Olympic Sport News

Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Lindsey Vonn may have hogged the front of Sports Illustrated during the 2010 Winter Olympics, but Shaun White got a nice consolation prize: his second appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone.

The two-time gold medalist will be featured on the March 15 cover of the iconic rock and roll magazine. His pose, shirtless and squirting lighter fluid on an fiery snowboard, calls to mind Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix and R. Kelly. The pants, however, are all Evel Knievel.

The issue hit newsstands Wednesday and, for now, it's the only place to read RS's interview with White. In it, he discusses how music has helped his snowboarding, his hair and why he doesn't like to think about snowboarding when he doesn't have to. White also shares a story about teammate how Louis Vito blasted Miley Cyrus's song "Party in the U.S.A." in an attempt to disrupt his mental state.

Gold-medal winning figure skater Evan Lysacek appeared on David Letterman Tuesday night, doing one of "The Late Show's" trademark top-ten lists.

During the Olympics, both during his gold-medal win and after, when he was forced to defend himself against needless verbal jabs from Evgeni Plushenko, we only saw Lysacek's serious side. It's refreshing to see him not only joke around, but make fun of himself and his sport.

Lysacek is going to stay on your radar, as he is joining the next "Dancing with the Stars" cast, debuting March 22. Expectations will be high for him, as Olympians Apolo Ohno, Shawn Johnson and Kristi Yamaguchi have all won the show.