The NEW YORK TIMES brings to America’s attention the brewing rivalry between the top two male figure skaters in the United States, Johnny Weir and Evan Lysacek. Alan Schwartz dances around the issue deftly in his open, but we can sum it up much more easily:

(You wouldn’t choose sides because one of them is […]

YAHOO! SPORTS tells us that the youngest woman ever to win the biathalon World Cup is 21-year-old German Magdalena Neuner. Why do we care?

Oh, we just like biathalon. Now.

Apparently, Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers is taking this “frozen tundra” business a bit too literally.

PACKERS NEWS reports that the heir apparent to Brett Favre was in Alaska this week, participating in a dog sled race.

The rock opera inspired by the Tonya Harding - Nancy Kerrigan rivalry in the 1994 Winter Olympics must go on.

“Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera” will still be playing in a Portland, Oregon theater, as the show has done since its original chamber opera incarnation in 2006. The first 100 theatergoers were treated to a […]

Now here’s something we hope you really like: An annual ski race in Norway has been canceled on account of moose.

GOSSIP ON SPORTS slides over an AFTENPOSTEN report that the Rindhovda Rundt, a traditional trek through the valley of Gudbrandsdalen, won’t be held this year, due to the dangers of accidents with the antlered […]

We told you it was cold in Wisconsin last weekend - so cold it turns out, that an Iowa runner is about to lose some body parts.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS has the chilling news that 27-year-old Andrew Wells fell victim to frostbite during a day-long run in the Frozen Otter Ultra Trek. As a result, he’ll […]

• The ASSOCIATED PRESS tosses news that Roger Clemens has been invited to join the Astros - at one of their pitching camps.

• Speaking of comebacks, Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett is coming out with book in February.
• 100% INJURY RATE studies the evolution of football video games.
• For your viewing pleasure, here’s another enjoyable […]

A famous mountaineer has passed away. And much to the chagrin of West Virginia fans, it’s not Rich Rodriguez.

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, died on Thursday at the age of 88.
The New Zealand explorer and his Sherpa guide Tenzig Norgay are best known for making their […]

The CHICAGO SUN-TIMES reports on the breakup of Lindsay Lohan and someone named Riley Giles, who is apparently a “snowboarding champ”. (Snowboarder, yes. Champ of any import? no.)

The pair met in rehab (of course) last fall and during the relationship “refused to sign a “no-kiss-’n’-tell agreement” while dating the actress he met in rehab at […]

FLYING TOMATO’S COLORADO RESORT FUN EXTINGUISHED: The cops were able to ketchup with the Flying Tomato and charge him with setting off a fire extinguisher:

KMGH-TV in Denver shoots news from the halfpipe that Olympic snowboarder Shaun White - nicknamed “The Flying Tomato” for his long red hair - was cited for pulling the foamy prank […]