Mother of marathoner, Wayne Gretzky on short list to light Olympic fire
(NEWSER) - Speculation is running wild in Canada about who will light the Olympic cauldron at tonight's opening ceremony. Wayne Gretzky is a popular, if obvious, guess, but many hope the honor will fall to Betty Fox. Fox is the mother of Terry Fox, the late marathon runner who ran across Canada on a prosthetic leg while stricken with osteosarcoma to raise money for cancer research. More»