Before turning an obsession-like focus onto skeleton, Curtis used to compete in the related sport of bobsled. In 2013, during a break at graduate school and while training with her bobsled team ...

many winter sports fans still have to ask: what is skeleton racing? If you like watching luge and bobsled competitions, this Olympic event is for you. An exciting, sleigh-based sport, skeleton ...

The skeleton event highlights one of the 15 sports taking place in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but for many fans tuning in to the action in Beijing, the sport has sparked some questions.

It’s hard to imagine a more ominous name for a sport than skeleton. So what is behind the puzzling title? One-hundred forty years of history. Similar to its sledding sisters, luge and ...

When you hear the word skeleton -- a sport is probably the last thing to cross your mind. But it is indeed an interesting name for a rather interesting sport. Skeleton made it's Olympic debut in ...

but why is a sport where competitors slide headfirst down an icy track called skeleton? According to the official website for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the name originated in the 1800s in St ...

Shake your head as hard as you can for about one minute. That's how aerospace engineer Timothy Wei describes the sport of skeleton. And by the way, within that minute, athletes also travel head ...

Ellie Furneaux looked like she was going to become Britain’s next star in the sledding sport skeleton. But a series of concussions took a heavy toll. By Matthew Futterman Ellie Furneaux has a ...