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Tom Ham has strapped himself into the back seat of a barrel-rolling fighter jet. He has duked it out in a Las Vegas boxing ring. He has tumbled thousands of feet in free fall from a plane. He has spent the night in a creepy medieval castle in England. And...

Until the day a U.S. athlete can claim supremacy in nordic combined -- or even claim an Olympic medal -- Todd Lodwick will have to be satisfied with Americans' expertise in other sports. Finland won the event this year. "Do you watch a lot of the...

Legend says it all began when Johan Satre emigrated from Norway, moved into the area and was hired as a chauffeur 81 years ago. In less than a year, Satre's four brothers - Olaf, Ottar, Magnus and Sverre - followed. Norwegians being Norwegians, they...

As Joseph Palcyznski neared the violent end he had predicted, two women loomed largest in his life: the one he asked to marry him and the one who gave him birth. Tracy Whitehead was 20 when she met the man she knew as "Joby." She was older than his...

GETTING THERE Oslo Airport is at Gardermoen, about 30 miles north of Oslo. The airport is served by many major international carriers, but none provide non-stop service from Chicago. You'll likely get the best connections on British Airways, SAS or KLM....

When Jaws gets big, the earth shakes. When Jaws gets big, ominous shadows are cast over the reef and everything else . . . gets really small. When Jaws gets big, says veteran big-wave surfer Charlie Walker, "It can hold you down beyond what you're...