A fisherman is Jamaica’s new bobsled pilot. He wants to make the team known beyond ...
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Monday would have been a fantastic day for fishing in Jamaica. The weather was just about perfect with bright sunshine, forecasters calling for temperatures in the low-to-mid 80s, somewhat calm breezes. Under normal circumstances, Shane Pitter probably would have been on the water. He was on frozen water instead at the Milan Cortina Games. Jamaica’s next chapter of bobsled history is being written, and at the forefront of the story is the 26-year-old Pitter — someone whose “real job” is being a fisherman, and someone who has gained quite a bit of notoriety for making videos about his fishing exploits. Along the way, he and...