Eric Heiden never asked for his moment of fame. It was more than the customary 15 minutes, too. More like nine days. The muscular speed skater never sought the glory, although he skated for the gold.

This past May 17, Eric Heiden stood behind a lectern, shuffled some papers and addressed the U.S. speed skating community at an awards banquet. "Well, were there any doubters last year that we ...

United States Olympic ice hockey coach, Herb Brooks, left, speaks to members of the team during a break in practice at the ...

Call it the Jordan Stolz effect.It's been 20 years since a speed skating World Cup has been held at the Pettit National Center in Milwaukee. But after all of the mind-boggling success 20-year-old ...

Jordan Stolz won a record 16th speed skating World Cup race in a row — a streak that dates back more than one year — by skating the fastest sea-level 1000m in history. Stolz, a 20-year-old from ...

Jordan Stolz won three titles at each of the last two single-distance world championships, and also is youngest allround ...

Canada's women claim World Cup speed skating sprint gold, Stolz completes hat trick At the top of that list is Eric Heiden, who famously won five Olympic speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Games.