Kerri Walsh discusses hear early career at Stanford and more. Hear how her success in college led to a spot on the women's indoor team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and much more. watch
For its 23rd (!) season premiere, The Oprah Winfrey Show will be paid a visit by more than 150 U.S. Olympic team members.The guest list includes gold medalists such as Michael Phelps (who has become about as omnipresent as Eddie Cibrian on ABC), Nastia Liukin, volleyball queens Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, and hoops stars Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Lisa Leslie and Dwayne Wade (who always cracked me up on A Different World).As reported by the AP, the episode tapes Wednesday at Chicago's Millennium Park (to air Sept. 8) and is fancied as a both a "welcome home celebration" for the athletes as well as a showcase for the Windy City, which is among the candidates to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. By noon Saturday, the line of Oprah and Olympic athlete fans hoping to nab one of the 2,000 free tickets up for grabs stretched several blocks. — Matt Mitovichread more
Jeers to David Letterman for dropping the ball during his interview with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. The Late Show host beat out Jay Leno for the first sitdown with the Olympics' golden girls, yet all he did was make sniggering remarks about their skimpy beach-volleyball uniforms (aren't we getting a little old for that?) and have them repeat overexposed anecdotes like the one about Walsh's lost wedding ring. (Shockingly, Dave didn't seem to know — like the rest of America does — that they're both married to fellow athletes.) And Letterman didn't even mention May-Treanor's just-announced gig on Dancing with the Stars. I know that'd be promoting another network's show, but he didn't use to care about that. With lazy chats like this, Dave's never going to win the late-night ratings gold again. • Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide ...read more
