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US Olympic Speedskating to be Sponsored by Stephen Colbert

On Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team. The team's largest annual cash sponsor, DSB Bank NV, left the team in the lurch after it declared bankruptcy in October. The... ...full story at digg

from digg on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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