Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

It’s been in the Olympics since 1928, but took two long hiatuses and returned to the program in 2002.

Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are determined across men’s and women’s events at the Winter Games of Milan Cortina ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are here! And, after four years, that means you may need or ...

Many animals have skeletons to support and protect their body and to help it move. The human skeleton is made of bones which grow as we grow. Your bones come in all ...