Hilary Knight set to make 5th Olympics appearance as US women's hockey unveils 23-player roster
Read full article: Hilary Knight set to make 5th Olympics appearance as US women's hockey unveils 23-player rosterHilary Knight is set to make her fifth Olympic appearance, and this time lead a younger, faster U.S. women’s national team favored to win gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month.
Canada surges to 4-2 win over US in Olympic women's hockey
Read full article: Canada surges to 4-2 win over US in Olympic women's hockeyMarie-Philip Poulin capped a three-goal run by scoring on a penalty shot with 2:35 left in the second period and Canada upended the defending Olympic champion United States 4-2 to claim the women’s hockey tournament’s top seed entering the playoff round.
US women tune up for Canada with 8-0 rout of Switzerland
Read full article: US women tune up for Canada with 8-0 rout of SwitzerlandHilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the United States routed Switzerland 8-0 at the Beijing Olympics in its final tune-up before facing arch-rival Canada.
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Pandemic a boon for the bicycle as thousands snap them up
Read full article: Pandemic a boon for the bicycle as thousands snap them upIn this Friday, May 15, 2020 photo, Joel Johnson rides his new bicycle on a bike path at Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Johnson hadn't owned a bicycle since he was 15, but soon after the coronavirus pandemic led to a shelter in place order in San Francisco, he bought a bike to avoid crowded public trains and buses. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)SAN FRANCISCO Joel Johnson hadnt owned a bicycle since he was 15, but the pandemic changed all that. San Francisco soon followed, closing sections of twelve streets in a city that already has a robust network of bike lanes. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, an advocacy and education group, has seen demand for its classes on city biking now online jump from 30 participants to more than 100, Executive Director Brian Wiedenmeier said.