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Ski Channel comes to ComcastSunday, August 15, 2010 @ 3:18PMComcast on Demand is coming to Summit County Comcast customers who pay for standard packages or higher, and with it comes the Ski Channel. Comcast on Demand will be offered at the end of this year or early next, said Cindy Parsons, Comcast's vice president of public relations.

Wheelchair basketball Paralympians score with kids at Hall of Fame clinicMonday, August 9, 2010 @ 5:10PMSPRINGFIELD – So you think you can sit in a wheelchair, tip it to the left side, balance on one wheel and swish a basketball through a regulation-height hoop.

Nationals coming back to Winter ParkSaturday, August 7, 2010 @ 7:28PMSarah Schleper is just one of many local racers excited that the U.S. National Alpine Championships will be held in Winter Park next spring. The United States Skiing and Snowboarding Association announced late Tuesday that nationals were returning to Colorado for the first time since 1994.

Team Summit skiers, boarders have solid weekSaturday, August 7, 2010 @ 2:33PMRunning the gamut of events — from snowboarding to alpine skiing — some local Team Summit athletes had an impressive week of competition. In snowboarding, five Team Summit members earned podium spots in at least one event at a USASA slopestyle and halfpipe competition at Copper Mountain.

The wild world of adaptive sportsFriday, August 6, 2010 @ 8:42AMLaurie Stephens savors her gold medal in Women's Downhill Sitting. “How's the course?” asks Mudflap, lift operator extraordinaire and congenial mountain host, cooking up brats and award-winning chili at the base of Tiehack during last week's IPC Alpine World Cup.

Skiing & SnowboardingThursday, August 5, 2010 @ 10:36PMDan Conway, who ran ski resorts for Vail Resorts, won his first ski trophy when he was 4 years old. In high school, he was a state champ, and as college racer, he was unbeaten

Ski Channel comes to ComcastWednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 10:33PMComcast on Demand is coming to Summit County Comcast customers who pay for standard packages or higher, and with it comes the Ski Channel. Comcast on Demand will be offered at the end of this year or early next, said Cindy Parsons, Comcast's vice president of public relations.

Tree-top flyers at ZipperloafFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:58PMCARRABASSETT VALLEY — A recreational trend that emerged from a technique first used by scientists to study the rain forest canopies of South America is catching on at ski resorts around the country, including Maine.

Afghan Climber Aims for Top of EverestWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:49PMNadjib Sirat is well aware of the risks he will face in climbing Mount Everest, but he says he is doing it for a cause.