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Credit Where It's Probably Not Due
Here is one of the odder articles I've read lately. Mark Starr, a reporter at the Everett, Washington Herald is essentially taking credit for Nancy Kerrigan making the 1994 Olympic team. Not joking on this one. Here is the excerpt: And that is when — for the first and only time in my life — I...
Sasha Cohen Back With John Nicks
This OC Register article from yesterday points out that Sasha Cohen is back with longtime coach John Nicks as her main coach. An excerpt: She had to pull out of a recent competition because of tendonitis. The ailment, Cohen said, is the reason why in recent days she has shifted her training base...
Article on Dorothy Hamill's Skating Camp
Here is a Baltimore Sun article on the lovely Dorothy Hamill and her skating camp for adults. It sounds like fun! Wish I had $4,800 lying around.... The article also mentions Hamill's upcoming wedding to John MacColl, and her mentorship of Rachael Flatt, as well as an upcoming project: Before she...
Nobody's Perfect?
Here is an article from a few days ago from the Associated Press. It kind of tries to use the Nicole Bobek meth-ring situation to reiterate the point that figure skaters (or "ice princesses") can "find trouble just as easily as any other athlete. " But it's weird for us as an audience because -...
Kerrigan Award and Update
Boston.com has an article about Nancy Kerrigan. She'll be receiving an award at "Tradition," a sports fundrasier. The article is about how good Kerrigan was under pressure in 1994. Nothing too new here but if you are a fan, it's worth taking a look at. An excerpt: How did Kerrigan manage to...
Tonya Harding on Oprah
I didn't see it but here is a write-up and video clip from Jezebel of Tonya Harding's appearance on Oprah yesterday. She talks about how her husband's hired hitmen were trying to make money as security people by whacking Nancy Kerrigan's knee, thus scaring all the little skaters who would then...
Nancy Kerrigan to Join Reality Show?
Some news outlets are reporting that Olympic Silver and Bronze Medalist Nancy Kerrigan may be joining the cast of a reality show. From the various news reports, the show appears to be NBC's "I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here." ABC already ran a version of the show years ago. Huffington Post...
Harding Back in the Boxing Ring
Right around the 15th anniversary of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding will be heading back to the boxing ring for a fight at the Martial Martial Arts Extreme Cage Match War. The fight will take place at the scene of the crime - Detroit. From the Detroit Free Press: Since the notorious...
Nancy Kerrigan is Honored
Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan will be honored by Ice Theatre of New York this October, according to International Figure Skating magazine. Paul Wylie will MC the event. The benefit gala is at Chelsea Piers, write to itny@icetheatre.org for more information about attending, etc. There...
Olympic Petition Fairness
2004 Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Paul Hamm has broken a bone in his right hand, and will have to miss the Olympic trials next month and hopefully petition his way onto the Olympic team. This situation is calling up comparisons to both Michelle Kwan's and Nancy Kerrigan's successful petitions...
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