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...With every Winter Olympics, fans eat up the weird stories about the athletes from warm-weather countries that would seem to have no business participating in their chosen sports. And although the Jamaican bobsledders failed to qualify for the Olympics this time, the Vancouver Games offer plenty of intriguing tales. In addition to the middle-aged German skier prince representing Mexico, there's a speedskater from the Cayman Islands, cross-country skiers from Bermuda, Ethiopia and Ghana, and a few other oddballs who marched in Friday's opening ceremony. Even Jamaica still got to raise its flag: a freestyle skier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...sports. A Pittsburgh-bred point guard, who speaks little Russian, suited up for Russia's basketball team during the Beijing Olympics. African distance runners have competed for Bahrain, and American baseball players for Italy. But the tie between country and competitor is especially loose in the Winter Games, since warm-weather places like Mexico and Jamaica can't even claim a speck of snow or ice. Errol Kerr, the Jamaican ski cross athlete, grew up in the Lake Tahoe area. Ruben Gonzalez, a luger with Argentina's team, lives in Katy, Texas; he moved to the U.S. when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

...very sad not to be spending time next year here. In the last 18 months we have quickly come to regard Currier as our home. The extraordinary good will and wonderful sens of welcome that you have extended ever since our arrival makes us totally appreciate this warm-hearted house. We greatly regret that we will not be seeing the current Junior and Sophomore classes throughout your Senior and Junior years...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Currier House Masters To Take Sabbatical | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...last 18 months we have quickly come to regard Currier as our home," Ross wrote in the e-mail. "The extraordinary good will and wonderful sense of welcome that you have extended ever since our arrival makes us totally appreciate this warm-hearted house...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Currier House Masters To Take Sabbatical | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...Within the Village walls, the athletes remain blissfully unaware of the social cost that is enabling their Olympic experience, and potential success. They gather in a lounge called the Living Room, a roomy, restored-wood building with a warm, ski-resort feel. Three figure skaters from Great Britain are playing video games in the corner, and when they're asked about life in the Village, they sparkle like they've just landed a triple lutz. "It's amazing," says David King, a pairs skater. "We have the best view ever. The big bay windows are massive." Jenna McCorkell, another skater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vancouver's Olympic Village: Let the Bailout Games Begin | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

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