Loren Baker reports that AOL “has released a list of its top searched olympians for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.” Scanning the list of the top 20 bummed me out when I realized that Ted Ligety wasn’t on the list. Bode Miller was 3rd. Hey, Ted won a gold medal! Bode straddled a gate and was disqualified! Why isn’t anybody looking up Teddy? You might wonder why I’m so exercised about this. Well, it’s because I’ve known the Ligety family for almost 15 years and our kids — when they were still kids instead of ski racers (Ted), computer guys (Mo), and students (David and Charly) — spent loads of hours playing, skiing, and mountain biking together.

The Utah newspapers, particularly the Park Record and the Salt Lake Tribune had good coverage, with the local angle.

OK, all you AOL users: Go search for Ted Ligety and get his numbers up!