From the US Ski team:

Two-time World Cup overall champion Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) was named Thursday to the U.S. Ski Team and will compete this coming season on the Audi FIS World Cup. Miller has skied independently the last two years, winning his second overall World Cup title in 2007-08. The U.S. Ski Team and Miller made the announcement in a joint press conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

According to U.S. Ski Team Head Men’s Alpine Coach Sasha Rearick, Miller has committed to the U.S. Ski Team program. “Bode is committed to the Team

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Bode Miller has called a press conference for this morning for 11 to announce his intentions for the 2010 Olympics and 2009-10 World Cup season.

While he said previously he was done with Olympics, I think it’s pretty obvious what he’s going to say this morning (After all, U.S. alpine coach Sasha Rearick is joining him at the press conference.)

Miller is still one of the best skiers in the world and the winningest skier in U.S. history. Even if he doesn’t medal in Whistler his presence should take some pressure off the rest of the U.S. team.

I talked to Louie Vito recently when I was in Chicago about his upcoming participation in “Dancing with the Stars.”

The story ran today. Read it here.

Vito hits the dance floor tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC.

The U.S. Snowboarding team announced its roster today. Notice Marni Yamada who rides out of the Summit at Snoqualmie made the B Team for SBX. Vic Wild of White Salmon made the alpine B team.

Halfpipe Men

Pro Team

Greg Bretz (12/19/90; Mammoth Lakes, CA)

Steve Fisher (10/21/82; Breckenridge, CO)

Scott Lago (11/12/87; Seabrook, NH)

Luke Mitrani (7/24/90; Mammoth Lakes, CA)

Elijah Teter (3/7/84; South Lake Tahoe, CA)

Louie Vito (3/20/88; Columbus, OH)

Halfpipe Women

Pro Team

Clair Bidez (8/7/87; Minturn, CO)

Gretchen Bleiler (4/10/81; Aspen,

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From the U.S. Snowboard Team:

CHAPELCO, Argentina (Sept. 12) – Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) and X Games silver medalist Graham Watanabe (Sun Valley, ID) put themselves in line to make the U.S. SBX Olympic team as they finished second and third, respectively, in the first World Cup of the snowboardcross season. The event was also the first in a series of five Olympic team qualification events for the SBX crew.

Wescott was less than a board length from the win, but ended up behind France’s Pierre Vaultier.

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