Maier and Miller Ready to Fight for Dominance
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BORMIO, Italy  - The Alpine skiing world  championships get under way on Saturday with two of the biggest  names in the sport going head to head in the men's super G  race.
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One of the great modern-day rivalries resumes at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas tonight when a 15,000 sell-out crowd witnesses what is expected to be a third epic between those great Mexican rivals Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera.
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SOELDEN, Austria -- Bode Miller said Friday he expects to compete in the season-opening World Cup race this weekend despite a back injury.
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Defending World Cup champion Hermann Maier of Austria reinjured his right knee during Friday&#39;s downhill. Austrian alpine team director Hans Pum said Maier was being examined by team doctors to determine the extent of the injury.
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General managers Kevin Lowe and Brian Burke sat stonefaced in adjacent suites in the press level of Honda Center, their private cold war still simmering while their respective teams settled their differences in a shootout. In the middle of it all was Dustin Penner, who still doesn't understand what the fuss was all about.
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Hermann Maier won the giant slalom Thursday for his first gold medal at the Alpine Skiing World Championships since 1999, two years before he nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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The Austrian oompah band that accompanies the world&#39;s most famous skier, Hermann Maier, on his exotic travels, fell silent again yesterday as the brilliant American Bode Miller continued his dominance of the new season with his fifth World Cup victory.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria - Bode Miller finally had something to cheer about yesterday at the traditional Hahnenkamm World Cup races.
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As far as Hermann Maier is concerned, the Alpine skiing season has yet to start. The Austrian champion has never had such a slow start to a World Cup season
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Winter Sports Bode Miller missed a gate and failed to finish his second run, opening the door for Canada's Thomas Grandi to win a giant slalom race at Alta Badia, Italy, yesterday for his first victory in 12 seasons on the World Cup circuit. Austria's Benjamin Raich was second and Switzerland's Didier Cuche and Austria's Hermann Maier shared third. Miller's ...
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The autumn championship is on the line as Bayern Munich host title challengers VfB Stuttgart needing a win to be declared Herbstmeister.
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American Bode Miller faces a challenge to his domination of the men&#39;s World Cup when the speed events return with three days of racing in the Dolomites.
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A dispute between the country's two biggest beer brewers has a brand-new battlefield - the Super Bowl. Late last week, with football fans by the millions gearing up for the big game, Fox Broadcasting decided not to put on the air a Miller Brewing Company ad that poked fun at Anheuser-Busch's plans for a new light beer.
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BEAVER CREEK - Lasse Kjus and Hermann Maier got to party like it was 1999 Saturday on the Birds of Prey podium. The two graying World Cup giants, who shared a gold medal in super-G at the 1999 World Alpine
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BORMIO, Italy  - American Bode Miller won the  super-G world championship title on Saturday, eclipsing  favorite Hermann Maier and finishing ahead of a trio of  Austrians to claim the gold medal.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - Austria&#39;s Michael Walchhofer is surprising himself as he gets ready for the first World Cup downhill race of the season.
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Bode Miller wants what he hasn't got &#151; a slalom world championship. To get it, Miller might not defend his downhill title at the upcoming world championships so he can avoid the demanding jumps on which he injured his left knee last year.