'Quad God' Malinin warms up for Olympics with US skating crown

After an electrifying short program gave him a mammoth lead in St. Louis, the 21-year-old known as "Quad God" performed a relatively modest, by his own standards, three quadruple jumps. His free skate score of 209.78 gave him victory with 324.88 points, more than 57 in front of silver medalist Andrew Torgashev. "I was coming into this event and I was a little unsure what to do, so I decided not to go for any risks," said the world champion. "I wanted to play it safe because I know hopefully in...