The 25th anniversary of the Skeleton 5K Walk/Run is set for Oct. 27 starting and ending at Marion L. Steele High School, 450 Washington St. in Amherst. This beloved community event promises a day of ...

Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

As Olympic athletes competing in skeleton have to keep their heads down, a way to keep creativity, interest and fun high has been with creative helmet designs. Some, like Ander Mirambell of Spain, ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they're going home. They don't ...

Israel’s bobsled and skeleton racing teams are going downhill fast – and that’s a good thing. Both “sliding” sports involve ...

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Austria’s Janine Flock won a World Cup women’s skeleton race on Friday, while Mystique Ro of the U.S. got her best finish of the season. Ro was leading after the first of ...