By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont-schooled Mikaela Shiffrin began the latest World Cup season by skiing through a snowstorm on Killington Mountain to win the only U.S. stop on the international women’s racing circuit. “I hope that everybody enjoyed watching,” the Alpine champion […]
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Ryan Cochran-Siegle wins silver in Super-G
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Vermont skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle has scored Olympic silver in the Super-G at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Cochran-Siegle, 29, of Starksboro won his medal almost 50 years to the day his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, snagged […]
What Tropical Storm Irene can teach Vermont 10 years later
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Business and government leader Neale Lunderville was just another Vermonter enjoying an end-of-summer weekend when, strolling his South Burlington neighborhood Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, he felt a wet blanket of foreboding slap him in the face. “This is […]
Peggy Shinn launches book on women’s XC ski team
Thursday, March 1, 6:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—On Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m., Phoenix Books Rutland will host Peggy Shinn to celebrate the launch of her new book, “World Class: The Making of the U.S. Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team.” What makes a great team? Sports […]
Local author’s book details making of successful U.S. Women’s X-C Team
Submitted Cover of Shinn’s new book “World Class” released this week. By Karen D. Lorentz In the era of women’s marches that continue the struggles against inequality, glass ceilings, and sexual exploitation, it’s particularly timely to see the publication of […]