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Mormon trying to drive top U.S. bobsled to a medal
Shauna Rohbock is trying to solve a mystery at the Vancouver Olympics, but time is running out on the 32-year-old pilot for Team USA's top bobsled. Rohbock says she cannot find the right sequence for turns 4 and 5 at Whistler Sliding Center's super-fast course. "I don't know, I just keep...
BYU basketball: Cougars jump three spots on both polls
MR says: BIG week ahead for BYU basketball. The new men's college basketball polls are out, and the BYU Cougars are ranked No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Today poll and No. 13 in the AP poll — up three spots from where they were ranked in both polls last week. In the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, the Cougars...
LDS skeleton rider just misses out on bronze medal
At first blush, it might seem like fate doesn't favor Noelle Pikus-Pace. "That was so close," the Orem, Utah, native said after a fourth-place finish in Friday night's skeleton competition at the Whistler Olympic Park. "I could never picture this moment any better than it is." Then she took a...
Olympic hopeful totally focused -- on Mormon mission
Somewhere in southeastern Germany, there is a Mormon missionary being tormented by thoughts of the Olympics. Prior to his mission call, he was one of the top ski jumpers in the U.S. Many of his friends are in Vancouver, British Columbia, competing for Team U.S.A. One has even won a silver...
Mormon Pikus-Pace still in the running for skeleton medal
Noelle Pikus-Pace is just sixteen-hundredths of a second from a bronze-medal pace after two rounds of skeleton at Whistler Olympic Park. "This is amazing," said the Orem native. "I could never have imagined how I would feel in this moment. It's indescribable." The women have two more rounds of...
Snowboarding gold medalist’s Mormon ways help make her a sponsor's dream
MR says: So happy for Torah! SNOWBOARDING star Torah Bright is set to make the leap from extreme sports queen to every sponsor's dream, following her halfpipe gold medal win in Vancouver yesterday. ...He said that, while a gold medal would pull Bright out of the sports pages and on to front pages, it...
Mormon Torah Bright wins gold!
Torah Bright slid to a stop after a near-perfect halfpipe run and put her hands on her head. No one told her what her score was. The judges hadn't even announced it. But the Australian snowboarder and practicing Mormon who makes her home in Salt Lake City knew she'd likely achieved what...
Mormon luger is best American with sixth place finish
Christian Niccum, one of eight Mormon athletes to compete in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, finished in sixth place in men's doubles luge on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Niccum, of Woodinville, Wash., and his teammate, Dan Joye, had the best result out of two American entries, finishing 0.586...
Profile of convert to the Church turned BYU hoops star
MR says: A very in-depth and interesting profile. Jonathan Tavernari, a native of Brazil with Italian blood on his father's side, learned early in life that to walk by faith is to follow a golden compass that never fails. Tavernari, a BYU basketball player, was a former Catholic altar boy, and his parents...
40 Mormons start 158 games during 2009 NFL season
Mormons accounted for 158 regular-season starts, 16 postseason games played and one Pro Bowl appearance during the 2009 National Football League season. By year's end, 40 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were listed on NFL team rosters. One of them, Baltimore nose tackle...
Overcoming trials part of journey to Olympics
The day Erik Fisher made the U.S. Olympic team as a downhill skier, he called his mother from France with some good news and some bad news. The good news was that he was all right, Shelly Fisher said during a Church News telephone interview. The bad news was that he had fractured his hand and...
LDS Olympian to carry Australian flag
MR says: Watch for Torah Bright in the opening ceremonies! Salt Lake snowboarder Torah Bright will lead her Australian teammates into the BC Place Stadium during the 2010 Opening ceremonies Friday as the flag bearer. "I'm still speechless," she said at a team party where the announcement was made by the...
Mormon Athletes Gather at 21st Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia
The Olympic Winter Games begin in Vancouver, British Columbia, with opening ceremonies planned for 12 February. Part of the pageantry will be the parade of nations, with competitors representing more than 80 countries. A handful of the more than 2,635 athletes are members of The Church of Jesus...
Mormon Olympian rides on her faith
Pain, disappointment and chaos could have obliterated Noelle Pikus-Pace's dream of being an Olympian. Instead, she turned to her faith and found peace, as well as a renewed purpose. The Orem native and skeleton competitor is one of seven Mormon athletes who will vie in the 2010 Winter Olympics...
The conversion story of a new BYU recruit
MR says: This high school football player was not a fan of BYU growing up but when he gets an offer to play at BYU just two days after his baptism he feels it is time to change his allegiance. Jordan Black is a 6-foot-7-inch, 265-pound offensive tackle prospect from Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. Those...
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