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Sports business moves fast, but we are faster. Sportfolio starts right now. I am rick horrow. Welcome to sportfolio. Bloombergs inside look at the business of sports. The 2014 Winter Olympics are 10 weeks away and as always, a handful of athletes will come away from the games with more than just medals. They will raise their profiles and become movers in the sports and entertainment marketplace. One american hopes to become a household name. A speed skater. He sat down with pimm fox to share his compelling story. I fell into the boards five months before the olympic trials. I wound up putting six inches of my right blade into my thigh. I bounced off the board. I was looking at this and wondered what was going on. I cut myself all the way to my femur bone. If you can imagine being in top shape and then all of a sudden i had to leave it up to my support system to bring me back. My family was there for me, friends, sponsors. 60 stitches. 60 stitches. It was a shark bite. What did you lear
Sports business moves fast, but we are faster. Sportfolio starts right now. I am rick horrow. Welcome to sportfolio. Bloombergs inside look at the business of sports. The 2014 Winter Olympics are 10 weeks away and as always, a handful of athletes will come away from the games with more than just medals. They will raise their profiles and become movers in the sports and entertainment marketplace. One american hopes to become a household name. A speed skater. He sat down with pimm fox to share his compelling story. I fell into the boards five months before the olympic trials. I wound up putting six inches of my right blade into my thigh. I bounced off the board. I was looking at this and wondered what was going on. I cut myself all the way to my femur bone. If you can imagine being in top shape and then all of a sudden i had to leave it up to my support system to bring me back. My family was there for me, friends, sponsors. 60 stitches. 60 stitches. It was a shark bite. What did you lear