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*NSYNC's Bass & Backstreet's Richardson Carry Olympic Torch In LA
Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson and *NSYNC’s Lance Bass were among approximately 100 celebrities and everyday heroes that carried the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic torch as it made its way through downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday (January 15). Bass used the torch to ignite a cauldron on the back of a pickup truck. The truck carried the flame from Orange County city Costa Mesa, approximately 50 miles south of Los Angeles, to L.A.’s Olvera Street, where runners resumed the relay. Richardson carried the flame later that day on Figueroa Street to raise awareness about his environmental foundation, Just Within Reach (justwithinreach.org).… Read more »
