There are some great websites to visit during the Olympics. Here are a few of my favorites, plus some links to articles/videos on our athletes.
Favorite sites:
Visa- Just for fun this site has videos about Julia Mancuso, Lindsey Jacobellis, Ryan St. Onge and more athletes.
http://goworld.visa.com/#/save/win_with_visa
Universal Sports- www.universalsports.com
USAToday- www.usatoday.com
NBC Olympics- www.nbcolympics.com
Sports Illustrated- http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2010/?eref=sinav
U.S. Ski Team- http://www.usskiteam.com/vancouver
U.S. Snowboarding- http://www.ussnowboarding.com/news
On Lindsey Vonn (Alpine):
This is a great piece on how she got this far.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/magazine/07Vonn-t.html?ref=sports
This is about her SI cover. I think it is a great cover and can't wait to get a copy.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Let-the-Lindsey-hype-begin-Vonn-is-Sports-Illus?urn=oly,217525
Andrew Newell (Cross Country):
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Sports/2010/0201/Olympics-a-maverick-skier-who-could-medal
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/fashion/28fitness.html?scp=1&sq=Andy%20Newell&st=cse
Check out some of his crazy tricks on his website.
http://andrewnewell.squarespace.com/
Daron Rahlves and Casey Puckett (Ski Cross):
http://ow.ly/13VHC
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2010/02/04/rahlves_puckett_get_another_shot_at_olympic_medal/
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Aerials):
http://www.mensjournal.com/jeret-peterson
Bode Miller (Alpine):
I highly recommend watching Bode race. He is an amazing athlete.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/03/sports/AP-OLY-SKI-Bodes-Back.html?_r=1&ref=olympics
Fun photos of winter Olympic athletes:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/olympics/2010/highfliers/index.html
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