The sport of skeleton sled racing isn't well known in the U.S., but it's drawn new attention at this year's Winter Olympics. That's because of controversy. A U.S. sled racer misqualifying and was ...

Comic and television host Stephen Colbert knows the feeling William Person recounts in his new lawsuit alleging that USA Bobsled/Skeleton was negligent by concealing knowledge that the repeated ...

Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are ...

Skeleton offers a high‑adrenaline blend of speed, precision and sheer courage as athletes hurtle head‑first toward victory. Athletes race down an ice track lying on a small, flat sled, with their face ...

Sliding face-first on an icy track at speeds up to 80 mph looks dangerous and terrifying. But that's what Olympic skeleton athletes choose to do, run after run. And since there's very little to ...