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Jeffrey Buttle Lays it Out
2008 World Champ Jeffrey Buttle of Canada explains his decision to retire last year in the Los Angeles Times. Here is an excerpt: I started competing at an early age, about 6 years old, and that beca...
More Confidence for Evan Lysacek?
An article in the LA Times says that former U.S. Champ Evan Lysacek recently visited with choreographer Lori Nichols in Canada to tweak his programs. He wanted to get some more points out of the scor...
Czisny Might Upgrade Long Program Difficulty
Way down in this sort of unnecessary Fabulous Forum post about how Czisny is trying to be more confident this season (sorry, I'm burned out on these types of articles...I'm more in the "put up or shut...
Alissa Czisny Tops Ladies Field after Short Program
Well, the ladies have skated their shorts and here are some thoughts on the top girls. Full results are below. Alissa Czisny (!) gets an exclamation mark because I love to watch her skate and am so ha...
Nerves Get to Kim In Short?
I haven't been able to watch the Grand Prix ladies short program yet, as I had to go to work, but International Herald Tribune is reporting that nerves and pressure of being at home did get to Kim in ...
NHK Trophy Recap: Day One
The final Grand Prix event (other than the final!), the NHK Trophy, is underway in Tokyo, Japan. Day One of competition has been completed and here is a brief recap of the top performers. Ladies: Jap...
Canadian Joannie Rochette Wins Ladies Skate Canada Title
Canada's Joannie Rochette capped off the weekend with a great free skate and a Skate Canada win. Her free skate score was 124.25, more than 15 points better than the closest challenger, and she won t...
Practice Session News
The LA TImes'' Fabulous Forum reports that former World Champion Kimmie Meissner had a rough practice session yesterday at Skate America. Meissner, of Bel Air. Md., fell four times in her warm-up and ...
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