# Amazing Race Teams Announced!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-teams-announced/483084>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-teams-announced/483084 "2009-01-26T18:02:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-teams-announced/483084/1 "2009-01-26T18:02:40Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap\_en\_tv/tv\_amazing\_race\_1](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_en_tv/tv_amazing_race_1)

and videos here:

[http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing\_race/collections/ar\_14\_cast/index.php?week=1&r=n&playvid=1#1](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/collections/ar_14_cast/index.php?week=1&r=n&playvid=1#1)

Highlights include:  
Deaf son + mother  
actor-writer son + speech writer dad  
the 2-girl teams!

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-teams-announced/483084/2 "2009-01-26T19:13:19Z")

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Holy crap, Mike White is on the race? I hope he lasts for a while.