#Alev Kelter

It was 2013 and Alev Kelter, then 23, stood on top of a mountain near her house in Eagle River, Alaska, clutching her snowboard with both hands. Her mind was elsewhere. She was replaying the just-concluded Olympic ice hockey team tryouts over and over in her head. She had been so close. But she'd failed to make the final cut for the 2014 Sochi…

The women's edition of the Rugby World Cup is set to get underway in New Zealand this weekend and are offering their take on who is expected to come away with the overall prize. When this tournament was last played in Ireland in 2017, it was the forthcoming host nation that climbed the podium. Because of the Sevens World Cup that took place in San…