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Andrei Lutai Arrested in Lake Placid
Russian skater Andre Lutai, who just finished a 10th place finish in Skate America, was arrested in Lake Placid for stealing a car and driving drunk. Lutai is still in jail. According to the AP: Pol...
Skate America Broadcast Schedule
Here's where you can watch Skate America on television (first runs only below; Universal Sports will likely be repeating everything): Friday, November 13: Universal Sports, 7:30 pm: Pairs short progr...
Sasha Cohen Withdraws From Skate America
Sasha Cohen has withdrawn from her scheduled Grand Prix event this weekend, Skate America, citing the tendinitis that forced her to withdraw from Trophee Eric Bompard last month per the Associated Pre...
Sasha Cohen Out of Grand Prix Event
Wow, bad week for U.S. female Olympic contenders. Sasha Cohen has withdrawn from her first Grand Prix, Trohpee Eric Bompard, due to tendinitis in her calf, according to the Associated Press. The art...
NBC Adds Four Years to Figure Skating Coverage
Per Philip Hersh: NBC has added four more years to its figure skating coverage, extending its contract to 2014 to air coverage of Skate America and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. I recently b...
Cohen Likely for Skate America; Triple/Triples Possible?
Baltimore Sun reported that U.S. Figure Skating Director David Raith said it's a "logical assumption" that Sasha Cohen will be competing in Skate America in the fall. The selections for that competit...
Kim Wins Skate America, Americans Fail to Medal
Yu-na Kim of Korea won the Ladies event at Skate America, unsurprisingly. Japan's Yukari Nakano and Miki Ando were second and third, respectively. Due to some ill-timed DVR problems, I have unfortun...
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 Aren...
Takahiko Kozuka Scores Skate America Upset; Americans Take 2nd and 3rd
American Johnny Weir just missed taking the Skate America crown, but Japan's Takahiko Kozuka scored the upset on his technical marks. Kozuka did great but I was actually surprised that he won. After ...
Lysacek, Weir Go 1-2 in Skate America Men's Short Program
It was a good night for rivals and U.S. Champs Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir at the Men's short program at Skate America on Friday. Lysacek is in a much-deserved first place with an 81.30, while Weir ...
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