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This just in, Stephen Colbert sponsors U.S. speedskating

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. 2, 2009 in New York. Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team at the Vancouver Olympics. (AP Photo/Comedy Central, Kris Long) NO SALES

The bad news: The U.S. speedskating team is no longer sponsored by a bank. The bank went bankrupt. The good news: The team is now sponsored by a comedian. As a result, the Winter Olympics sport is enjoying a surge in exposure it never dreamed of. Full Article at Miami Herald

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  1. LAKE PLACID, NY - NOVEMBER 22: Comedy Central Host Stephen Colbert talks with Justin Olsen, Steven Holcomb and Curtis Tomasevicz after taking a ride in their bobsled while filming a segment at the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup on November 22, 2009 at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, Ne...
  2. Katherine Reutter of the USA, sporting a patch of The Colbert Nation gets ready for the start of the Women's 1500m finals at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event round on November 7, 2009 in Montreal, Canada. Reutter wen on to win the event.
  3. This photo provided by Comedy Central shows Olympic gold medalist Dan Jansen, left, and host Stephen Colbert on the set of "the Colbert Report" Monday night Nov. 2, 2009 in New York. Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team at the Vancouver Olympics.
  4. LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Actor Stephen Colbert (R) and wife Evelyn McGee Colbert arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre on September 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  5. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Stephan Colbert, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) participate in the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
  6. BAGHDAD, IRAQ, JUNE 7: In this handout image provided by the United Service Organizations (USO), actor/comedian Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report' during his performance for U.S. military personnel at Al Faw Palace June 7, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq.
  7. VANCOUVER, CANADA - NOVEMBER 23: Canadian Olympic figure skater Jeffrey Buttle skates at the GE Ice Plaza during the official opening November 23, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.
  8. Olympic sprint canoe paddler Andrew Russell, right, and teammate Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny, paddle with the Olympic flame on the historic Shubenacadie Canal in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay.
  9. VANCOUVER, BC - NOVEMBER 13: The medals of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are circular in shape and based on a large master artwork of an orca whale by Corrine Hunt, a Canadian designer/artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage.

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