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Skate Canada: I laughed and I cried
I laughed and I laughed and I laughed Because the judging...kind of a joke, right? Home field advantage has not been this pronounced in recent memory. It was most evident in the program components sc...
Jennifer Kirk and Favoritism in Skating
Here is a good blog post from Jennifer Kirk asssessing the men's short program at NHK Trophy. I pretty much agree with everything she is saying about Abbott and Joubert. I am always shocked at how h...
NHK Trophy Results
Here are the results from Day 1 of the NHK Trophy. I only got to watch the men so far. It was a successful short program day for Americans Johnny Weir (who was great) and Jeremy Abbott (superb, real...
What I Learned From Cup of China
(Aside from the fact that Icenetwork hates me, that is). Even When She Doesn't Skate, Mao Asada has a Bad Week The Japanese Skating Federation is supposedly putting a great emphasis on Grand Prix resu...
Rostelecom Cup Final Thoughts
In honor of my beloved New York Yankees making the World Series which starts tonight (sorry if that has alienated 90 percent of my readers!), I decided to do a baseball themed Rostelecom Cup Analysis....
Rostelecom Cup Results: Pairs Short Program
The pairs short program has been completed at Rostelecom Cup and China's Pang and Tong are out in front, followed by Russia's Kavagutia and Smirnov, who had a fall, and USA's McLaughlin and Brubaker. ...
Triple Axel for Flatt?
This USA Today article has Rachael Flatt's coach, Tom Zakrajsek, talking about upping the skater's technical abilities: "Certainly we'll try to get a triple axel," he said, knowing that Asada and mos...
More Quad Talk
It seems every figure skating competition these days is followed by talk of the quad, probably because most of the skaters winning the men's competitions are not doing them. The Globe and Mail says t...
Patrick Chan Wins Four Continents
Unfortunately, I could not see it because Icenetwork doesn't love me and locked me out and doesn't work weekend hours. But anyway, Chan was dominant at Four Continents, and from the articles and scor...
Hersh on Czisny and Weir
Chicago Tribune's Philip Hersh is contending that Alissa Czisny was propped up by the program components score at the U.S. Nationals. I'm not necessarily going to argue, although I liked the outcome....
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