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Asa Miller (Contributed photo) YANQING, China - Ask Asa Miller to differentiate a fast ball from a curved ball or sinker and you'd surely get a precise answer. Miller, now a two-time Olympic alpine skier, spent some time behind the plate as catcher for his Lincoln High School, one of the oldest high schools in the US located in his base of Portland, Oregon. But while catching balls in spring and summer, he would put on his skis come winter as dad Kelly's been hooked to the sport and does community work as a member of the Ski Patroller in Mount Hood for 27 years. It turned out that skis...

By Sun Journal staff report Read Article Eight individuals will be inducted into the Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame at the 19th Annual Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame banquet scheduled for October 16th at Sugarloaf. The Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame was established as a division of the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum (formerly known as the Ski Museum of Maine) to recognize individuals who bring distinction to Maine skiing and snowboarding through competition, either as athletes or coaches. The Hall also honors those who pioneered the sport in Maine, ski makers, ski area bui...

1:34 In 2020, after being cooped up indoors because of the pandemic New Mexicans were encouraged to get outside, go hiking, and enjoy the wilderness. And people heeded the call. But with increased usage, came an increase in calls for help.  When lost or injured hikers call for help, New Mexico Search and Rescue Resource Officer Bob Rodgers coordinates with his fifty volunteer search and rescue teams. It’s been a busy year for them. Rescue missions are up by 25-percent; that makes 135 with a week left in 2020. Rodgers said groups of hikers are getting larger, too. Pre-pandemic it was one or...

You. it's not just alabama we're talking about. tornadoes have touched down in other areas. parts of rural louisiana, mississippi. a lot of different areas in the south being hit with the severe weather. >> absolutely. we're not just talking about tornadoes. cleveland is bracing for a major blizzard. stores that were open there on christmas, started to empty out. salt trucks are ready for the storm. but this is no ordinary storm on its way later this morning. they're expecting nonstop snow for three hours or more to give you a sense of how severe this storm is going to be. >> hunker down. ...

After the murder of 20 children and 6 adults in a connecticut elementary school. >> just a shock that something like this would happen. but for some reason, violence is rearing its ugly head in this community and everywhere. also making news this christmas, a snowboarder is dead after an avalanche in california's taco ski resort area. the 49-year-old california man had been snowboarding apart from his friends and it was several hours before he was reported missing. it then took an extensive effort before a search dog found him. storm ended up dumping several feet of snow in that area over th...