Women's basketball player Teresa Edwards highlights the United States Olympic Committee's nominees for its 2009 Hall of Fame class. Nominees were selected by a 10-person nominating committee made up by athletes, members of the U.S.

Lindsey Vonn's super-G win in Italy Sunday was the 19th World Cup victory of her career and made her the winningest female ski racer in U.S. history. Vonn, 24, a St. Paul, Minn., native who now skis out of Vail, Colo., surpassed Tamara McKinney, who reached 18 World Cup wins in the 1980s.

By Kevin Yamamura, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Dec. 24--Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his right leg while skiing Saturday morning in Sun Valley, Idaho, the exclusive resort town where he maintains a vacation home.

By Aimee Berg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last month, Tracie Sachs became the fastest American woman on skis. She broke the nine-year-old U.S. record, set by Carolyn Curl, on a course called "The Flying Kilometre" in Les Arcs, France. Sachs went at 238.570 kph, or 148.241 mph.

By Clare Fallon SAN SICARIO, Italy (Reuters) - American Lindsey Kildow is recovering well from her training crash and is ready to race in Friday's Olympic Alpine skiing combined event, her friend and former racer Picabo Street said on Thursday.