scoring-system Stories - Required Elements
Carroll: Judges are Political
Here's a Chicago Tribune article (by Philip Hersh) that discusses Evan Lysacek's prep following his second place showing at Cup of China. Apparently, Lysacek received an edge downgrade for his triple flip but he and coach Franch Carroll could not understand why. Additionally, Carroll has some...
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 results for Olympic team selections. And if that is truly the case, then Akiko Suzuki's Cup of China...
Changes! Starring Johnny Weir
Well, little Johnny Weir is growing up and branching out. This is old news but I felt like I should post in case you haven't seen, because it is potentially a big deal. Icenetwork reported that Johnny Weir will be having Canadian David Wilson choreograph his programs this season. The same David...
Blog Patrol and thoughts on Kwan/Cohen
Is this really E.M. Swift's blog? He writes a pretty nasty post about Michelle Kwan having ulterior motives for talking about coming back to skating (publicity on advice from her agent!). I don't believe that Kwan would be intentionally leading everyone on, but something does seem amiss . She...
Scoring Article
Here is your requisite article that always comes out around the time of the worlds or I suppose, the Olympics, talking about how the new scoring system is killing skating. The article is from the LA TImes. If Kim Yu-Na gets 72.24 points for her short program at this week's World Figure Skating...
"This is my Louis Vuitton, and this is my fur. Deal with it."
One of my old journalism school classmates, Andrew Harmon, has a great article in the Los Angeles Times today about the evolution of U.S. male figure skating fashion. Here's an excerpt: Skaters used to be threatened with point deductions for outlandish costumes. Not so under the sport's current...
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 scoring system, but that's not all: Lysacek, twice a world bronze medalist and twice a U.S. champion --...
UPDATED: Philip Hersh's Take On Skate America
Here is Philip Hersh's take on Skate America in LA Times' Fabulous Forum. I am going to be picky. First of all, he refers to it as "Skate Asia," which, I dunno. No one ever seemed to make pointed comments like that when it was all white people on the podium. Or all North Americans or something....
Scoring System Woes
The Seattle Times' Ron Judd articulates my complaints about tonight's competition when he writes about how the crowd doesn't understand the new scoring system. The Skate America crowd at Comcast Arena in Everett, Washington believe that Evan Lysacek should have won the competition. Alas, this...
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