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THE GRETE GOOD: Freeskier Grete Eliassen tells us about rituals, Bambi, relaxation, haunted houses and her soft spot for quiet intellectual types
Do you have a weakness for nerds?
[Laughs] How do you know me so well and this is just the first question?… More | Posted: December 2, 2009
Snowboarder Jamie Anderson & her Signature Outerwear Collection featured on Billabong USA’s Homepage
To view Snowboarder Jamie Anderson’s Signature Outerwear Collection from Billabong, please visit BillabongGirls-usa.com… More | Posted: November 17, 2009
Pressing on
With the world’s economy in a tailspin and a year to go before the Winter Games, Olympic stakeholders are bracing for Vancouver 2010.… More | Posted: February 16, 2009
Let’s take the fast way down: Climbing star Steph Davis takes a short jump off a big cliff
A ruthless half-hour climb getting up, a deadly half-minute plummet getting down. It’s hard to decide which sounds least appealing, but this is how American climber Steph Davis spends her days – climbing ï¬endish mountain faces, pausing to enjoy the view, then base-jumping back to the ground.… More | Posted: September 28, 2008
Kintner Takes 1st and 3rd in West Palm Beach
Jill Kinter took home 1st and 3rd place finishes this weekend at the West Palm Beach UCI Points Races.… More | Posted: March 17, 2008
Bleiler, Fisher Help Grow Winter X
Little-known athletes such as Shaun White and Gretchen Bleiler turned into household names. Two sports lacking credibility became part of the Olympics.… More | Posted: January 23, 2008
Magnificent Seven on NBC’s Weekend Today
Shannon Miller, along with the other members of the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal Women’s Gymnastics Team will be on NBC’s Weekend Today show this Saturday, November 17th.… More | Posted: November 15, 2007
Shannon Miller participates in Oklahoma’s Centennial Festivities
Shannon recently attended the Red Shoe Gala in Oklahoma City with friends, and honorary chairs of the event, Becky and Barry Switzer.… More | Posted: October 20, 2007
“Shawn Johnson Day” proclaimed by Iowa’s Governor Chet Culver
(Des Moines) On Wednesday, October 17, Governor Chet Culver at the Iowa State Historical Building. proclaimed it “Shawn Johnson Day” in the State of Iowa.… More | Posted: October 20, 2007