| The Bell report on Ski Sunday, part two
Hi everyone, here's what's coming up on Ski Sunday this week (27 January, 1900-2000, BBC Two and BBC Sport website) and all the latest news from the slopes.
So another year goes by and still Bode Miller is without his Hahnenkamm downhill win.
Miller was lying in joint first with Mario Scheiber when Didier Cuche pushed them back into second. On camera, their reactions could not have been more different, Scheiber, who had skied the best run of his life shrugged it off with a smile, Miller stomped off.
For Miller a win on the Hahnenkamm would mean more than Olympic or World Championship golds.
What was worse for Miller is that he would have won comfortably if he had not run into the net at the foot of the Steilhang. In typical Miller style he managed to get both skis up onto the safety nets, yet still not lose too much speed.
Sacrifice becoming a way of life for James
They spoke often, the coach at Nacogdoches High School and his talented young player. They discussed the importance of accepting your assigned role. They talked about how ambition could become destructive if directed only toward personal accomplishment. "Some kids miss the boat on that thing," the coach, Mark Richardson, said. The player, Damion James, was not one of them. These days James is a threat to exceed 25 points for the Longhorns on any night. He has led the team in scoring three of the last four games. But before recently arriving at that station in college basketball, the sophomore forward applied the lesson he learned in Nacogdoches. Though he came to Texas last season with high school All-American stamped on his calling card, James avoided a sense of entitlement.
Behind the scenes of 'The Wedge'
I reported last week on the fumbling police case that chased a 15 year old boy for twelve years, until finally some scary doodles led to Masters conviction for murder.I also reported new DNA evidence now points to a completely different person as a suspect in that murder.Today, I plan to report on what happens when a man, who knows he has committed no crime, suddenly walks away from a nine year long nightmare. .
Stayaway Reebok fans: What's the answer?
Another reason why the whole 'match day experience' is not what it used to be. 15 years ago Saturday - Get up, go to game at 3pm in the afternoon 2007 Saturday - Get up, find a paper to see if we are playing that day and if so what time we kick off. If not playing Saturday find what time on Sunday we might be kicking off. Oh yes, don't forget there is the other option on a Monday night as well. As much as I detest the lot we play next week I take my hat off to them for backing the police in turning down Setanta's request to move the game from just before christmas to 8pm Christmas Eve. That is another thing that is killing not only Bolton but other clubs as well. Maybe a spell in the championship wouldn't be that bad in that respect. .
McAlester man dies in crash
Danny Cloud was pronounced dead on the scene of the accident that occurred about 4:15 p.m. one mile west of Stuart on U.S. Highway 270, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol accident report. Cloud's pickup went left of center, hit the semi and became lodged under it. He was pinned for two hours. The semi was driven by 59-year-old Anthony Wayne Green of McAlester. Green was pinned for 1 ½ hours and was taken to McAlester Regional Hospital with arm and back injuries. He is listed in good condition. Neither Green nor Cloud wore a seatbelt or had any passengers, troopers say. .
Blind, Deaf and Dumb
I'm an English instructor who also teaches voice. I also know that many students sometimes go blind when they see text. It's a shameful state of cultural affairs. Poetry-blindness is particularly tragic. Poetry unsettles the eye. It can make us dizzy, all this reading back and forth, up and down the page. But students easily go blind in the face of other texts, too. Lost and wandering aimlessly, they might as well give up, shut their eyes, and fall asleep for good. So it shouldn't be surprising that many students should go silent in the company of text. That they are unresponsive in class. That they should go dumb after going deaf and blind. That they have no sense and sensation of what they've read. That they look to their professors for short cuts, quick reads, and knowledge patches.
Ben Stiller: Owen Wilson 'Doing Really Well'
The 'Heartbreak Kid' actor opens up about his good friend. While appearing on the "ELLEN DeGENERES Show" Friday to promote his new movie, 'The Heartbreak Kid,' BEN STILLER said his pal OWEN WILSON is "doing really well" following a reported suicide attempt last month. "I sort of like to protect his privacy, because I feel like it's his own thing, but he's a really good friend of mine," added Ben. "He's an incredible guy and I wish him, as everybody does, all the best." Ben and Owen have worked together on such films as 'Night at the Museum,' 'Meet the Fockers' and 'Zoolander.' .
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