From “therapy” to “appoggiatura.”
In 1984 the winning word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee was “luge.” Luge, like the sport, four letters — no real tricks. In 2015 you’d need to know “scherenschnitte,” a German word for scissor cuts in paper craft.
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The best of the best—in 9mm.
The 9mm Luger, invented before the Great War, is one of the longest serving gun calibers in history. Introduced in 1901, it has served in virtually every conflict since then up until today.
Dancing with the Stars is looking more like Skating, Snowboarding, and Sliding with the Olympians this season.
Figure skating sweetheart Adam Rippon and the controversial Tonya Harding will join the show's athlete-packed edition premiering on April 30...
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To excel at bobsled, skiing, or luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics you have to go frighteningly fast.
So fast, in fact, that if you sped off at that pace in a car on the expressways outside Pyeongchang...
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To excel at bobsled, skiing, or luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics you have to go frighteningly fast.
So fast, in fact, that if you sped off at that pace in a car on the expressways outside Pyeongchang...
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An act of kindness helped Chris Mazdzer take silver at the Winter Olympics. The American luger fell into a rut before the Games and slid down the world rankings. But while training in Latvia a few weeks ago, a Russian luger offered Mazdzer his sled — something lugers never do — saying it might give him a boost.
PYEONGCHANG - It's a niche sport in which two men lie, one on top of the other, in skin-tight uniforms and hurtle feet-first down an ice chute on a tiny sled.
No wonder the doubles luge turned heads at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
