Bode Miller just took time out of his busy schedule to rip the Whistler Olympic ski courses.

Here’s what the silver medalist had to say:

"I don’t really have a whole lot to say about the courses," Miller said. "I mean, they’re really flat, moderate, very moderate courses. That’s not to say they can’t be challenging.

"I mean, with the right snow conditions they can be very tough, but with the terrain available here it seems crazy to run the Olympics on these particular hills."

If you go to Whistler you owe it to yourself to ski the Dave Murray Downhill. This will be the men’s course during the 2010 Olympics. How often do you get to ski an Olympic run?

Let me offer one other piece of advice. If it’s roped off and ungroomed, don’t ski it like you’re racing for gold. I made that mistake two years ago when I ducked the rope to ski the run for a story I was writing on Olympic runs.

The result: bloody nose, loose tooth, mild concussion, bruised pride. A passing snowboarder took these

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If you see no other rock opera about figure skating scandals this year, go to Portland for the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding story.

Check out video here.

Harding actually left the trailer park long enough to show up to the premiere and said "Wow, did my life really look that bad?" The show reportedly makes Harding the hero.

Three pics from the finish area at today’s women’s downhill.

Vonn (white cap)meets the press after winning the World Cup downhill.

Crystal Mountain’s Libby Ludlow, who is battling back and knee problems, after finishing 44th today.

If this woman hands you a cup, look out.

I got to ski the women’s downhill course this morning before the race. It was during pre-race inspection and skiing is a bit of an overstatement. Really those of us who were on the course – coaches, officials, athletes and media – were slipping the course checking out the features.

Some athletes were getting last minutes coaching and others where trying to visualize the runs.

The course was icy – just the way the skiers like it. I bit it just a few seconds after entering the course thanks to a pair of skis in major need of

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Lindsey Vonn finished second by a hundredth of a second to Nadia Styger of Switzerland a few minutes ago in the Whistler World Cup. The finish locked up the season World Cup downhill title for Vonn. Vonn also took sole possession of first place in the Overall standings.

“It will come down to the last week,” Vonn said of the overall title.

A slip near the end of the run cost Vonn the win.

Julia Mancuso was third.

Libby Ludlow finished 44th.

A few pictures from the Whistler World Cup.

Check out pictures of the skiing on the rest of the hill on our Adventure Blog.

The timing flats that will be the finishing area for all of this week’s race and all the Olympic races in 2010.

One of the first finishers Thursday.

Even UK fans love Bode Miller.

This is as close

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I think I parked next to the janitor at the Whistler World Cup today.