A proposed development near Las Vegas's Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area is on hold after the project's developer withdrew an application for a key waiver. Jim Rhodes had planned to ask county officials for permission to use state Route 159, a scenic route that runs through the canyon, for construction traffic headed to his planned development on Blue Diamond Hill. Climbers and Vegas locals have come out against the development, which would be visible from almost all of the main cliffs... Read More
Agents representing top British athletes are objecting to a rule that could force runners to wear Adidas shoes on the medal stand at this summer's Olympic Games. Adidas supplies the British Olympic team with warmup suits and uniforms, meaning all athletes, even those sponsored by rival shoe companies like Nike, will compete in Adidas jerseys. But athletes have traditionally been allowed to wear their own sponsor's shoes both in competition and to other Olympic activities. Agent Ricky Simms, wh... Read More
On Wednesday, the U.S. Ski Team took their first runs on the 2014 Olympic downhill course in Sochi, Russia and came away with mixed reviews. The Russian ski federation hosted a practice session for 73 international skiers in which Austrian Hannes Reichelt edged out Didier Cuche by a quarter of a second. Travis Ganong praised the course for its unique technical elements but other U.S. team members, including Ted Ligety and Bode Miller, complained that the course was too technical and not fast e... Read More
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday banned cyclist Jan Ullrich for two years and stripped him of all competitive results since 2005. A 2006 investigation into doping, called Operation Puerto, unearthed a bag of Ulrich's blood in the office of a Spanish doctor implicated in helping riders blood dope. Ullrich, the 1997 Tour de France champion, has been stripped of all results from May 1, 2005, until his retirement in 2007. His two-year ban started retroactively on Aug. 22, 2011, the d... Read More
Wildlife authorities at Big Bend National Park in Texas are searching for a mountain lion that attacked a six-year-old boy on Sunday. River Hobbs was walking between his parents near a lodge in Chisos Basin when a "small and haggard-looking" lion attacked, biting and scratching his face. "This attack did not happen on a trail. We were not hiking," Kristi Harris, River's mother, told the Austin Statesman. "We were on a paved walkway in between a restaurant and a hotel, and this cat grabbed my... Read More
