednesday. The test came a day after he won the giant slalom title. |
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| Whirlwind few weeks await Lindsey Vonn after World Cup titles (AP) | 18/03, 18:37 |
| Lindsey Vonn had visions of airport security dropping her crystal globe. Or of it cracking as it slid across the roller wheels of the X-ray. This fragile trophy represented her greatest achievement as a skier. And now as she returned to the U.S. as the first American woman in 25 years to win an overall World Cup title, a stranger wanted to remove it from its case to send it through a machine. |
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| American accent on World Cup slopes: US skiers live up to 'Best in the World' slogan (AP) | 16/03, 20:07 |
| The U.S. Ski Team's "Best in the World" slogan was a laughing matter for years on the World Cup circuit. The team took so much criticism after the Turin Olympics that it dropped the slogan. Maybe it's time to bring it back. Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn won overall titles for the first American sweep since Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney 25 years ago. |
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| Miller and Vonn receive trophies to mark 1st American ski sweep in 25 years (AP) | 16/03, 15:41 |
| Bode Miller looked haggard and barely grinned. Lindsey Vonn appeared fresh and was all smiles. The skiers received their large crystal globes Sunday to mark the first American sweep of overall World Cup titles since Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney accomplished the feat 25 years ago. "It's history and it doesn't happen very often, so you have to enjoy the moment and I'm definitely enjoying it," Vonn... |
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| Bode Miller's personal staff resigns; US coach McNichol also steps down (AP) | 15/03, 12:35 |
| Bode Miller's breakaway ski squad was in pieces Saturday when practically his entire staff resigned for family reasons. Miller split from the U.S. Ski Team before this season to train and race on his own, and he clinched his second overall World Cup title Thursday. "It's obviously a concern of mine for next season if I continue to race, which is still up in the air on its own," Miller said. |
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