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...been lit, and NBC has not yet commenced its features on inspiring athletes, but the buzz around this year’s winter Olympics in Vancouver has already started. Just last week, Sports Illustrated came under fire for running a controversial cover featuring American skier Lindsey Vonn in what many are calling a sexually provocative pose. While that story will most likely fade from the public’s consciousness as Vonn’s actual skiing begins, there will inevitably still be plenty of controversy surrounding many of the other events taking place this year, most of it probably...
With just two days before the Winter Olympics are set to get under way in Vancouver, NBC officials should be celebrating the onset of a much needed prime-time-ratings boost. But now they may be cursing their continuing bad luck. That's because American skier Lindsey Vonn, the blond speed beauty whose quest for five medals over the two weeks of the Olympics was supposed to boost ratings to Michael Phelps-ian levels, might be forced to sit out these Games. (See 25 Winter Olympic athletes to watch...
...Last Tuesday, Feb. 2, Vonn crashed during a slalom training run in Austria and nearly crushed her right shin. "I came down and got twisted funny and went over in front of my skis," Vonn said in front of 100 or so media members during an emotional press conference. "All the force went onto my shin. It's probably the worst place you can have an injury, because you're constantly pushing against your boot, and there's no way around it. You can't pretend that it's not there - you feel it in every turn." Vonn has tried...
Married. "Daddy Snooks" Hanley Stafford, 35; and Vyola Vonn, 21, singer and actress; in Hollywood. Wedding guest: "Baby Snooks" Fanny Brice...