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Lindsey Vonn and Ellen DeGeneres team to help Haiti
posted on March 10, 2010 at 7:16am

Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) has teamed with TV host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres to continue the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by auctioning a signed pair of skis and poles on eBay. The Head skis and Leki poles, which feature Ell...more

Reader XC ski question answered: Why change skis in the 50k race?
posted on March 5, 2010 at 5:43pm

An FGN reader asked a terrific question about why racers changed skis in the 50k race. Rosie Brennan, a member of the Dartmouth College XC ski team who spoke with FGN contributor Sarah Odell, offered this explanation: You do not have to change skis. In ...more

Vail names Ski Run after Lindsey Vonn
posted on February 28, 2010 at 9:51pm

In honor of its hometown hero, Vail has renamed an expert run Lindsey's. As of Feb. 28, the sign on the former International trail on the front side of Vail Mountain will bear the name of the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Downhill. ...more

Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Champ
posted on February 25, 2010 at 6:59pm

Lindsey is one of the few females to appear on a SI cover Throughout the past couple of weeks, we’ve covered the Olympic snowboard games in depth; however, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also take a step back and comment on the Olympic ski games as ...more

Iranian skier’s story is one of triumph
posted on February 25, 2010 at 5:55pm

WHISTLER, B.C. — Marjan Kalhor’s green, knit toque is pulled down low on her forehead. Her hair is neatly tucked beneath the toque that’s embroidered with a single word: IRAN. She’s wearing a white ski jacket with a high collar and green ski pant...more

Ashley Caldwell – The youngest member of the US Olympic Team
posted on February 25, 2010 at 7:13am

One of my favorite parts of the Olympics has to be the stories behind the athletes. Tonight I will be cheering extra hard for Aerial Skiier Ashley Caldwell – the youngest member of this year’s US Olympic team at 16 years old. She has only been trainin...more

GameOn Podcast: Michelle Gorgone & more!
posted on February 23, 2010 at 4:01pm

The ladies recap all of the weekend's hot Olympic stories, chat with Olympian Michelle Gorgone about her upcoming snowboarding giant slalom competition, and provide a highly anticipated Tigermania update! Links from today's show: Click here for more d...more

Chirine Njeim represents Lebanon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
posted on February 23, 2010 at 2:52pm

Chirine Njeim is competing in her third Olympics for Lebanon, finishing 37th among 53 contestants in Saturday’s super-G event. To her credit, she successfully completed the race on a highly complex, very difficult track, and was able to keep the run...more

Skier Marjan Kalhor carries hopes for Iran, Iranian women
posted on February 22, 2010 at 6:18pm

By Mike Lopresti, GannettWHISTLER — On the window of an apartment overlooking this ski resort town, an unusual sight at the Winter Olympics: The flag of Iran. Inside sits the demure 21-year-old woman who carried it in the opening ceremony, wearing both...more

Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 2
posted on February 22, 2010 at 7:17am

Today was the skate races! Men: 15K, Women: 10K. Both were exciting races to watch. On the men’s side, Oskar Lund finished first for Michigan Tech, followed by Jesse Lang and Jesse Smith. The men’s overall winner, George Cartwright, skated across t...more

Bode Miller - Expressions of a Champion
posted on February 21, 2010 at 12:23pm

I need to come clean and admit something here. The men’s downhill has been and always will be, my favorite Olympic event. The downhill is the bull riding event of the Olympics. Instead of an 8 second ride however, you’re expected to stay on for about...more

Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 1
posted on February 21, 2010 at 11:14am

Yesterday, I watched the men’s and women’s NCAA Midwest Regional classic races at the Michigan Tech Trails! Woohoo! Check out some of the video I took here: Michigan Tech represented well! Henna finished fourth for women and Oskar won the collegi...more

2010 Olympics: Kelime Cetinkaya
posted on February 20, 2010 at 8:45am

Turkey's Kelime Cetinkaya competes in the women's Nordic Cross Country individual sprint qualification at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 17, 2010. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Gett...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
posted on February 18, 2010 at 6:18pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism
posted on February 18, 2010 at 3:36pm

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was two years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family i...more

Lindsey Vonn: The Epitome of Mental Toughness
posted on February 18, 2010 at 3:32pm

Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn who demonstrated the epitome of mental toughness by winning the gold medal in women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics. Mental toughness is defined as being able to perform at the top range of your abilities, on comma...more

Emily Brydon on Lindsey Vonn: "She's superhuman"
posted on February 18, 2010 at 9:49am

If you watched women's Olympic downhill skiing yesterday, you understand why Emily Brydon and her fellow competitors might think such a thing. We saw again the awesome difference strength can make in sports, seemingly almost any sport. The Vancouver Sun m...more

Cross country ski racing for dummies: What to know about a thrilling Olympic event
posted on February 16, 2010 at 9:22am

By Sarah Odell Let’s take a breather. Time out from Lindsey Vonn and women in bathing suits. For me, one of the most frustrating aspects about Olympic coverage is that we usually can only watch sports that the United States dominates (or sports that ar...more

Vancouver Olympics all about the people
posted on February 14, 2010 at 3:46pm

As an athlete watching the Olympics, it makes you really think about each Olympians’ individual stories. Each one of them has lived a life dedicated to their sport. They’ve each made personal sacrifices. They’ve woken up early and stayed up late pra...more

Lindsey Vonn's helmet designed by Idahoman
posted on February 14, 2010 at 2:07pm

When Lindsey Vonn races at Whistler, she'll be wearing a helmet with artwork of an Idaho man who entered a contest sponsored by NBCOlympics.com. The flame design by Laddie Lee Whitwork won first place and got him a trip to Vail where Lindsey and her husba...more

Sarcasm over, SI: time for real pics of female athletes
posted on February 13, 2010 at 3:06pm

By Laura Pappano OK, I’ve learned something valuable: My effort at a tongue-in-cheek fan letter to SI for their “un-coverage” of female athletes was not clearly tongue-in-cheek to many readers on this site or the Women Talk Sports network site. Fi...more

NOT the same: Vonn v. Kitt Sports Illustrated covers
posted on February 13, 2010 at 9:29am

Sports Illustrated Covers of Olympic Skiers In rebuttal to the “Vonn Watch” Sports Illlustrated cover blog post I made, many people commented and pointed out that A.J. Kitt was similarly posed in 1992 and no one called it sexual. I don&rsqu...more

Video of Fox Business Happy Hour Interview
posted on February 12, 2010 at 5:56pm

Here it is, folks. The video of the short interview I did with Fox Business Happy Hour (Host Rebecca Diamond). If it won't play for you below, try this link. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com ...more

Why can't women be athletic and sexy, too?
posted on February 12, 2010 at 9:19am

                  I'm sorry. But I have to do it. I have to speak out on behalf of those of us who aren't really bothered by the recent Sports Illustrated sagas. First, there was that post that crashed the Women Talk Sports site. You rem...more

Olympic dream a reality for Iran's female skier
posted on February 12, 2010 at 9:10am

By Samira Simone and Azadeh Ansari, CNN (CNN) -- Marjan Kalhor is already a champion, even though the Olympic flame has yet to blaze in Vancouver, Canada. Her dream has come true, even without a podium finish. "I always asked my brother, 'Why can't a...more
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