Sirius has partnered with the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) to cover the international alpine skiing events during the 2007-08 FIS World Cup ski season.

The 2007-08 FIS World Cup season starts tomorrow, October 27th and Sunday, October 28 with the Men's and Women's Giant Slalom competition at Soelden, Austria.

Race coverage of Saturday's Women's Giant Slalom will air on Sirius channel 110 (CourtTV) starting at noon ET, while Sunday's Men's Giant Slalom will air on Sirius channel 151 (Chicago/St. Louis), also starting at noon ET.

The FIS World Cup features world-class American skiers ranging from Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso; to Ted Ligety and Lindsey Kildow. International men's and women's ski racing champions include Benjamin Raich (Austria), Didier Cuche (Switzerland), Aksel Svindal (Norway), and many more.

Sirius will provide coverage from top FIS World Cup stops in Kitzbuehel, Austria; Aspen, Colorado; Val d'Isere, France; Vancouver, Canada and St. Moritz, and Switzerland. Sirius will also cover the Men's and Women's Alpine World Cup Finals from Bormio, Italy in March.

The first annual "Stewie Awards," honoring the best, boldest and funniest moments of the 2007 NASCAR season will be awarded during a special live broadcast of Tony Stewart Live on Sirius NASCAR Radio (ch 128).

Tony Stewart, who the "Stewies" obviously borrows its namesake from, will present the awards during his weekly talk show at Sirius' New York City studios on Thursday, November 29th (6pm - 8pm ET) during 2007 NASCAR Champions Week.

Stewart and co-host Matt Yocum will announce the nominees in the 12 award categories on a future edition of Tony Stewart Live. Following the announcement of the nominees, fans can decide the winners by casting their votes online.

The 12 "Stewie Award" categories include:

• Golden Stewie Award - Chosen by Stewart and Yocum and honoring a legendary driver from the Golden Era of racing (1960-85)
• Best Duet - Honoring outstanding teamwork by a driver and crew chief
• Best Original Drama - Honoring the year's most exciting race moment
• New Kid on the Track Award - Honoring the year's most outstanding performance by a rookie
• Best Stunt Sequence (Hal Needham Award) - Acknowledging the year's most spectacular crash
• Best Original Comedy - Honoring the year's most entertaining on track "incident" or occurrence
• Best Vocal Performance - Honoring the year's most memorable quote or sound bite
• Best Engineering and Special Effects (aka the "Smokey Yunick Award") - Acknowledging the year's most creative - and ultimately illegal - modifications to a race car
• Bonehead Move of the Year Award
• 'I Got Dumped' Award - Acknowledging the year's most memorable on-track bumping
• Best Driver2Crew Chatter Exchange - Acknowledging the year's most memorable driver-to-pit crew communication
• Stewie Special Achievement Award

Tony Stewart signed with Sirius back in May 2006.