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The Love Affair Between Olympians And The Wheaties Box

After the 1996 Olympics were over, after her big press tour had ended, Amy Van Dyken went grocery shopping. In the cereal aisle, the six-time gold medalist swimmer saw herself smiling back at her from the rows of Wheaties boxes on the shelves.  “I remember just standing there, looking at it, and being like, ‘That’s […]

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