The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick will marry Molly in March on ABC
By Lori Acken
Move over, Trista and Ryan. It looks like number 13 is lucky after all.
A year after he scandalized Bachelor and Bachelorette fans by dumping his Final Rose, Melissa Rycroft, for first runner-up Molly Melaney on live TV, Bachelor No. 13 Jason Mesnick will wed Melaney in a two-hour television special on ABC March 8.
The series’ first Bachelorette, Trista Rehn (coincidentally the first runner-up for the affections of Bachelor No.1 Alex Michel) married her last man standing, Ryan Sutter, on Dec. 6, 2003, in a lavish ceremony broadcast a few days later on ABC to the delight of 17 million viewers. The pair now have a 9-month-old daughter and two-year-old son.
The Mesnick-Melaney wedding special will reportedly feature former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants (no word if the recently married Rycroft will be among them) as wedding guests and also trail the future Mrs. Mesnick as she tries on dresses and plans her big day.
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At an age when some kids are mastering their first 10-speed, American ski jumper Lindsey Van was traveling internationally and winning junior ski jump competitions. Interviewed after a winning jump, a then 11-year-old Van said her goal was to make the women’s Olympic team in 2002. Now it is 2010, and though more than nine nations have women jumpers registered with the International Ski Federation (FIS), and women jumpers’ enrollment in the organization is nearly equal to that of men, there still isn’t a women’s ski jumping event at the Olympics.
The first Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar gets started this weekend from Australia’s Melbourne Park, where Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams defend their singles titles. ESPN2 and Tennis Channel cover the event Jan. 17-31, for the first time in high definition. The full TV schedule (continued after the jump):