Distinguished Lecture Panelist and a three-time Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero posted another YouTube video blog this morning. Ruggiero asks the question, “How do YOU use social media?” To respond, check out her channel on YouTube and post your comments or video response! (read more)

Universal Sports- If the U.S. women's hockey team manages a return to the podium's top step at the 2010 Winter Olympics, it can trace the roots of that journey to its crushing loss in the Olympic semifinals four years earlier. That's when it became clear that not only were the Americans failing to keep pace with rival Canada, the 2002 and 2006 gold medalists, but they also were losing ground. The U.S. National team consists of some of the best players in the world- Olympians Angela Ruggiero, Julie Chu, Caitlin Cahow, Molly Engstrom, Jenny Potter Natalie Darwitz are finding a new home in Blaine, Minnesota at the new training and residency center.  Read the full article at Universal Sports (read more)

If you've watched an ice hockey game, you know how much stamina it takes. In seconds, players fly from one end of the ice to the other. It's a series of sprints and battles with the opposing team, all in search of one little puck.

In other words, not a game you want to play with no fuel in your tank. Angela Ruggiero knows that. Her three Olympic appearances have resulted in three medals: a bronze, a silver, and a gold. She'd like more gold in 2010. So in addition to training hard, she's paying close attention to what she eats, when she eats, and how much she eats.

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The Concierge Questionnaire is thrilled to present more Questionnaires from US Olympians!

The Concierge Questionnaire’s new “Headed to Vancouver” section highlights Olympians to get insight from some of the best athletes in the world!  Featured athletes include Angela Ruggiero, and Michelle Roark, with more to come!

Michelle Roark, Olympic Freestyle Moguls Skier and 2009 US Nationals Moguls Champion, happily calls Denver, Colorado her hometown. Roark’s skiing career has been plagued by injuries, challenging this athlete to fight her way back to the podium several times. While recovering, Michelle’s adventurous, entrepreneurial spirit took over. Michelle Roark earned a degree in chemical engineering, and then used her skills to develop a natural perfume line, Phi-nomenal. Read Michelle Roark's Denver, Colorado Questionnaire.

Angela Ruggiero, a three time Ice Hockey Olympic medalist and cast member on NBC's hit show, “The Celebrity Apprentice”, graduated cum laude from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Like a true champion, "Angela impressed Donald Trump, and although she did not become the official "Apprentice," he did offer her a job." Angela, however, decided to decline Mr. Trump’s generous offer, setting set her sights on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Read Angela Ruggiero's Boston, Massachusetts Questionnaire! (read more)

Presented by GoGameFace, listen to the newest GameOn interview with Erica & Melissa podcast series with this week's special feature: an interview with Olympic ice hockey phenom Angela Ruggiero ! (read more)