Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris will not compete in big air after crashing Wednesday night during training and needing to be stretchered off the course ahead of the Milan Cortina Games. McMorris announced on Instagram on Thursday that he was pulling out of the event and turning his focus to slopestyle, which begins Feb. 16.

Canadian Olympian Mark McMorris dropped out of the big air snowboarding competition after a hard crash during a qualifier for the Winter Games.

This is another good reminder that, often, athletes are just like the rest of us. Just ask Olympics competitor for Canada, Madeline Schizas.

Canadian snowboard star Mark McMorris is still targeting the slopestyle event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics despite a nasty crash that ruled him out of the big air competition."Mark McMorris, three-time Olympic medallist,

Just days before the Olympics, Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette's mom, Therese, died from a heart attack.

Sidney Crosby is poised to lead the Canadian men's hockey team into the Milano-Cortina Olympics as the sport's powerhouse looks to build on the gold-medal performance he first penned at Vancouver 2010 — thanks to a memorable overtime golden goal — before spearheading a relentless,

MILAN — Two freestyle skiers carried the flag and led the way for hundreds of Team Canada athletes Friday as the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially opened with a multi-site ceremony spread across northern Italy.