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Russia hopes geography and budget boost will help Sochi’s 2014 Olympic bid

Bode Miller, FIS tangle again after equipment check demand

Bloom, Kearney lock up Olympic berths at freestyle trials in Steamboat

Labor dispute shifts freestyle World Cup from Tremblant to Mont Gabriel

Nove Mesto X-C: Lind and Sidko win sprint events

FANTASY REPORT: Week 7

Oberhof NC: Manninen wins, Spillane returns, Lodwick savors baby

Oberstdorf jumping: Ahonen nabs first win of the season

Disabled World Cup X-C opener gives U.S. a wake-up call

Lienz: Anja Paerson wins again as Americans get spanked

BORMIO: DARON RAHLVES WINS TOUGH DOWNHILL; HANS GRUGGER INJURED

Lienz: Sarah Schleper returns to World Cup after back surgery, finishes 13th

Lienz: Marlies Schild crushes women’s slalom; Kristina Koznick fourth

Canadian veteran Jeff Hume retires from national team

FANTASY REPORT: Week 6

Kranjska Gora: Rocca stays perfect in slalom, USA’s Ligety 3rd

Kranjska Gora: Rocca stays perfect in slalom, USA’s Ligety 3rd

Bode Miller’s foundation reels in prize: organic farm in N.H.