37 Days

Figure skater, Sasha Cohen basically swears she will compete at the National Championships next week, and make an attempt at qualifying for the Olympics. She hasn't competed since the 2006 Olympic season (she won the silver medal in Turino) and missed her two Grand Prix events this fall due to injury. At 25, she's considered an old timer in the world of ladies figure skating. She is definitely on the list of all time beautiful skaters, but she's never really been able to perform all of her jumps error-free. Only two U.S. women will make it to Vancouver this February, and no one really has any idea where Cohen stands in the mix of competitors, since most of them have only been competing on the Olympic level since she's been gone.

Even with an increase in television coverage, from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics to the 2006 Turino Winter Olympics, NBC saw a 37% decline of their prime-time viewers. Reality shows like American Idol and Dancing With the Stars stole many viewers away. The decline was also partially due to the time difference between the U.S. and Italy, as opposed to the Salt Lake City Games where much of it was aired live.

On the speed side of things, hockey is the fastest Olympic team sport, where players can skate up to 37 mph. On the individual sporting events side, speed skaters can attain maximum speeds of 60 km/h in some of the shorter distance races.