Winter Olympics

Olympic figure skating champion Oksana Baiul used her Louisiana driveway as an impromptu ice rink, showcasing her skills in a viral video.

Boitano's Lounge is in the Kindler Hotel.

The first Winter Olympics—then called International Winter Sports Week—were held from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5, 1924, in the small French town of Chamonix, France.

When some of the best ski jumpers in the world began arriving in Canton, some 20,000 people watched athletes soar through the frozen South Dakota air.

USA! USA! USA!

Who wouldn't want to host the Olympics? Calgary, Alberta that's who. Residents there have voted NOT to submit a bid to host the 2026 winter games.

A very scary crash for American Emily Sweeney in the luge competition at the Winter Olympics taking place in South Korea.

I think I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of money to go to Sochi, Russia for the Winter Olympic Games. Mind you, I generally enjoy watching the Winter Games on television, maybe even more than the Summer Games. But while I'm not xenophobic (look it up), and Sharon and I like to travel, I've read too many things about the location and the venues to make me think I'd enjoy it there...

A photographer for the Associated Press posted an interesting photo on his Instagram. It was a menu board outside a restaurant in Sochi, home of this year's Winter Olympics, warning American FBI and CIA agents that they will not be served.