Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Finish line: Colbert to the rescue of U.S. speedskaters
It’s no joke. Stephen Colbert has stepped in to help bail out the U.S. Olympic speedskating team, left in a lurch when the team’s biggest annual cash sponsor, DSB Bank NV, declared bankruptcy in October.
The Dutch bank DSB was to pay $300,000 for the sponsorship but failed to make any payments.
So the team will turn closer to home for help, to Colbert, host of Comedy Cental’s “The Colbert Report.”
“On their enormous billboard thighs, it will say, ‘Colbert Nation,’” Colbert told the Associated Press. “Be looking for that logo as it comes around the final turn. It will be easy to see because it will be in first place.”
The comedian sees only one potential drawback with the decision to delve into speedskating.
“It still tragically involves a lot of Canadians,” he said. “It’s kind of unseemly how many Canadians I’m going to have to be dealing with.”
Watch Colbert talk about his sponsorship of the team by going online to http://www.hulu.com/watch/106177/the-colbert-report-sport-report---nyc-marathon-and-olympic-speedskating
Parting shot
“I don’t know if they call that coaching.”
— Larry Brown
The Charlotte Bobcats coach after being asked if he’d ever coached an NBA team that scored in the 50s. His team had just lost 92-59 to the Boston Celtics.
The Dutch bank DSB was to pay $300,000 for the sponsorship but failed to make any payments.
So the team will turn closer to home for help, to Colbert, host of Comedy Cental’s “The Colbert Report.”
“On their enormous billboard thighs, it will say, ‘Colbert Nation,’” Colbert told the Associated Press. “Be looking for that logo as it comes around the final turn. It will be easy to see because it will be in first place.”
The comedian sees only one potential drawback with the decision to delve into speedskating.
“It still tragically involves a lot of Canadians,” he said. “It’s kind of unseemly how many Canadians I’m going to have to be dealing with.”
Watch Colbert talk about his sponsorship of the team by going online to http://www.hulu.com/watch/106177/the-colbert-report-sport-report---nyc-marathon-and-olympic-speedskating
Parting shot
“I don’t know if they call that coaching.”
— Larry Brown
The Charlotte Bobcats coach after being asked if he’d ever coached an NBA team that scored in the 50s. His team had just lost 92-59 to the Boston Celtics.
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