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100 years of ski jumping: Celebrating Westby’s Snowflake Ski Club

It's a windy night in Westby, Wisconsin as volunteers with the Snowflake Ski Club groom the hills below the five ...

Olympic curler Matt Hamilton surprises Sun Prairie boy on backyard rink

There's something kind of magical about watching the Olympics — the competition, the diversity, the sportsmanship and camaraderie. Four years ...

Pulaski native Deedra Irwin makes Olympic debut in biathlon

If you’re competing in the biathlon at the Olympics, you have to be really good at not just one, but ...

Madison The Mecca For German Wheel Gymnastics

Just over a decade ago, a niche sport rolled into Madison. In Europe and specifically Germany, it has become a ...

Rice Lake Man Throws Everything Into Achieving Olympic Dreams

“It's kind of funny because my mom is 5'5'', my dad's 5'7''. My brother is 5'9'' and I'm 6'5''.  I ...

Milwaukee High School Student Considered One Of The Top Young Gymnasts

Marvin Kimble travels as an elite gymnast and current member of the United States National Team have taken him far ...

George Poage: The First African-American Olympic Medalist

George Poage moved to La Crosse as a young child in 1884. Locally, he was known as a scholar and ...

My Olympics

Washington Post journalist David Maraniss spends his summers in Wisconsin — he grew up in Madison. Like many of us, ...