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The Shani and Chad show got interrupted by the rest of the world Saturday, with a couple of Olympic veterans easily outdoing the Americans in the final long-track speedskating World Cup before the Vancouver Olympics.

British speedskater Phil Brojaka gets in some practice time on the ice at the Essent ISU World Cup of Speedskating at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns on Friday.

"It'd be like talking about, `What are you going to do when you win the gold medal?'" she said.

Won three Olympic medals in 2006: gold in the 5000m, silver in the 10,000m and bronze in the 1500m... After Torino, took eight months off from skating before returning to pursue another Olympics... Got married in 2008 and had a baby girl in 2009... Switched to speed skating from inline after watching friend Derek Parra at the 2002 Games.

When the Dutch bank DSB declared bankruptcy recently, few imagined the impact would be felt in - of all places - Kearns.

Newberry, Paul - This photo provided by Comedy Central shows left foreground, U.S. Speedskating executive director Robert Crowley, Olympic gold medalist Dan Jansen and host Stephen Colbert on the set of "the Colbert Report" Monday night Nov.

Flanked by U.S. Speedskating executive director Robert Crowley and Olympic gold medalist Dan Jansen, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team at the Vancouver Olympics.

They work part-time jobs. They scrimp to pay the bills. Some even have filed for food stamps to make sure they get enough to eat.

Eddie the Eagle is flying back to Canada. Michael Edwards, the bespectacled, inexperienced and unorthodox ski jumper from England who became a fan favourite during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, will carry the flame during the torch relay for the Vancouver Games.

It's almost Olympics season again, and with the countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games nearing the 100 day mark, Visa has decided to continue its long standing relationship as the sole payment services sponsor of the games by extending its Olympic contract for an additional 8 years.

Nick Pearson was one of five skaters to make the United Statesa World Cup team in the 1,000 during this weekenda s trials.

These guys just can't get away from each other. Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick skated more that three miles apiece at the U.S. speedskating trials Thursday night.

Third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and sixth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $220,000 Luxembourg Open.

Chad Hedrick starred for the U.S. at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning three medals a ' a gold, a silver and a bronze.

First impressions, second thoughts and the third degree: The field for most disappointing Brewers performance of 2009 was loaded with star power, but the race was no contest.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are getting one last shot at a left-handed starter when they open the final series of the season against the Chicago Cubs.

THEY called him Dazzler. He had a thunderous left hook, a solid chin, an infectious smile and a winning personality.

Ireland's Darren John Sutherland in happier times after beating Venezuela's Alfonso Blanco Parra during their 2008 Olympic Games quarter-final. Photograph: Jaques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images We might never know what it was that made Darren Sutherland take his own life.

By CHAREAN WILLIAMS CHICAGO - Since we last left Chad Hedrick four years ago, he has been a judge for the Miss USA pageant, had his first hole-in-one, lunched with former President George H.W. Bush, raised more than $200,000 for Special Olympics, taken some time off, gotten married and seen the birth of his first child.Needless to say, the long ...

U.S. Women's National Team rally falls short against top-ranked Brazil The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team lost to Brazil 25-12, 18-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-13 Wednesday evening during the opening day of the 2009 Final Four Intercontinental Cup being staged Sept.