Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune
Of course, we want you to visit www.startribune.com for all of your Winter Olympic Web info. We'll be the first online with Minnesota-related news and features from Turin. We have video interviews with many Minnesota Olympians. We'll have other neat doodads at our site. But, there will be other places worth travelling to. For instance ...
PERSONALLY SPEAKING
www.figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir If you want to know everything there is to know about three-time U.S. figure skating champ Johnny Weir -- and even contact him.
www.tonybenshoof.com White Bear Lake's luge star has a site filled with videos of crashes. Fun.
www.curlgirls.com Chat with curling groupies and read a blog by the U.S. women's curling team, which is based in Bemidji.
www.ohnozone.net It's unofficial and it's fawning, but if you think U.S. short-track speedskater Apolo Ohno is cool, this is for you.
www.koznick.com Speaking of money, this is the Web home of Minnesota slalom specialist Kristina Koznick. Go here to support her.
www.frozenbullet.com The un-Bode site, try this thoughtful one, presented by St. Paul biathlon athlete Brian Olsen. He is among our more erudite Team USA members.
INFORMATION PLEASE
www.olympic.org is the official International Olympic Committee site. There is a link to every National Olympic Committee, every sports federation, every medalist through time and even the IOC's finances.
www.usoc.org has all the news releases from all the U.S. Olympic Committee sports federations and complete bios on all U.S. jocks.
www.gamesbids.com is all about the future. Just who is bidding for the 2014 Winter Games and what are Kazakhstan's chances?
www.eurosport.com/olympicgames is a sports news site that cares more about biathlon than the NFL.
www.cbc.ca/olympics provides a terrific glimpse of how our northern neighbors see the Turin Games.
www.olympicproportions.net is not flashy but it is filled with facts, opinions and bios. It's a labor of love by an Olympic fan in Maryland.
OLD FASHIONED: A BOOK
For the non-electronic reference seeker, the best book -- remember them? -- is "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics," by David Wallechinsky, who's been producing this encyclopedia for years. If you want to watch the Winter Games and have access to stats and esoterica without pushing buttons or logging on to your home laptop, this is the premier tool.
BODE ONLINE
www.bodemillerusa.com The American Alpine skier has railed against Olympic commercialism. Odd. His own website is filled with ads.
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