Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011) was a World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A 3-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Olympic silver medalist Jeret “Speedy” Peterson was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah [...]
The Winter Olympics were awarded for the first time to South Korea on Wednesday as the city of Pyeongchang was named as host of the 2018 Games. Pyeongchang had been a persistent candidate after finishing second to Vancouver in voting for the 2010 Games and to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Olympics. It had built [...]
The International Olympic Committee approved the inclusion of women’s ski jumping and 4 other new events for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The IOC executive board also approved ski halfpipe, mixed relay in biathlon and team events in luge and figure skating on Wednesday. Proposals for inclusion of slopestyle events in snowboard and freestyle [...]
Country music fans have been waiting two years for Sugarland’s newest, and they will not be disappointed – unless, that is, they expect more of the same. This CD is nothing like the three albums they released in 2004, 2006, and 2008. It’s far less twangy and far more rocking, as much Melissa Etheridge as [...]
