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SPORTS BUZZ : Here's a fun Olympic storyline for you: a Canadian-turned-Australian moguls skier who runs a spyware company on the side. He is reviled by basically everyone (except female fans who enjoy a bad boy in a Lamborghini), but he is worth $40 million and has two Olympic medals, so he probably doesn't care. The Best Links: Begg-Smith won the silver moguls medal (and the Australian papers are pretty mean about it). An extended article about accusations that Begg-Smith’s company distributes malware Dale on Wikipedia Dale’s NBC Olympics Page He looked pretty glum on the medal podium with his silver. Dale on Facebook The Canadians hate him (obviously). Begg-Smith’s 2006 Gold Medal win (sorry, NBC’s video player is wonky) But Mr. Begg-Smith’s sore subject would be the envy of most 25-year-olds: He’s an Internet prodigy. As a teenager in Vancouver, Mr. Begg-Smith launched high-tech businesses that earned enough money to spare him the usual hardships of striving Olympians. Mr. Begg-Smith is so rich he has never even needed corporate sponsors. The International Olympic Committee’s Web site said that Begg-Smith runs an Internet pop-up advertising company that he describes as the third largest of its kind. The IOC website also said he drives a Lamborghini in Vancouver, where he still lives part of the year. Dale Begg-Smith looks for acceptance Read