Note: First of two parts. Part two coming Wednesday. Bob Corby tried to skate his way to the Olympics − and never realized that dream. He made it as a coach, but then walked away. He reinvented ...

Second of two parts. Part 1: Jordan Stolz convinced Bob Corby to unretire and create a speedskating juggernaut Bob Corby grew up in St. Louis and started speedskating in the mid-1950s at the age of 6.

Despite being sick, 20-year-old Jordan Stolz from Kewaskum skated well enough to be crowned season World Cup champion in the ...

In his home country, however, not so much. “Nobody’s swarming you at Pick ‘n Save,” joked Bob Corby, Stolz’s coach. A year from now, that all could change. Stolz, 20, churns out gold as ...

Coach Bob Corby said they hoped he could place in the top six in the 500m and the 1000m at his first Olympics. He ended up 13th and 14th. "So it was a little bit disappointing for him, and that ...

Bob Corby tried to skate his way to the Olympics − and never realized that dream. He made it as a coach, but then walked away. He reinvented himself with a new career, then cursed the cancer ...