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Another Alternative Bracket: Hot Lady Athletes, Featuring Julia Mancuso

You may have noticed that this March Words to Bumble has been all about the Muppet Tournament bracket (where you can now vote every 8 hours and I suggest you vote for Alistair Cookie), rather than focusing on actual March … Continue reading

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Julia Mancuso’s Comeback Year: Downhill Gold at FIS Alpine World Cup Finals & More

Just over a year ago Julia Mancuso made her comeback on the stage of all stages: the Winter Olympic Games. Leaving Vancouver with two silver medals, she went on to Alpine World Cup bronze, as well as wildcard bronze at … Continue reading

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Catching Up with Julia Mancuso: 2011 FIS Alpine World Championships

Remember Julia Mancuso and her tiara (actual and helmet)? Obviously she is a favorite at Words to Bumble. As you may have noticed here, the FIS Alpine World Championships (not to be confused with World Cup Finals which are still … Continue reading

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2011 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championship: The Team Event

Well, last year’s FIS Audi World Cup Final was sad because Universal Sports didn’t air or stream the GS team event which sounds awesomely entertaining with it’s side-by-side bracketed heat format. Yesterday morning the team event was presented for the … Continue reading

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Mancuso Gets Xtreme at Verbier’s Bec des Rosses: Freeride World Tour Closer

At the end of the Alpine World Cup tour earlier in the month, Julia Mancuso accepted the chance to be a wild card entry in the Nissan Xtreme close to the 2010 Freeride World Tour at Verbier, skiing down the … Continue reading

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FIS World Cup Women & Wondering Where the Team Event Went

The award for best location name goes to Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the Audi FIS World Cup Finals in Germany. Self-explanatory. The expected and the unexpected went down this week during the final events of the Alpine season. The names we learned … Continue reading

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Julia Mancuso Hits the World Cup Podium

What better way to end two years off the podium than with two trips during the Olympics? Follow it up with a trip to the FIS World Cup Super G podium in Crans-Montana the next week. After her Olympic silver … Continue reading

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Favorite Ridiculous Olympic Moments: Random Things

Mary Carillo hugging, nuzzling and wiping the tears of stuffed moose Colbert after Canada’s hockey loss. Props to Bode Miller on being less of an ass-hat and tearing up for his gold. Emotional growth–win. “Looking ridiculous, does it affect the … Continue reading

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Advertising for the Olympiad: Favorites

Olympic commercials are serious business. They range from the sappy to the inspiring down to the downright ridiculous, but much like the high quality of the Super Bowl commercials there is a serious effort put in to get people to … Continue reading

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Giant Slalom Aftermath & Olympic Helmet Fashion

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s awful Giant Slalom weather and the Vonn-Mancuso situation there were a lot of sound bites flying around regarding their relationship over the years and at present. Bottom line: the two are “polar opposite personalities,” and … Continue reading

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