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148011
If COP results in an "absolute" score and not a placeholder, why aren't the scores, rather than the placements, used in determining which 30 skaters get out of...
Anke Gray
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Apr 1, 2005
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148012
... Awwwww, she's adorable. Nice carriage too. Her web site has a story about her moving to Washington DC. I wonder if she's actually moving there. dej -- ... ...
Mary E Tyler
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Apr 1, 2005
9:25 am
148013
... Dirty little secret that ISU does not want anyone to know: scores are not comparable across qual groups much less across competitions. The vaunted...
Mary E Tyler
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Apr 1, 2005
9:27 am
148014
FWIW, Weiss landed his first clean quad toe at 1999 Worlds, in the qualifying round. That's pretty well documented outside of the propaganda on his own web...
Sandra Loosemore
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Apr 1, 2005
11:43 am
148015
Phil Hersh reports that the ratings for Worlds on ESPN were terrible. Speedy denies having barred Dick Button from covering the event. ESPN is unhappy with the...
Sandra Loosemore
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Apr 1, 2005
12:13 pm
148016
http://www.figure-skating-judging-scandal.com/ We have two bang-up entries within the past 24 hours. (They've all been, actually. :-) I like.) One is...
Lorrie Kim
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Apr 1, 2005
1:13 pm
148017
... terrible. ... 0504010207apr01,1,1429120.column?coll=cs-international-print ... I don't know why this surprises me, but the ISU is just unbelievable! They...
capcomgr
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Apr 1, 2005
1:31 pm
148018
... p.m. EST ... (3/18)] ... Dear ESPN, You know figure skating's rating suck. Replaying the most scandalous and incomprehensible judging in the last decade is...
capcomgr
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Apr 1, 2005
1:47 pm
148019
I dont think you can overestimate the importance of the mere switch to ESPN in the ratings plunge... Apart from the fact that 30 percent or some such of US TV...
ghgang2
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Apr 1, 2005
1:56 pm
148020
... They complained about Russian TV selling the broadcast... but did they notice that AMERICANS BOUGHT IT? Americans may not have turned out in droves, but...
Mary E Tyler
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Apr 1, 2005
2:10 pm
148021
... I do not think it is any intentional plan on ISU part. Internet-based technologies (particulary stearming video) are rather new in Russia and the holes in...
Anna Kondakova
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Apr 1, 2005
2:25 pm
148022
... I don't watch a lot of any one channel. How much if any advertising of Worlds did ESPN do outside of ESPN? I would think at least they would have done a...
Virginia Blalock
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Apr 1, 2005
2:33 pm
148023
... Taller and curvier. In fact when I watched her on TV during the Worlds broadcast I thought "puberty monster" and assumed this was why she was struggling....
Candace Miller
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Apr 1, 2005
2:51 pm
148024
Mary E Tyler <dejah@...> wrote: They complained about Russian TV selling the broadcast... but did they notice that AMERICANS BOUGHT IT? Americans may...
Sandra Loosemore
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Apr 1, 2005
3:30 pm
148025
... switch ... dont ... the "casual ... for ... I think you're absolutely right, Fred. Women who are not fans of other sports do not surf ESPN's family of...
naomipaiss
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Apr 1, 2005
3:32 pm
148026
... Lorrie, can you explain how one goes about submitting comments to this site?? I have been monitoring it, printing copies to send to some people I know...
crnaskater
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Apr 1, 2005
4:10 pm
148027
... I'm not in despair. I decided last year that I have no interest in watching ESPN's hyped-up, fluff-heavy, weeks-late coverage. Nothing would be...
louis917
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Apr 1, 2005
4:15 pm
148028
I'm not Lorrie, but at the bottom *right* of each entry is a link that shows the number of comments. If you click on it, you can post a comment - under your...
trishsensei@...
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Apr 1, 2005
4:27 pm
148029
... Not much of a secret, though: On the British Eurosport Worlds coverage, Gwendal Peizerat answered the same question from a viewer that Anke posed, with...
Kathy Godfrey
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Apr 1, 2005
5:13 pm
148030
... a ... I also think that those of us who watched the video on the internet ALSO watched the ESPN coverage. I know I did. My computer gave me a very small...
Antoinette Aubert
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Apr 1, 2005
5:18 pm
148031
... seem ... That was Todd Eldredge who landed a quad toe at Midwesterns in, I think, fall of 2000 (feel free to correct me if I got that wrong Fran.) Weiss...
Antoinette Aubert
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Apr 1, 2005
5:21 pm
148032
... If an injured Sasha had managed to beat a clean performance from an uninjured Michelle, and under 6.0, that would arguably be evidence that Sasha had...
Kathy Godfrey
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Apr 1, 2005
5:22 pm
148033
... Weiss hasn't had to do a qualifying competition since ... Hm, Weiss had to compete at sectionals in 2001-02 after finishing 4th at 2001 Nationals. He was...
Ellyn Kestnbaum
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Apr 1, 2005
5:35 pm
148034
... And from what I have read of reviews and 'offical articles' Cohen's big problems on the jumps were of balance, off edge landings, one perhaps requiring her...
capcomgr
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Apr 1, 2005
5:44 pm
148035
... I'm with you, Louis. I taped the ESPN coverage, but frankly, I had to step away from the TV after the first few minutes. I can't stand the fluffery and the...
Marce
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Apr 1, 2005
5:49 pm
148036
... Continents ... Timothy Goebel was the first American to land a quad. He landed one at the Jr. Grand Prix final. I think it was before Nagano, that would ...
ballerinafab
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Apr 1, 2005
5:55 pm
148037
... Speedy denies having barred Dick Button from covering the event. ESPN is unhappy with the ISU for, among other things, allowing live streaming video from...
Don
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Apr 1, 2005
6:01 pm
148038
... Yes - of course Goebel was the first American to land the quad. The question was originally raised about the Quad toe loop, though....
joyepuckett
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Apr 1, 2005
6:19 pm
148039
If any Skatefans live near Larchmont, New York, there is a figure skating show tomorrow called "Blades Against AIDS" to benefit the Save the Children's AIDS in...
skatephile22
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Apr 1, 2005
6:19 pm
148040
... Did anyone else notice that during the "All Access" segment inside the director's booth, the director specified not going to one particular camera, because...
Kathy Godfrey
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Apr 1, 2005
6:21 pm
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