Nintendo mascot Mario will be teaming up with Sega's hedgehog pal Sonic once again in "Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games," a game announced for the Wii U home console. Sporting events such as ice-skating, snowboarding, bobsled, snowboarding, skiing and biathlon were all shown as part of a May 17 Nintendo Direct webcast. The "Mario & Sonic" . . .

Tickets to Sochi will be on the line for snowboarding and the newest Olympic sport of freeskiing in America's longest-standing winter action sports tour, the Sprint U. S. Grand Prix. The Grand Prix also incorporates the Visa U. S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face with freeskiing events. The 18th season of the Grand Prix will feature stops at Colorado's Copper Mountain . . .

A top NBC Sports executive says advertising sales for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are going "exceptionally well" with the company projecting $800 million in revenue. The first phase of the Olympic ad sales - to companies that will spend at least $10 million to $15 million during the games - was completed several months ahead of schedule, NBC Sports executive vice . . .

Steamboat junior Peter White won the boys Skimeister award in February at the Colorado State Skiing Championships. The award recognizes a combination of top Alpine and Nordic results throughout the high school ski . . .