Amid a whirlwind 48 hours high in the French Alps, Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record and the American skier immediately drew comparisons to her own record-breaking season.
Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record and the American skier immediately drew comparisons to her own record-breaking season
Marta Bassino beat Mikaela Shiffrin to win the women s super-G and give Italy its second gold medal at the Alpine skiing world championships, with her American rival settling for silver.
Shiffrin s silver at ski worlds inspired by LeBron s record ap.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ap.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VIENNA (AP) Only one skier in the 24-member Austrian squad for the upcoming world championships has won on the Word Cup circuit this season. A star coach left the women’s team mid-January. And “crisis” has become a common word on the ski-mad nation’s sport pages.