City residents may be asked to use transit, work different hours during Games (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
VANCOUVER - City residents may be asked to park their cars and local businesses urged to rearranged their hours of work during the 2010 Games, John Furlong, chief executive officer for the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee, said Wednesday....more...Coe to unveil Olympic sculpture (BBC News)
Olympians from an area of the Highlands are to be honoured on a £36,000 bronze monument....more... XC legend Gunde Svan to manage Swedish teams (Ski Racing)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden ? Former Olympic and world champion Gunde Svan has been appointed manager of Sweden?s cross-country teams. Svan, 45, will supervise the men?s, women?s and junior national teams, the Swedish Ski Association said Wednesday....more... Vail council race: Connolly not afraid to disagree (Vail Daily)
VAIL ? In the 1990s, Stephen Connolly had a high-powered career as a sports agent, representing Olympic skiers like Tommy Moe and Donna Weinbrecht. But he wasn?t finding fulfillment....more... Frank Shorter Ran A Longer Way (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Unlike many future Olympians, young Frank Shorter didn't dream of someday winning a gold medal....more... 'Playground' - Affirms Utah's iconic role in the realm of winter sports (The Salt Lake Tribune)
"Remember the kids who didn't play on the seesaws or swings or slides? The ones who spent all their time jumping off the fort instead? Today, they all live in Utah."...more... The Lake Placid Center for the Arts School of Ballet: Tiny dancers (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
LAKE PLACID ? ?Are you a princess? Did you see she had wings?? instructor Michela Boschetto shouted out to a group of three-to four-year old girls at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts School of Ballet....more... Use public transit during Olympics: VANOC (CTV.ca)
City residents may be asked to park their cars and local businesses urged to rearranged their hours of work during the 2010 Games....more... Local athletes abound in Miller's 'Playground' (The Aspen Times)
ASPEN 'Tis the month before opening day, and all through town, locals are dreaming of fresh tracks while snow continues to come down....more... |