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TELEVISION
"The entire American pop-culture video collection, circa 2001.
He has done them all."
("Gardner is Guy You Can Like," Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/24/2001)

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AWARD SHOWS
  ESPN Arete Awards (2001)
  ESPY Awards (2001)
TALK SHOWS
  Conan O'Brien (Friday, October 6, 2000, Show # 1323)
  David Letterman (Friday, October 6, 2000, Show # 1488: "Rulon Gardner Presents the Top Ten"; Friday, August 27, 2004, Show # 2225 "10 Olympians Present the Top Ten")
  Good Morning America (Friday, October 6, 2000)
  Jay Leno (Wednesday, July 28, 2004, Show # 2753)
  The Oprah Winfrey Show (December 28, 2000, "Newsmakers of 2000")
  Rosie O'Donnell (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)
  The Today Show
  CBS Morning Show
COMMERCIALS
  Dr. Scholl's
  Got Milk? "Dairy King: Want to Win? Milk has 9 essential nutrients active bodies need. Growing up on a dairy farm didn't hurt either." (2000)
  Sony Walkman
  Touchdown Herbicide (Syngenta) "Touchdown with Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner"
  Wyoming Tourism Board
OTHER MEDIA COVERAGE
  CNN (Monday, October 9, 2000)
  Nash Bridges "Recover Me" (episode #6.12), February 2, 2001
    "Did you see him on Nash Bridges? He hauled a 150-pound desk up a flight of stairs. He arm-wrestled a bad guy who called him "doughboy" and, of course, threatened 'to tear him limb from limb.' Rulon won." ("Gardner is Guy You Can Like," Cincinnati Enquirer, 6/24/2001)
  Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? (won $125,000, with half going to The Generations Foundation, Inc. charity)
  NBC Olympics (2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens)
  "The Returned Missionary" (film), role of "Good Samaritan," 2003
MAGAZINE
TIME
  "The Best Pictures of the Year: Shoeless Woe," p. 5 and 61 (spread) (December 20, 2004);
  "Rulon Gardner: A jumbo farm boy from Wyoming shocks the world, and himself, by wrangling a Russian tank" by Joel Stein (October 9, 2000)
Time
Newsweek "Ready for Prime Time" (August 2004)
GQ (October 2002, p. 210)
Vanity Fair (December 2000)
People "25 Most Intriguing" (December 25, 2000-January 1, 2001)
Sports Illustrated
  "American Gardner Stuns Karelin In Huge Upset" (September 27, 2000)
  "Bumper Crop: By beating the unbeatable Karelin, US farm boy Rulon Gardner reaped a stunning golden harvest" (October 9, 2000)
    "Feet First: After a snowmobile mishap left him ravaged by frostbite and cost him a toe, Olympic heavyweight Rulon Gardner is taking his comeback one step at a time" (June 3, 2002)
Parade
The Sporting News
  "Miracle on the Mat: Wrestler Rulon Gardner wins the gold medal in the Olympics" (October 9, 2000)
  #80 on "100 Most Powerful" List
Amateur Wrestling
Guideposts
NEWSPAPER
NY Times
USA Today
Post Register
Los Angeles Times
Salt Lake Tribune
Casper Star Tribune
Colorado Springs Gazette
Denver Post
Deseret News (including photo gallery and archives)

 

 

 


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