Sports

Ness’s Notes (January 19)

Duke (81-68), Florida (113-62) and Pittsburgh (76-68) all won last night and will head into the weekend as the only three undefeated teams remaining in the nation. Illinois won its first 29 games last year before losing its regular season finale at Ohio State, 65-64. The Illini then won the Big-10 Tourney and went all…

Tours Travel

The origins of skiing in Briancon

In 1942, a year after the world’s largest cable car opened at Chantemerle (now also known as Serre Chevalier 1350), Edmond Astier was one of three workers on the slopes of the fledgling ski resort. His job was to block channels, flatten snow with his skis, and rescue injured skiers. The soldiers from the base…