NBC showed a moving tribute to snowboarder Kevin Pearce yesterday night, with news anchor Tom Brokaw interviewing the Pearce family.  Pearce was considered one of the best snowboarders bound for the Winter Olympics, and the only one who may have beaten Shaun White for the gold medal. Five months ago, Pearce was interviewed as being…

When actor Peter Rini heard the sound of cars colliding and a woman’s scream, he also saw a van hit a telephone pole and the driver dash out of it on foot. With quick thinking, Rini ran after the driver, a suspected thief, and tackled him to the ground.  Rini held the man down and helped…

Did you catch figure skater Evan Lysacek’s amazing performance last night? The 24-year-old American figure skater won his first Olympic medal over defending title champion 27-year-old Russan figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko. Lysacek was also the first winner to achive a gold medal without a quadruple jump–a jump with four spins or rotations in the air–in his long program since Alexei…

The U.S. Olympic team continued their lucky streak on Wednesday when two more Olympians won gold medals along with Lindsey Vonn: 27-year-old Shani Davis in the 1000 meter speed skating event and 23-year-old Shaun White in the halfpipe snowboarding event.  Shani Davis was the first black athlete to win a gold medal for an individual sport at…

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