(October 4, 2001)      I, Big Mike Dowd has been selected to be the 2002 winter olympic torchbearer. I am now one of 11,500 torchbearers in the United States to carry the flame in the olympic torch relay. It is a great honor to represent my community. The torch relay will be coming through New Jersey on December 23, 2001. Will not know where I (Big Mike) will run till sometime in December.