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Bode Miller may be the most popular American in Europe. Granted, that's not a crowded competition. But on the hotly contested World Cup Alpine-skiing circuit, the laid-back Miller is a one-man diplomatic mission, even as he routinely beats the schuss out of Europe's best skiers. Endowed with boyish good looks, an easygoing manner and a breathtaking style, Miller has won a huge fan following in ski-mad Europe. From Alta Badia, Italy, to Schladming, Austria, the man has serious teen appeal. BODE YOU ARE SO SEXY! read banners at a recent event in Austria, where...
Miller is singlehandedly lifting the traditionally underperforming U.S. ski team to a level not seen since Phil and Steve Mahre topped the rankings in the early 1980s. Miller has posted wins in all four disciplines on the circuit: the high-speed events, which include the downhill and the super-G, as well as the more precision-oriented giant slalom and slalom events. The U.S. team has had 12 podium finishes this World Cup season. Miller owns 10 of them. (Rahlves got the other two.) Says U.S. head coach Phil McNichol: "He walks out the door, and he is good...
...method “allows you to see a complete circuit [of nerve cells] for the first time in its entirety,” said Reid, who is also a professor at HMS. “It gives you an immediate bird’s eye view of what the brain is doing, neuron by neuron...
...style socialist thinking. Last week, Olympic diver Tian Liang was booted off the national squad for "violating team regulations concerning commercial activities ... and producing a negative influence on society and the preparation for the 2008 Olympics." Translation? Not only was the athlete spending too much time on the celebrity circuit instead of the diving board, but he wasn't sharing his recent multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal with the Chinese sports administration. Under its rules, around half of an athlete's commercial revenue goes to the governing body, while the rest is divided among the athlete, his coaches, trainers, doctors...
Kagan noted that one of the founders of the discipline, Judge Richard A. Posner of the 7th federal circuit, does not have an economics degree, although among the movement’s leaders, “that’s rare...