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SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40 , he wasn't considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen intent on sacking him.

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40 , he wasn't considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen intent on sacking him.

James Crawford and Cameron Alexander bring a combination of confidence and hunger to the world alpine ski championship.

VIENNA (AP) — Switzerland 11, Austria 0. The contrast between the two rival powerhouses of ski racing could hardly be bigger heading into the Alpine world championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, which start Tuesday.

ASPEN — Snowboarder Francis Jobin of Quebec City struck World Cup gold on Sunday in Aspen, Colo. The 26-year-old athlete had a score of 79.30 in the men's slopestyle event, finishing ahead of Yiming Su (78.

VEYSONNAZ — Another day, another women's World Cup ski cross win for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., defeated Germany's Daniela Maier to capture the women's event.

BEIDAHU SHEQU — Canada's Éliot Grondin captured his first gold medal of the season at a snowboard cross World Cup event on Saturday.

VEYSONNAZ — Marielle Thompson's ski cross gold highlighted a three-medal day for Canada at a World Cup event on Saturday. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., beat Germany's Daniela Maier to top the podium in Switzerland. “Feels good to win today.

ASPEN — Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham soared to a World Cup silver medal in slopestyle Saturday. The 23-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., scored 86.93 points to finish behind France's Tess Ledeux, who recorded 88.06.

GARMISCH-PARTENKICHEN, Germany (AP) — Organizers have canceled Sunday’s men's World Cup downhill race after both training sessions were called off because of bad weather.