Maybe now Sports Illustrated can start putting someone else on the cover:
In the downhill, Americans Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves finished fifth and 10th, respectively.
"I was super-aggressive," Miller told the Olympic News Service. "Made some little, small mistakes, but that's normal when you're pushing that hard. I was really fired up, and I wanted to execute the race. I did execute, but I just didn't have the speed needed."
So...you didn't execute.
Every year, NBC (or whoever is saddled with the quadrennial ratings black hole at the time) tries to latch on to a couple of Americans to build their coverage around. This year, they picked Bode "Bono" Miller and Michelle Kwan. Alpine World Cup champion Miller responded by finishing 5th in the downhill, while Kwan - who arguably shouldn't have made the trip in the first place - has dropped out due to a groin injury.
Miller has four more events in which to try for a medal, which means we can expect at least three more magazine covers in the next week. Huzzah.
for the next Olympiad, the entire program will be built around the loser snowboard/X-games crowd. time to tune out
Could be that Robert Downey Jr. -- I mean, Bode Miller -- was just doing a Mickey Mantle on us. He was seen out at midnight the night before the race, tossing back beers with abandon.
I'm pretty much hoping this guy goes 0 for 5.