Tag: Lindsey Jacobellis
SNOWBOARD: Japan sweeps Big Air titles; Samkova edges Jacobellis for SnowCross title
The Big Air and Snowboard Cross World Cup titles were decided in Canada and Switzerland on the weekend, with American star Lindsey Jacobellis falling...
SNOWBOARD: Big Air and SnowCross globes on offer at season’s end
The seasonal crowns in Big Air and Snowboard Cross are to be decided this weekend in Canada and Switzerland; the current situations:
● Big Air...
SNOWBOARD Preview: SnowCross season leads on the line in Spain
The FIS Snowboard Cross season has just five events in it this season, with the fourth coming this weekend at Baqueria/Beret in Spain and...
SNOWBOARD: Bolton wins his first, Jacobellis her 30th World Cup in Feldberg Snowcross
The 2019 World Championships didn’t go exactly the way American star Lindsey Jacobellis wanted. She won a gold medal with Mick Dierdorff in the...
FREESTYLE & SNOWBOARD: Dierdorff & Jacobellis take inaugural Mixed SnowCross title
The International Olympic Committee has mandated more mixed-gender events and every federation – mindful of the revenue that the IOC contributes – has complied....
SNOWBOARD: U.S.’s Dierdorff triumphs in World Snowboard Cross in Solitude
It was a good opening day for the U.S. at the FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships being held in Utah, as Mick Dierdorff...
SNOWBOARD: Gold and silver for Jacobellis in Cervinia SnowCross
The FIS Snowboard Cross season opened in Cervinia (ITA) and one of the greatest snowboarders in history got to the line first: American Lindsey...
What do we do when we find out our heroes aren’t perfect?
TSX HEADLINES – for Feb. 16, 2018: Americans cheered Shani Davis when he won speed skating gold medals in 2006 and 2010. But not...
What do we do when we find out our heroes aren’t perfect?
TSX HEADLINES – for Feb. 16, 2018: Americans cheered Shani Davis when he won speed skating gold medals in 2006 and 2010. But not...
Gold rush starts for Shiffrin; how deep is the mine?
TSX EXTRA – for Feb. 14, 2018: Brilliant and brave skiing by Mikaela Shiffrin brought a hoped-for – but not expected – victory in...
Gold rush starts for Shiffrin; how deep is the mine?
TSX EXTRA – for Feb. 14, 2018: Brilliant and brave skiing by Mikaela Shiffrin brought a hoped-for – but not expected – victory in...
Russia’s plan to embarrass the IOC for PyeongChang
IN THIS ISSUE: Sure, the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee, but whatever you think of Russia, they are resilient.
And...
Russia’s plan to embarrass the IOC for PyeongChang
TSX HEADLINES – for Dec. 21, 2017: Sure, the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee, but whatever you think of...
Launching at last: The Sports Examiner goes to subscriptions
IN THIS ISSUE: This is the 215th issue of The Sports Examiner and the one comment that we have most often received from readers...
Launching at last: The Sports Examiner goes to subscriptions
PALM DESERT, December 15, 2017 – This is the 215th issue of The Sports Examiner and the one comment that we have most often...
Winter Games warm-up: Five names to know (Part II)
PALM DESERT, September 15, 2017 – For decades, the U.S. showed only a middling interest in the Olympic Winter Games. And then the Games...