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Jill Kinmont Boothe dies at 75; ski champ disabled in crash became role model
Jill Kinmont Boothe was the national women's slalom champion and on the cover of Sports Illustrated when she set out to win a 1955 race that would help put her on the U.S. Olympic ski team. As she sped down a Utah mountain slope, she lost control on an...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Alpine Skiing, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Periodicals
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A giant slalom first for Vonn, already a ski giant
The Star Spangled Banner has become the recurring theme in the sound track of Lindsey Vonn's career.
Vonn had heard the National Anthem played in honor of her victories so many times in the past -- once at the Olympics, twice at the world championships,...Tags: Alpine Skiing, Lindsey Vonn, Downhill Skiing, Soccer, Giant Slalom Skiing
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An Austrian hill alive with sound of U.S. ski success
Home, sweet home.
With the emphasis on sweet after this weekend.
The U.S. ski team announced a week ago it had signed a three-year deal to make the Austrian towns of Soelden and Obergurgl-Hochgurgl its alpine training base in Europe during the World Cup...Tags: Alpine Skiing, Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller, Downhill Skiing, Soccer
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Slalom Consulting
Special to the TribuneA killer lake view from offices in the Prudential Plaza tower, staff parties at vacation resorts and sabbaticals after a few years on the job have been enough to help Slalom Consulting lure top consultants from bigger-name firms. They've also been enough...Tags: Public Employees, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Events, Companies and Corporations, Travel
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'The Amazing Race' recap: Brought to you by Ford
Show TrackerIt's a Ford, Ford, Ford, Ford world in Belgium as "The Amazing Race" goes from five teams to four.... -
Skiing may be only one of Lindsey Vonn's talents
The Fabulous ForumLindsey Vonn, the Olympic gold medal-winning downhill skier, incorporated 400-meter sprints into her training regimen over the summer to increase her ability to explode out of turns in the slalom. If she ever gets tired of the snow, she may...... -
Lindsey Vonn has ski world's number: 1
The Fabulous ForumNine months after winning both her first gold medal wearing a ski racer's skin suit in the Olympics and a few million men's hearts showing plenty of skin in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue (emphasis on the lust in Illustrated),...... -
Philip Hersh: Julia Mancuso adds another big line to her impressive ski record
The Fabulous ForumIt seems a contradiction: Julia Mancuso, long one of the most outgoing personalities in sports, quietly putting together a resume that makes her one of the most outstanding people in her sport. Mancuso added another line to it Tuesday, finishing...... -
Philip Hersh: In finishing 12th, Bode Miller adds to legend
The Fabulous ForumBode Miller showed again why he is the greatest and most charismatic skier in U.S. history. And he did it by finishing 12th in Tuesday's Super-G at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Yes, at times -- notably the 2006...... -
Philip Hersh: Vonn shakes cobwebs, wins silver in world downhill [Updated]
The Fabulous ForumLindsey Vonn has won everything -- Olympic gold, world championship gold, World Cup titles, more World Cup races than any U.S. skier in history. So second place at a major event should be no big deal to her. But there...... -
The latest on Lindsey Vonn: She pulls out of final worlds events
The Fabulous ForumSkier Lindsey Vonn has decided to let discretion be the better part of valor. Vonn said today on her Facebook page she will skip the final three events at the World Championships to get over the lingering effects of a...... -
Off-road bicyclists stage Fat Tire Fest
OutpostsHundreds of mountain bikers, from professionals to toddlers, descended upon Castaic Lake State recreation Area Sunday for the 2009 iteration of the Fat Tire Fest, put on by local bike trail advocacy nonprofit CORBA (Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Assn.)....
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