Itâs Downhill for Sleds, Lamentably
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Toy retailers across the country have largely pushed sleds and toboggans off their shelves and out of their catalog pages, victims of warmer weather and the changing taste of children.
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As with sport utilities, the popularity of pickups is in decline.
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With bad weather expected to descend on Mount Hood, the chance for the climbersâ survival is diminishing.
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At the time of year when Austria flexes its muscles as a winter sports powerhouse, the nation is reeling from a series of doping scandals.
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The modern challenges of global warming and population growth are catching up with the world's most famous sled dog race.
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Men have been responding with enthusiasm to this winterâs influx of fur.
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Alaska's Old Believers are accustomed to struggle. But even for them, these are the most trying of times.
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For some thinkers, Canada is in decline, or at the very least, has fallen short of their aspirations.
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WILMINGTON - Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the Bruins' season-worst six-game skid is that their play has been the opposite of how they performed before the stumble.
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ARE, Sweden  - Weather gone mad may not be the reason why the world Alpine skiing championships are struggling to get started but it certainly is a hot topic threatening the very existence of the showcase winter sport.
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Looks like the Way Forward will be a low-frills ride.
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It was right around this time last season when the Bruins, feeling generally OK about the way things shaped up through the Christmas break, soon found themselves in a dizzying tailspin that sent them teetering, then tottering, and eventually plotzing right out of the playoff picture.
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Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage, but the snow piling up in town this winter is a bit much even for the stilt-legged animals.
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The Antarctica Marathon is a sign of tourism's race to the bottom - of the world
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There have been times this season when Southern California has been labeled sluggish and unimpressive.
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Without Bill Nighy, David Hare's soggy consideration of the Anglo-American culture divide would be heavy sledding.
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Travel: Mat Smith finds there's more than one way to hurtle down a Slovenian mountain at speed. But whatever method you choose it'll be a lot cheaper than in many neighbouring European resorts.