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Merrick skater eighth in U.S. Skating Championships
WatchdogMerrick's own Joelle Forte, profiled here, came to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships this week with an interesting story. For one thing, she's 22, which in women's figure skating years makes her around, oh, 66. And the Fordham student last......Tags: NBC (tv network), Pairs Skating, United States, New York University, Sports
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Super Bowl almost beats Tonya vs. Nancy with women
WatchdogOne more thing about Super Bowl XLIII ratings: The estimated average of 38.3 million women who watched was the third-highest such figure since Nielsen started following that demographic in 1991. No. 1 on the list: figure skating at the Winter......Tags: Winter Olympics, Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, Sports
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Tonya Harding: Obama did her a favor
The Swampby Mark Silva Fifteen years after Tonya Harding became a household name in the breaking of figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan's knee, the retired, disgraced and disgruntled skater has returned to television to ask just how long someone must pay......Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Sports, Barack Obama
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Kristi Yamaguchi dances with media-stars
The Swampby Mark Silva That growing guest-list of celebrities getting ready to walk the carpet at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday has an international flavor to it: The British Broadcasting Corporation says its Washington...Tags: CBS Corp., Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Todd Palin, Sports
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Surprise exit and a cliffhanger in 'The Biggest Loser'
Reality CheckHere's John-John on last night's Biggest Loser:If you have somehow forgotten that the Winter Olympics starts this week and is being aired on NBC, this week’s The Biggest Loser literally beat you over the head with reminders, and promos, and......Tags: Climbing, Winter Olympics, Recording Industry Association of America, Sports, Entertainment
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Figure Skater Goes Bond in Aston Martin DBS
KickingTiresAfter winning gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, figure skater Evan Lysacek plans to reward himself by buying an Aston Martin DBS, which starts at $269,000. Lysacek, who took the gold medal by unseating former Russian champ Evgeni......Tags: Ralph Lauren, Awards and Prizes, Multi-Sport Events, Evan Lysacek, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Aaron's career gets jump start
Max Aaron was the smallest guy on the Phoenix Firebirds, a select Bantam AAA travel hockey team in Arizona — so small, in fact, that teammates designed a goofy play for him. The idea was to have Aaron, about 5 feet and 100 pounds at the time,...
Tags: Jeremy Abbott, Pairs Skating, TiVo Inc., Ice Hockey, University of Michigan
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High or low: Two views of U.S. medal hopes for 2014 Winter Games
The United States racked up a record 37 medals, including nine gold, at the 2010 Winter Olympics. With the pre-Olympic World Cup and world championship winter sports season over for U.S. athletes, it’s a good time to look at the U.S. chances for...
Tags: Alpine Slalom Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Katie Uhlaender, Stacey Cook, Luge
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After many winters of discontent, the best of times for Kostner
LONDON, ONT. -- A decade ago, Carolina Kostner was the ingénue of the World Figure Skating Championships, a 16-year-old Italian who bounded around the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. like a frolicsome fawn as Michelle Kwan won her last of five world...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Rentals, Italy, Erythropoietin, Human Interest
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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. That does not make the “reputation judging” that falsified the men’s and pairs results at the...
Tags: Johnny Weir, Singles Skating, Pairs Skating, Music, USA Today
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Fernandez bona fide force
When Javier Fernandez finished his free skate at the European Championships last month, having landed three clean quadruple jumps, a Spanish TV commentator spent the next minute uttering a stream of "bravos." "I am speechless," the commentator said amid...
Tags: Japan, Spain, Human Interest, Yu-Na Kim
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Silver anniversary of a golden moment
It was Feb. 20, 1988, a Saturday night in Calgary, where the first week of the Winter Olympics was ending. And the figure skating event called “The Battle of the Brians,” had reached its final round. The champion would be whichever Brian...
Tags: Music, Television Industry, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, Yu-Na Kim
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