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Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Games top 10 For those who have had enough of the pairs figure skating controversy, here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial Jamie Sale-and-David Pelletier-free list of the top 10 moments/sports/athletes, good and bad, from the just-completed Winter Games...   |
Outside
February 2002
Howard Berkes |
Let the Games Begin The just-in-time, let's-party, fear-no-evil Winter Olympics get ready to rip in the country that needs 'em now more than ever... |
Sports Illustrated
February 16, 2002 |
Guns and Roses Biathlon's Poirees blend skiing, shooting, medals and matrimony... Apolo Ohno goes after his first gold medal... Belarussian Bellyache... |
Outside
January 2004
Bill Gifford |
Gate Crasher Bode Miller has everything you could want in a World Cup ski racer. He's fast, fearless, and frequently out of control. He can drink like a sailor and swear like a snowboarder, and he's got the talent to take it all from those grim Austrian cyborgs. Most amazing, he's American. |
Sports Illustrated
February 11, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
The good and the bad The Alpine World Ski Championships have been put to rest. The same can't be said for the natives in St. Anton who are singing in several established languages and a few random syllables outside our window. Here is a review of some highlights and lowlights from the championships... |
Outside
February 2006
Gordy Megroz |
Medal Heads A look at the talent pool for the 2006 Winter Olympics suggests that the U.S. may have the firepower to return to the top. |
Salon.com
February 12, 2002
King Kaufman |
Dee-fense! It's missing in the Winter Olympics. But the Games have their moments, including a star-crossed pair of endearingly frumpy Canadians... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2002
Tim Layden |
Silver is routine for Miller Bode Miller's Alpine silver |
Salon.com
February 22, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Golden girl 16-year-old Sarah Hughes, who looks like America's composite babysitter, shocks the figure-skating world -- and bails out the beleaguered Olympic judges... |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Salon.com
February 18, 2002
King Kaufman |
NBC shows its true colors You mustn't miss a minute of the Olympics, the network says, unless we can save a few bucks by you missing a whole day. Plus: Ohno, hockey and more... |
Outside
February 2006
Bruce Barcott |
American Flyers The U.S. men's ski team, once equal to the world's best, has spent a generation falling short of past glories. But the bad boys of alpine racing are back with a killer gleam in their eyes. Here's how the Yanks rebuilt the beast from the boots up. |
Sports Illustrated
February 6, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Austrian women rule downhill The Alpine Ski World Championships continued on Tuesday after three days of either full or partial postponements. The Austrians fought back from their gold-medal drought in a big way, sweeping the medals in the women's downhill... |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2002
Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2002
Tim Layden |
Good news, bad news U.S. Olympians will get intense scrutiny, support... |
Salon.com
February 13, 2002
King Kaufman |
Skategate A figure skating scandal rocks the Games and tragically overshadows some fantastic women's curling... |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2002
Janet Maslin |
Medal Worthy NBC's two toughest jobs in broadcasting the Olympics have been guessing what will make the best broadcast and, more important, knowing when to leave well enough alone. So far the network is succeeding at both... |
Outside
January 2010
Ryan Krogh |
A Brief History Of Bode Miller The good, bad, and totally wrecked moments in the life of America's most decorated skier. |
Salon.com
February 11, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Red, white and wrong NBC's jingoistic provincialism is missing what the Olympics are all about -- but the Games will prevail... |
Outside
November 2006
Bryan Curtis |
Bode Miller Needs a Hug And I'm about to give him one along with a good, swift kick in the ass |
Salon.com
February 16, 2002
Kerry Lauerman |
Make Olympic skating judges accountable Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport... |
Sports Illustrated
March 27, 2001
E.M. Swift |
They Spun Gold Glittering performances lit up the World Figure Skating Championships... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Alex Hutchinson |
New Game Theory The surprising, fresh science behind the icy tracks, massive leaps and blistering speeds of the Winter Olympics. |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Left missing the five-ring distraction There'll be no Salt Lake City Olympics next year, or the year after that, or, in all likelihood, ever again in most of our lifetimes. Maybe that's why it has been so hard to let it go... |
Popular Mechanics
March 2010
Davin Coburn |
The Science Behind 7 Winter Olympic Events Olympic skiers subject their bodies to as much as 3.5 g's -- more than space shuttle astronauts endure during launch |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 6, 2006
James Aisner |
Winners and Losers at the Olympics Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen Greyser has been studying, teaching, and writing about the business of sports for over 30 years. Here, he discusses his perspectives on the the marketing aspects of the recent Turin Games. |
Sports Illustrated
January 18, 2002 |
In Austria, skiing is king Hahnenkamm races in Kitzbuehel. |
Salon.com
February 22, 2002
King Kaufman |
So, they're all gay, right? Former U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo talks about the Salt Lake Olympics, the sport's effeminate image and the reactions to his coming out. And no, they're not... |
Sports Illustrated
February 14, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Dominoes continue to fall Changes must take place to ensure figure skating's integrity |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
Did they or didn't they? More on the great short-track speed skating controversy. Did Ohno allow Davis to win in trials to shut out O'Hare? |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Tim Layden |
Injury forces Miller out of 100 Decision to withdraw paves way for Jones |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stocks on Skates How ice skating terminology can be applied to investing. |
