Which sled for winter fun is best? Few things in childhood are more delightful than sledding on a winter’s day. It’s hard to top the sensation of racing down a snow-slicked slope on a lightning-fast ...

PARK CITY — Olympic athletes are always chasing fractions of a second. Now, a Utah research team is testing whether the same cutting-edge materials that protect fighter jets at supersonic speeds could ...

An icy track. A lightning-fast sled. And no fear. That’s the world of skeleton, the Winter Olympic sport where athletes dive face-first onto a small sled and hurtle down an ice track at more than 80 ...

At the Milan Cortina Games, the American delegation may have the fastest equipment in the two-man and two-woman events—and it didn’t have to spend a dime for it. The Winter Olympics feature plenty of ...