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Coverage of the 2010 Games from Vancouver.

Olympic Champ Lindsey Vonn Owes $1.7 Million in Back Taxes

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn owes $1.7 million in delinquent federal taxes, the Detroit News reports.The IRS filed a $1,705,437 tax lien against Vonn and her estranged husband, Thomas, on April 2 with Nevada's Elko County Recorder for 2010 — the year she won Olympic gold in downhill at the Vancouver Games. In a statement on her Facebook page Sunday night, the 27-year-old, who earns money ...

Mon, Apr 16, 2012

Olympic Skier Jeret Peterson Dies in Apparent Suicide

Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, the freestyle skier who won a silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, has died, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The 29-year-old shot...

Wed, Jul 27, 2011

Top Moments: The Office Baby Blues, The Bachelor's First Dance, and a Monster's Balls

TV was all about body parts this week. Jules creepily enlisted her son in her hair-removal regimen on Cougar Town. Those cheeky Canadians poked fun at their Olympic cauldron's bum leg. Penélope Cruz got personal with Halle Berry. And now that the Office baby has arrived, it's a perfect time for a good breastfeeding joke, isn't it? Welcome to Top Moments: Body of Work Edition.12. Weirdest Mother-Son Moment: On Cougar Town, Jules needs help removing the wax-coated strips she uses to depilate her underarms. Grayson delights in the job, but he's not around. Who better to sub for him than Travis, Jules' put-upon, eye-rolling teenaged son? His discomfort is hilarious.11. Best Do-Over: After getting the Winter Olympics off on the wrong foot, er, leg, with a cauldron malfunction...

Fri, Mar 5, 2010

Ratings: Olympics End with a Win, Boost Marriage Ref Premiere

The closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics gave NBC another ratings win Sunday night, and set up a strong debut for Jerry Seinfeld's new series, The Marriage Ref. The closing ceremonies averaged...

Mon, Mar 1, 2010

Lindsey Vonn Lands a Bit Role on Law & Order

Dreams keep coming true for Lindsey Vonn: After winning two medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the alpine skier has landed a role on her favorite TV show,  Law & Order.Olympic Moment: With screams and tears, Vonn wins downhillVonn, who's been described as obsessed with the NBC procedural, received the good news during an interview with Bob Costas on Saturday night. After looking back at her Olympics performance...

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Olympic Moment: "Night Train" Cruises to First Gold for U.S. Four-Man Bobsled Since 1948

It was a golden and historic ride on the Night Train.World champion Steve Holcomb piloted his four-man bobsled, called Night Train, to a first-place finish Saturday at the Winter Olympics, winning the United States' first gold in the event in 62 years.Watch videos from the Olympics in our Online Video GuideFour-time defending champion Germany, piloted by four-time Olympic gold medalist Andre Lange, won the silver, and Canada earned the bronze. Lange had never lost an Olympic bobsled race...

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010

Winter Olympics7/6c NBC With the Opening Ceremony 17 days full of winter sports ago, the athletes, 55,000 spectators and billions of TV viewers return to BC Place to close out the Games with all the traditional trappings. Those hoping for more frenetic fiddling, swimming whales or k.d. lang may be disappointed; but if the Feb. 12 festivities were any indication, tonight's event will be chock-full of Canadian culture and bonhomie. Of course, it will also include a last look at the athletes as they parade into the venue and the handoff of the Olympic flag to the representatives of Sochi, Russia, the site of the 2014 Winter Games. Competition concludes in the afternoon with the highly anticipated men's hockey final between the United States and Canada; and the 50-km race in men's cross country, in which many of the favorites are in their upper 30s. "People who know the sport know it takes years and years to become world class," says 29-year-old U.S. hopeful Kris Freeman.Read on for previews of Big Love, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case and Masterpiece Classic.

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Ready for the U.S.-Canada Hockey Final? Who Will Take the Gold?

The U.S. men's hockey team will face Canada again on Sunday -- only this time it's for the gold. The game, which NBC will broadcast live Sunday at 3:15 p.m. Eastern/12:15 p.m. Pacific, takes place 50 years after the U.S. won the gold at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics over — you guessed it — Canada, and 30 years after...

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Olympic Moment: Ohno Rebounds for Eighth Medal After Disqualification

It could've been nine.Apolo Anton Ohno, already the most decorated American Winter Olympian with seven medals, lost out on his first of two bids for a medal Friday when he was disqualified in...

Sat, Feb 27, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBC Sequins and spandex and boas, oh my! Figure skating's medal winners hit the ice with a sense of satisfaction (and without pressure) in the traditional Champions Gala, a star-studded finale in Vancouver. Still trying to get some satisfaction are Steve Holcomb and his four-man bobsled team, sliding for the first U.S. gold medal since 1948. "We weren't the 'U.S.' team headed into Torino," he says. "It has been an easier and happier ride this season." His main opposition includes Germany's Andre Lange, who piloted both the two and four-man sleds to gold in 2006. Over on the ski slopes, Ted Ligety and Bode Miller are the American hopes in the slalom, an event in which the U.S. has won only a single gold medal (Phil Mahre, 1984). And snowboarding competition concludes with the men's parallel giant slalom, one of host nation Canada's strongest events. Also today are the men's and women's speedskating pursuit finals (NBC this afternoon), and the men's curling final (CNBC this evening).Read on for previews of Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, TV Guide Close Up, Pit Boss and America's Most Wanted.

Sat, Feb 27, 2010

Top Moments: Octomom Laughs, Kourtney Delivers, Jack's a Daddy and More!

TV was all in the family this week. Damages' Carol Tobin kept her dead father's secrets by killing his mistress. Brother cowboys Cord and Jet had fun with hats on The Amazing Race. Kourtney Kardashian gave the doctors a hand in the delivery of her son. Lost's Jack has a son! And Octomon charmed the ladies of The View — and America — with a laugh as gentle and full-throated as a well-aged Cabernet. Welcome to Top Moments: Family Style Edition!

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

Olympic Moment: Kim Yu-Na Reigns with Figure Skating Gold

The Queen finally has her Olympic crown.Performing a flawless free skate, South Korea's Kim Yu-Na easily won the ladies' figure skating gold Thursday with a world record total of 228.56 points, shattering her previous global standard by 18 points. The win gave South Korea its first Olympic figure skating medal ever.Watch Kim Yu-Na's free skateJapan's Mao Asada won the silver, while Canada's Joannie Rochette took the bronze — four days after her mother, Therese, died of a heart attack. Americans Mirai Nagasu and Rachael Flatt finished in ...

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

Olympic Moment: Short-Track Disqualification Angers South Korea Yet Again

What's a short track event without a South Korean controversy?South Korea saw a gold medal slip away in the women's 3,000-meter short-track relay at the Winter Olympics Wednesday when one of its skaters was disqualified for impeding a Chinese skater, ending the country's streak of Olympic golds at four.Watch videos from the Olympics in our Online Video GuideChina was then bumped up to first place, with Canada in second and the United States team, who was nearly lapped during ...

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBCThe most anticipated event of the Games is this evening, with Kim Yu-Na of South Korea the favorite in the women's figure-skating final. She is coached by two-time silver medalist Brian Orser. The U.S. champ is Rachael Flatt, who has a skating great in her corner as well in 1976 gold-medal winner Dorothy Hamill. She "has been working on the finesse of my skating," says Flatt. Contenders also include Japan's Mao Asada; Canada's Joannie Rochette, who gave an emotional performance in Tuesday's short program just two days after the death of her mother; and American Mirai Nagasu. U.S. jumpers may not be favored in freestyle skiing's aerials final, but they do have two capable contenders in Jeret "Speedy" Peterson and Ryan St. Onge, who has not fared well since winning the 2009 World Championships. Also in prime time is Nordic combined's individual large-hill final, with Bill Demong (U.S.) the reigning world champ. On MSNBC, the U.S. faces Canada in the gold-medal game in women's hockey.Read on for previews of The Deep End, Burn Notice, Soundstage and Real Housewives of Orange County.

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Olympic Moment: Grieving Joannie Rochette Skates Personal Best

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette burst into tears after she finished her short program. Not because it was a clean routine, but because of the tragedy she had to overcome to perform it.Skating just two days after her mother, Therese, died of a heart attack at age 55, Rochette paid tribute ...

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBC With a win on this track in last year's World Cup, America's Shauna Rohbock has to be considered a favorite in tonight's women's bobsled final. With partner Michelle Rzepka, she's got some momentum, having also won the final World Cup event of this season. Lindsey Vonn races again tonight in what has been her weakest event this season, the giant slalom; but her teammate Julia Mancuso won the gold in this race in 2006. There are two exciting events in short-track: Apolo Ohno skates in the prelims of the wild 500m men's sprint (he led wire-to-wire to win gold in this event in Torino); and the frenetic women's 3000m relay. "I feel like we have a really good shot at the podium in the relays," says U.S. skater Katherine Reutter. "We've become a very deep team."  In freestyle skiing, China has been the dominant force in women's aerials; and in cross-country, the men's 4x10km relay final has traditionally been the sport's most thrilling race.Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., American Idol, Shear Genius and Real World.

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Ratings: Olympics Win Again But Fall Below Torino Games

NBC's ratings for the Winter Olympics dipped below those of the 2006 Winter Games in Torino for the first time Monday night.The broadcast was watched by 20.9 million viewers, enough to easily win the night. But ratings fell 25 percent from last Monday night and were down 7 percent from the same night during the Torino Games. The 2006 games were the lowest-rated games in recent history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Most of the other networks stuck to repeats, but the "Women Tell All" episode of The Bachelor (11.2 million viewers) performed very strongly, falling only 5 percent from last week's normal episode...

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Olympic Moment: Canadian Champs Spark Ice Dancing Revolution

Three decades of European dominance ended in ice dancing as Canadian pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir claimed Olympic gold, becoming the first North American team to win the event.At 20 and 22, respectively, Virtue and Moir are the youngest champions ever in the event, and their victory after a mesmerizing free dance Monday marked only the third time since ice dancing became an Olympic sport in 1976 that a Russian team did not win gold.Watch videos from the Olympics in our Online Video GuideThe two join Great Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (1984) and French duo Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat (2002) as the only non-Russian ice-dancing victors.This time, Russians and reigning ...

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBC Newly crowned national women's champ Rachael Flatt and 2008 winner Mirai Nagasu are the U.S. contingent as women's figure skating starts with the short program. Flatt, a high-school senior, hopes to study biomechanical engineering in college. "I don't like all the attention," she says. "I just like to skate." She won't be able to avoid the attention here, especially if she is able to out-skate favorites Kim Yu-Na and Mao Asada. Ski cross continues with the women's qualification, featuring France's Ophelie David, and the women's bobsled event begins, with American driver Shauna Rohbock back to try to improve on her silver-medal performance in Torino in 2006. Skiing features Bode Miller and Ted Ligety in the rescheduled men's giant slalom, as well as Nordic combined's team event, combining cross-country and ski-jumping. "You need two different hats," says Bill Demong, part of a strong U.S. foursome. "The ski jump is reflex, the cross country is far more cerebral and you have to dig deep." Johnny Spillane won the first-ever U.S. medal in the sport last Sunday.Read

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Figure Skater Rachael Flatt: Consistency Gives Me an Edge at Olympics

After nabbing silver for two straight years at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Rachael Flatt ascended to the top of the podium in January. A solid free skate with seven triple jumps secured her her first national title — and a spot on the Olympic team. "It's so exciting that I broke 200 points at nationals," Flatt, 17, tells TVGuide.com of her event record. "Of course, there is always room for improvement, and I have discussed those areas with Tom [Zakrajsek, her coach] and Lori [Nichol, her choreographer] and continue to push myself... I am incredibly proud to be on the U.S. team and to have the opportunity to compete on the world stage." A straight-A student, the Colorado Springs, Colo., native divides her time between the ice and the books, and has applied to nine colleges. See what she has to say about her last-minute training for the Olympics, whether she's an underdog and more.

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Ratings: Olympics Keeps Dominating, Undercover Boss Stays Strong

NBC's Winter Olympics coverage took the gold medal in the ratings again Sunday night, but CBS' Undercover Boss was far from a loser.The new hit reality series drew 13.6 million viewers, building on The Amazing Race's lead-in audience (9.1 million viewers) and handily beating ABC's Desperate Housewives (10.9 million viewers) for second place at 9/8c. Housewives also tied its series low in the adults-18-to-49 demographic.NBC's coverage of the Winter Games averaged 22.4 million viewers throughout prime time, more than doubling the averages of each of the other networks...

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Olympic Moment: U.S. Hockey Team Nabs First Olympic Win Over Canada in 50 Years

It wasn't quite a miracle, but it was a pretty big upset.On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, the United States men's hockey teamed stunned Canada 5-3 Sunday to earn a bye to the quarterfinals at the Winter Olympics. The win is also the Americans' first over their northern neighbors at the Olympics since the 1960 Squaw Valley Games, when the U.S. eventually won the gold.Watch Ryan Kesler's game-sealing goalPlaying aggressively from the start, the U.S. grabbed an early lead and held onto it, punctuating ...

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Olympic Moment: Apolo Ohno Sets U.S. Winter Olympics History

Apolo Anton Ohno became the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever after earning his seventh career medal. Video: Ohno wins bronze in 1,000-meter short track The 27-year-old skater from Seattle took ...

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010

Winter Olympics7/6c NBC For these Games, "folk/country" is the chosen dance for the original portion of ice dancing, so expect to see more than a fair share of flamboyant costumes. Also expect to see U.S. teams in the thick of the medal race. Making its Olympic debut this year is ski cross, with former alpine skiers Daron Rahlves and Casey Puckett the U.S. contenders racing down hills four skiers at a time. "In this sport, you just strap on the skis and take a roller-coaster ride," says Rahlves. Also in skiing is the men's giant slalom, with Ted Ligety (U.S.) and Benjamin Raich (Austria) top picks for the podium. Bobsled's two-man event concludes with the gold-medal runs, and according to U.S. driver Steve Holcomb "the track favors experienced teams — the Russians, Germans and the U.S." And this evening on MSNBC, Canada and the U.S. square off in men's ice hockey. "It's the best of the best for each country," says U.S. goalie Ryan Miller. "It's like an all-star game, only with more intensity."Read on for previews of the BAFTAs, Cold Case, American Dad! and Brothers & Sisters.

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Olympic Moment: Bode Miller Tops U.S. Alpine Skiers with Fourth Medal Win

Bode Miller won his fourth career Olympic medal, the most ever for an alpine skier in U.S. history, but failed to take the gold in the men's Super-G event Friday. Miller was an early leader at the Winter Olympics event after another impressive run by Olympics rookie Andrew Weibrecht. But both in came behind Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who won his first gold medal. Reigning Super-G world champion...

Sat, Feb 20, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Feb. 19, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBC "We have to do something new every year," says U.S. ice dancer Tanith Belbin. "Ice dancing has been changing." The biggest change for Belbin and partner Ben Agosto may have been friends and rivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White defeating them for the first time at the U.S. Nationals, giving the U.S. two teams capable of medaling. Tonight is the compulsory dance. Also on tap is the men's Super G, which should bring out all the top names in Alpine skiing. "The Austrians and the Swiss are the powerhouses," says U.S. veteran Marco Sullivan, "but you can gauge yourself off [Norway's] Aksel Lund Svindal." For those who have enjoyed any neighborhood sledding this winter, tonight's men's and women's skeleton finals may be appealing, but going headfirst at 80 mph may cause second thoughts. And veteran Olympic viewers may remember Harry Potter-lookalike Simon Ammann (Switzerland) from 2002 and 2006. He's back to take on Austrian sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer on ski jumping's large hill.Read on for previews of Smallville, Ricky Gervais Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and American Loggers.

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Olympics Break Idol's Ratings Streak

For the first time in six years, Fox's American Idol failed to win its time slot. Meet the top 24 Idols Some 30.1 million people tuned in for NBC's Winter Olympics coverage to watch Shaun White, Shani Davis and Lindsey Vonn win gold medals Wednesday, while...

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Olympic Moment: Heartbreak Again for Jacobellis, Redemption for Ricker

Another Winter Olympics, another disappointment for Lindsey Jacobellis.Four years after losing the snowboardcross gold with a showboating move, the American was supposed to turn her 2006 Olympic silver medal into gold and silence her critics once and for all. Only she never got the chance.Watch Jacobellis' fall at the 2006 OlympicsOvershooting a jump early in the semifinals Tuesday, Jacobellis landed ...

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Louie Vito Ready to Go "Air Dancing" in Olympic Halfpipe

If you were bummed that Louie Vito finished last at the Winter X Games after falling on all three of his superpipe runs, don't be. "I'm just getting it all out of my system," the 21-year-old snowboarder jokes to TVGuide.com. "Now I won't fall in Vancouver." Armed with two versions of the must-have trick of the season — the double cork 1080 — Vito, who finished eighth on Dancing with the Stars last season, is ready to continue the United States' domination in the Olympic halfpipe. Get the scoop on which tricks he's planning to throw, why he will be tweeting throughout the games and what he wants to take from Apolo Anton Ohno.

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Olympic Moment: Chinese Pair's Comeback Ends in Gold

A dream that started 18 years ago culminated in Olympic gold, while one of the longest streaks in sports ended.China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the figure skating pairs title Monday at the Winter Olympics, capturing the one honor that had eluded them since they first started skating together in 1992. With 216.57 points, they became the first pairs winners from China — and snapped Russia's 46-year reign in the event, a run that spanned 12 Olympics. Watch Olympic videos in our Online Video GuideRussia was shut out altogether as Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov finished ...

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

To Quad or Not to Quad? Evan Lysacek Aims to Bring Olympic Figure Skating Gold Back to U.S.

The last time an American man won Olympic figure skating gold, Evan Lysacek was a toddler. That was in 1988 when Brian Boitano edged Canadian Brian Orser in the Battle of the Brians on Orser's home turf in Calgary. Twenty-two years later, the Winter Olympics are back in Canada, and Lysacek, the defending world champion, is seen as the one who can end the U.S. drought. "Scott Hamilton is a good friend of mine, and he keeps telling me that most U.S. world champions have won the Olympics," Lysacek, 24, tells TVGuide.com. "But I'm just going to do my best. I'm the type of competitor that just goes about my business and handles things when I get there." Lysacek, who finished second at nationals behind Jeremy Abbott and ahead of Johnny Weir, has his work cut out for him with a loaded international field that includes defending champion Evgeni Plushenko. See what he has to say about his competition, whether he will throw a high-scoring quadruple jump and why the men's team is "going to take on the world."Catch the men's short program Tuesday at 8/7c and the long program Thursday at 8/7c on NBC.

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Olympic Moment: Bilodeau Brings Home the Gold to Canada, in Canada

Canada's wait is over.Alexandre Bilodeau won the men's moguls at the Winter Olympics, giving Canada its first gold medal at a home games.The host of two previous Olympics (the 1976 Montreal Summer Games and the 1988 Calgary Winter Games) Canada had the dubious distinction of never winning the top prize on home soil — until Sunday night.Watch Olympic videos in our Online Video GuideA day after American freestyle ...

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Monday, Feb. 15, 2010

Winter Olympics8/7c NBC The team of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo go for China's first-ever gold medal in the pairs figure skating final tonight, having won the bronze in two previous Olympics. While their toughest competition should come from German and Russian pairs, a couple of up-and-coming U.S. pairs could be interesting. Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett, together for only 18 months, surprised many by winning the U.S. Nationals last month, while Barrett's girlfriend, Amanda Evora, with partner Mark Ladwig, took second and the other Olympic berth. Also on the ice, the U.S. goes for its third straight gold in speedskating's 500m, with Tucker Fredericks a long shot to follow Casey FitzRandolph (2002) and Joey Cheek (2006) to the top of the podium. Seth Wescott, the 2006 winner in the inaugural snowboard cross, is back to try for his second straight gold. Daytime events feature what looks to be America's best-ever cross-country team, featuring World Championship silver medalist Kikkan Randall in the women's 10km.Read on for previews of The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love, Glenn Martin, DDS, Greek and Damages.

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Olympic Moment: Ohno Skates By Spill into History

Apolo Anton Ohno got the Olympics off to a record-breaking start by winning a silver medal in the 1,500-meter short-track final, becoming the most decorated American man and short-track speed skater in Winter Games history.Ohno, 27, was previously tied with speed skater Eric Heiden with five medals. Now, with two medals of each color, the former Dancing with the Stars champ is even with ...

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010

Winter Olympics7/6c NBC  Tonight is the freestyle skiing's men's moguls final, with the Canadians very strong, but Patrick Deneen (U.S.), is world champ. "I think people ski better on their home turf," says Deneen, "but it may be where judges give you the most love." Heading indoors, there's also coverage of the pairs short program this evening. Highlights of afternoon events include two sports in which the U.S. has never medaled, but has high hopes this year: biathlon, with World Cup contender Tim Burke, and Nordic combined, with World Champions Bill Demong and Todd Lodwick (2009), and Johnny Spillane (2003).Read on for previews of The Amazing Race, Ruby, Cleveland Show and How to Make It in America.

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Olympic Luger Killed in Training Crash

A men's Olympic luger competing for the Republic of Georgia died Friday after a crash during a training run, hours before the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Games. He was 21.Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled near the end of his run at the Whistler Sliding Center and flipped over ...

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Kristi Yamaguchi Predicts "Really Great" Winter Olympics for U.S.

It's been 18 years since she won the figure skating singles title in Albertville, but Kristi Yamaguchi says it still feels like yesterday — for the most part. "There are definitely snapshots that are still vivid, but it's slowly starting to seem a little more distant now," she tells TVGuide.com. "I remember skating off the ice, being backstage with my coach, Christy Ness, and the anticipation of waiting for the scores, and then the proud moment of being announced Olympic champion and stepping on the podium." The 38-year-old Dancing with the Stars champion will watch someone else be crowned Olympic champion from the NBC booth in Vancouver, where she is working as a special correspondent for the Today show. Get her take on the U.S. figure skating team's chances of taking home gold, what sport she's most excited to see and which Olympian should go Dancing next.

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Suffers Shin Injury

Lindsey Vonn has suffered a shin injury, but vows to "push through it" in her quest for multiple alpine skiing medals at the Vancouver Olympics.The two-time overall World Cup champion bruised her right shin in a slalom run Feb. 3 at a training camp in Austria and has been off the slopes since, she told Matt Lauer on Wednesday's Today show."It's essentially a deep muscle ...

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

Stephen Colbert --- and Colbert Nation --- Enter the Olympics

There's one more country going to the Vancouver Olympics: Colbert Nation.Stephen Colbert announced on Monday's The Colbert Report that his Comedy Central program — and his legion of fans — will become the primary sponsor for the U.S. speed-skating team, filling the void left by original sponsor DSB Bank NV, which declared bankruptcy in October.Colbert's NASA dreams are crushed... hilariouslyColbert will ...

Tue, Nov 3, 2009

Olympics: Women's Figure Skating...

Olympics: Women's Figure SkatingLike your average Winter Olympics fan, I was hoping the figure skating in Torino (Turin, to you Shroud fans) would feature the Wrath of Kwan, with Michelle finally capturing the elusive gold medal. That was not to be, so all the U.S. pressure falls on Sasha Cohen, who should definitely be played by Alexis Bledel in any potential future TV-movies (the Shaun "Flying Tomato" White gig will, naturally, go to Carrot Top.) Let's just hope the ladies' programs go smoother than the ice-dancing competition, which featured more crashes than your average drivers-education movie. Some of the night's highlights:Kimmie Meissner, U.S.: the second performance of the night sets the tone for the Americans as Meissner nails the combo of a triple lutz into a triple toe-loop. This, apparently, is very hard. Up unt

Wed, Feb 22, 2006