Goepper walks away with knee sprain, hurt shin after crash in all-or-nothing Olympic halfpipe gamble

U.S. freeskier Nick Goepper checked out of the hospital with only a knee sprain and a bad shin bruise after a scary fall in the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics, team officials said Saturday. The 31-year-old Goepper, who learned to ski on baby hills near his hometown in Indiana, went flying above the halfpipe and came down on his back in Friday night's final before bouncing to the bottom. The all-or-nothing trick Goepper threw down said a lot about his goals and the sport itself.

By EDDIE PELLS