In 2007, Ferrari and Porsche battled it out for the GT Championship at the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race. At the very end of the race, both cars were on the same lap and the battle went from car-vs-car to mano-a-mano. In the Number 62 F36o Ferrari of Risi Competizione, was Brazilian …
Category Archives: Press Clippings
Debussy on Music
“Music is the space between the notes….”
Reality TV
Press Clippings. Brian Williams stepped in it on 26 March 2013 when he “misremembered” being shot down in Iraq while being interviewed on the David Letterman Show. It was not the first such memory incident for Williams and it would not be the last, but while that statement disappeared like lines from most talk show interviews, a …
What Is a Coach?
Sports Illustrated’s cover shot of Coach Dean Smith, when he was named Sportsman of the Year. (C) Time Inc/Sports Illustrated. A terrific shot and an equally terrific article. Please read the cover story article which is linked here and listed in the ClickPak . Paying Attention: Coach Dean Edward Smith died on February 7th, …
The Second Annual Winter Film Festival: The Secret Turn of Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety is a specialist: he is, arguably, the greatest giant slalom racer of our time. The Giant Slalom (“GS”) is a unique skiing event, combining the ability carry speed like a downhiller and run gates like a slalom racer, but at much higher speeds. When properly executed, as on the World Cup tour, the …
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The Second Annual Winter Film Festival: Bode Miller Profile
Bode Miller crashed out of the World Championships at Vail/Beaver Creek but his career could be over after a horrendous crash in the Super G that severed his hamstring tendon. Mille had the surgery to repair the injury in Vail at He is the winningest skier in U.S. History with six Olympic Medals …
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The Second Annual Winter Film Festival: The Art of Tuning Skis
Paying Attention. They are the people behind the people who win the events and get the gold medals and the glory: ski techs, also known in the sport as ski tuners. Often, by people in the sport, they’re called “racer chasers”. These are the ultimate enablers. The ski tuner is to skiing what the caddy …
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The Second Annual Winter Film F estival: Herman Maier Runs the Downhill
Herman Maier is one of history’s great ski competitors. He has won 4 overall World Cup titles, a pair of Olympic Gold Medals (in 1998), 54 World Cup Races and three World Championships. Known as “The Herminator”(one of the all-time great sports nicknames and obviously derived from fellow Austrian Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character “The Terminator”), Maier is a …
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The Second Annual Winter Film Festival: Tempting Fear
Tempting Fear is a piece of dangerous art. The film, sponsored by Salomon (almost everyone who skis has skied on Salomon gear), follows extreme skier Andreas Fransson. Extreme skiing is dangerous. Backcountry skiing is dangerous. Skiing off-piste is dangerous. Skiing the trees is dangerous. Skiing is a dangerous sport (all the more reason to be …
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The Second Annual Winter Film Festival. Lindsey Vonn Wins Her 62nd World Cup Race
One of America’s great competitors–Lindsey Vonn–in a short clip that shows her winning her 62nd World Cup race. Vonn has suffered multiple serious knee injuries but she is ruthless in her determination to compete and refuses to walk away from a sport that she loves as long as she can recover to the ability to …
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