Sochi Olympics

Americans have won silver and bronze, respectively, in the Olympic Super G Alpine event.

Icy stares, bone-crunching checks, even a skirmish or two in front of the net.

American's Bode (BOH'-dee) Miller and Ted Ligety (LIHG'-eh-tee) finished well back in the men's super-combined. The surprise winner was Switzerland's Sandro Viletta with favorite Ivica Kostelic (ee-VICH'-uh KOHS'-tihl-ich) of Croatia finishing second.

Sweden ended Norway's unbeaten start in men's Olympic curling by defeating its Nordic rival 5-4 on Thursday. Canada and Britain also won on a good day for the gold-medal favorites.

Americans swept the men's slopestyle skiing event at the Winter Olympics. Joss Christensen of Park City, Utah, grabbed the gold with a score of 95.80 to beat teammates Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper (GEH'-pur).

There was a tie for the gold in the women's downhill at the Olympics. Tina Maze (MAH'-zeh) of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland crossed the finish line with identical times. The bronze went to Gisin's teammate, Lara Gut.

Forget the parkas and stocking hats. Sunscreen and shades are the must-have items at the Sochi "Winter" Games.

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won Germany's third gold medal in luge at the Sochi Olympics, denying Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger a record third straight title.

Natalie Geisenberger won the Olympic gold medal in women's luge, easily prevailing Tuesday to grab Germany's fifth straight in the event and doing so by an enormous margin.

In an Olympic stunner, Shaun White failed in his quest for three straight halfpipe gold medals Tuesday, falling to Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov.