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    Mar 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  1. Smell of reputation judging lingers over skate worlds

    LONDON, Ontario. -- After covering figure skating for 33 years, you learn to accept the partly subjective nature of judging in the sport.
    LONDON, Ontario. -- After covering figure skating for 33 years, you learn to accept the partly subjective nature of judging in the sport. That does not make the “reputation judging” that falsified the men’s and pairs results at the...

    Tags: Russia, USA Today, Human Interest, Evan Lysacek, Music

  2. Mar 11, 2013 | Zap2It
  3. World Figure Skating Championships 2013 TV schedule

    Channel Guide Magazine
    ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 TV schedule begins Wednesday, March 13, on Universal Sports Network. The world's best figure skaters head to Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., for the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships March 11-17....
  4. Feb 6, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  5. 2014 Winter Games

    They installed the first outdoor Olympic rings Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, a 60-by-30-foot reminder that Thursday marks a year to go before the opening of the 2014 Winter Games.
    They installed the first outdoor Olympic rings Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, a 60-by-30-foot reminder that Thursday marks a year to go before the opening of the 2014 Winter Games. The temperature was 61. That incongruity brings up the first of a baker's...

    Tags: Alpine Skiing, International Olympic Committee, FIFA World Cup, Alpine Slalom Skiing, 2010 Winter Olympic Games

  6. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  7. U.S. figure skating in sad and uncertain state

    OMAHA, Neb. — Who's No. 2?
    OMAHA, Neb. — Who's No. 2? That is the big question in the singles competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which begin Thursday with the women's and pairs short programs. The bigger question is whether whoever winds up as the No. 2...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Jeremy Abbott, Caydee Denney, Human Interest, Evan Lysacek

  8. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. After twists and turns, Brenna Doherty's figure skating career gets a lift from a shift to pairs

    Brenna Doherty's dream of becoming a world-class figure skater has had its share of bumpy landings. They began when Doherty was a freshman at Oakland Mills High in Columbia. After making the finals at junior nationals at ages 13 and 14, Doherty thought she wanted to try being a typical teenager.
    Brenna Doherty's dream of becoming a world-class figure skater has had its share of bumpy landings. They began when Doherty was a freshman at Oakland Mills High in Columbia. After making the finals at junior nationals at ages 13 and 14, Doherty thought...

    Tags: University of Delaware, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, High Schools, Pairs Skating

  10. Nov 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  11. No surprise if Lysacek skips nationals

    It’s about 15 months before the Feb. 7, 2014 opening of the next Winter Olympics.
    It’s about 15 months before the Feb. 7, 2014 opening of the next Winter Olympics. So here are 15 thoughts on winter sports as the full gamut of sports on the program for the Sochi Games get into pre-Olympic-year action this weekend. 1.  There is...

    Tags: Alpine Skiing, Jeremy Abbott, Florida Atlantic Owls, Alpine Slalom Skiing, Yu-Na Kim

  12. Sep 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  13. Gracie Gold looking to step up again

    A year ago, Gracie Gold began the figure skating season in total anonymity.
    A year ago, Gracie Gold began the figure skating season in total anonymity. One disastrous result in the fall of 2010 had relegated her to the sport’s remainder bin. People stopped believing in her, and Gold stopped believing in herself until...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Track and Field, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Johnny Weir

  14. Oct 28, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  15. The bottom line: Lysacek, U.S. Skating both losing in dispute between them

    Just before he began preparing for a comeback into competitive figure skating, reigning Olympic men's champion Evan Lysacek switched agents from International Management Group to Creative Artists Agency.
    Just before he began preparing for a comeback into competitive figure skating, reigning Olympic men's champion Evan Lysacek switched agents from International Management Group to Creative Artists Agency. And CAA, long known as one of the most powerful...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Jeremy Abbott, Employment Opportunities, Media Industry, Michael Phelps

  16. Mar 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  17. Skater Wagner looking for third to make crowd

    Props to reigning U.S. figure skating champion Ashley Wagner for making one of her goals at this week’s world championships in Nice to earn back the third U.S. women’s berth that slipped away in her previous trip to senior worlds.
    Props to reigning U.S. figure skating champion Ashley Wagner for making one of her goals at this week’s world championships in Nice to earn back the third U.S. women’s berth that slipped away in her previous trip to senior worlds. "I was part...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Japan, Joannie Rochette, Awards and Prizes, Royal Caribbean International

  18. Mar 31, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  19. No bad: just good and ugly for U.S. women at world skate

    Half beyond awful.  That was Alissa Czisny in the World Figure Skating Championships that ended Saturday in Nice, France.
    Half beyond awful.  That was Alissa Czisny in the World Figure Skating Championships that ended Saturday in Nice, France. Half quite good.  That was Ashley Wagner in the free skate. That makes it too bad Wagner struggled at the start of Thursday's short...

    Tags: Justice System, Music, Entertainment, Japan, Concerts

  20. Apr 19, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  21. Solid senior skate debut for Gold

    Gracie Gold's debut in a senior figure skating competition was solid.
    Gracie Gold's debut in a senior figure skating competition was solid. Gold, 16, who trains in suburban Chicago, overcame a mistake on a triple lutz jump to finish fourth in the short program Thursday at the World Team Trophy competition in Tokyo. The...

    Tags: Jeremy Abbott, Human Interest, Japan, Pairs Skating, Ice Skating

  22. Mar 24, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  23. Wagner coming into her own on her own

    Doubt and inconsistency had been Ashley Wagner's faithful travel companions until this year.
    Doubt and inconsistency had been Ashley Wagner's faithful travel companions until this year. They followed Wagner when she left her home in northern Virginia to live and train for three seasons in Delaware with a new coach, Priscilla Hill. They came...

    Tags: Health, Physical Therapy, Pairs Skating, Health Treatments, Ice Skating

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