... They've played footage of Dick Button's historic double axel and triple loop often enough that he'll spring to mind as a game-changer, but the Grafstrom...
<http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2009-07-08-usoc-tv-channel_N.htm> Comcast will be carrying it, so this one I may actually get (unlike...
From an article at icenetwork.com on Alexander Fadeev: " "Nice photo of him and his wife to accompany article. He's still coaching in the Chicago area, where ...
Stinger2007@...
Jul 11, 2009 1:32 pm
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Here's a story I just found by Googling that name out of idle curiosity today: http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1612803 It's from a Kingston,...
tmarrapodi@...
Jul 11, 2009 4:30 pm
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Just to clarify, Brian the skater was born 18 December, 1961. 2009/7/11 <tmarrapodi@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
"Germany hopes Witt's a hit - Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt will play a leading role in Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Games. The...
... Yeah, as soon as I saw Brian Orser, 58, I knew it had to be a different guy. That would have made him 37 in Calgary. Interesting, though, that he is...
Susan
smc413@...
Jul 11, 2009 10:13 pm
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Brian would have been 26, turning 27 in December. 2009/7/11 Susan <smc413@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I was listening to my usual radio station today and suddenly, there was an ad for a diet plan featuring none other than Liz Manley. I heard it twice, actually....
... Not to mention his 89(IIRC that was the year) Euros winning long program. It's still one of my faves to watch when I get time. It's too bad he was not more...
<http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/olympian_nicole_bobek_was_a_hi.html> She organized an exercise class, and told fellow inmates that the jail was...
... It's easy to poke holes in Fadeev's skating looking back 20+ years on it. But, if you look at it in the context of his time, he really was an amazing...
Quote from the article: "You could tell she didn't belong here. Some people are revolving doors and you can tell. She was classy." I guess it's all relative. ...
Susan
smc413@...
Jul 13, 2009 12:24 pm
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... Got to agree, and will explain why along with what Sandra said. ... I wouldn't call him "the" one (several men were pushing the technical, or at least...
tmarrapodi@...
Jul 13, 2009 3:36 pm
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... Didn't someone in on a parole violation say that? Often it is what is most salient to you. ... And Nicole and his girlfriend finally got to meet in person....
... I both skated in the early 80's and I cut my own music. And it wasn't done with a razor blade. It was done with a tape deck and across the board, people...
... No, I did too. Just goes to show that pretty women with upper middle class manners also do drugs, get involved with narcotics trafficking and get sent to...
... That's because you were a conscientious soul. :-) ... Maybe in your neck of the woods they did. But maybe not everywhere. I know that as late as 1980 or...
tmarrapodi@...
Jul 13, 2009 5:14 pm
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... annel_N.htm> ... Phil Hersh also discussed this upcoming channel: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/ Globetrotting - A worldly view...
vsethi@...
Jul 13, 2009 11:02 pm
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A confession from Jenny Kirk: http://tinyurl.com/lj8fzd Joseph...
... Interesting. I didn't know Brian B won '88 Worlds without a 3A, after winning the Olys with two! That must be the last time a man won Worlds without...
... I believe you'd be correct there--that was actually what I thought of at the time Lambiel did. Of course, that was without going back through a recording...
tmarrapodi@...
Jul 14, 2009 1:41 pm
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... I agree, but something also tells me, where there is one, there is likely to be more. Then again, I am not and was never trying to prove that HUGE numbers...
tmarrapodi@...
Jul 14, 2009 1:49 pm
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... When I opened the link, the article displayed with the inmate's face visible at the bottom of my screen. I wondered why was Kristi Yamaguchi in this...
... Wasn't Fadeev married before? I seem to recall having a wife back in Russia and also he was involved with Liz Manley at one point. In 1985 I attended a...
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/31912613/ns/sports-olympic_sports/ "Nicole Bobek's face was splashed across newspapers and TV screens from London to Los Angeles,...
... So I see... This one isn't going to win any popularity contests in the fandom. Not with quotes like these: "Figure skating, especially for women, is so...