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DIED. Louise Smith, 89, scrappy stock-car racer of the 1940s and '50s and the first woman to be inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame; in Anderson, S.C. In 1946 her reputation as a teenage daredevil in her hometown of Greenville, S.C., led Bill France, who co-founded NASCAR the next year, to recruit her as a draw for fans in a local race. Before retiring in 1956 at the urging of her husband--whose brand-new Ford she had totaled in a 1947 race--Smith won 38 events in various classes. "I was just born...
...Brydon, 25, will ski the combined on Friday and Super-G race on Sunday. So far, though, what shaped up as a breakout season has proved mostly disappointing, causing her to wonder about continuing as a ski racer. ?If I go, I go for four years to 2010, and I?m not sure I want to do that,? she said. ?I feel like I?d give it all I have; on the other hand, there?s more out there in life. There are other things I want to do. But I don?t want to go out a loser...
...Clara Blattler’s clearance of 3.51 meters and senior Mary Serdakowski’s time of 9.07 leading the way. Sophomore Sarah Bourne also won the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:00.94. By herself, Scherf competed in the Meyo Invitational, placing second amongst 44 racers in the 3000 meter run. The only racer to beat her was the 2005 NCAA cross country champion, Johanna Nilsson. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...world's best ski racer, but whatever the result, he laughs it off and maybe has a beer afterward. Or two. In a world where winners get endorsements and losers work for the ski patrol, Miller actually believes in that old Olympic canard that it's playing the game that counts. "Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say it is not all about winning," he told TIME during pre-Olympic training at Colorado's Copper Mountain. The important thing to him is to try to ski well - to improve, to reach...
...World Cup circuit Miller is rock-star popular and travels like one. Rather than stay in hotels, he does the Alpine tour in a recreational vehicle driven by his boyhood friend Jake Sereno. His uncle, Mike Kenney, a former ski racer, acts as his personal adviser. From Camp Bode, he patrols the Internet (where he met his girlfriend Karen Sherri), writes an online journal for the Denver Post, conducts a radio show for Sirius and hangs out, often with the press and his fans camped outside. "For me, he's all the best things about America...