Outdoor Recreation

Freezing rain. Gale-force winds. Rodents in the sleeping quarters. Lousy food. Rampant flu. Just another day in the Big Year

The nation's top downhill mountain bike racer—she was the 2003 U.S. National champion at age 38—is the author of the new book Downhill: The Lifecycle of a Gravity Goddess.

So, what would you say, trembling at the edge of an open airplane door at 13,500 feet with a videographer waiting on a ledge outside the plane and 10 world-class jumpers harrumphing for you to get out of their way,...

Growing up as a coal miner's son shaped the famously rugged linebacker

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