The Vox Box

Fri., March 27, 2009

Oh Deer, Matt Lauer!

On Monday, Matt Lauer was absent from the Today Show for the first time in... well... very, very long.

And why? Well... he hit a deer. On his bike. Wear your helmets, kids! Like Matt Lauer! Sources say he "Was cycling on Long Island and was going pretty fast downhill. A deer kind of came out of nowhere and in an effort to avoid hitting the deer, Matt slammed on the brakes and went flying. He separated his shoulder."

Lauer was back on Thursday, in a sling. Co-host Meredith Vieira made light of the injury saying that Lauer thought the deer had been hired by the competition. She then joked that she was actually the one who hired the deer, telling it to “just graze him”.

This gives whole new meaning to the "Where in the World is Matt Lauer" series.

Posted March 27, 2009, 5 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.