... Whatever. Suffice it to say, as a former roller figure skater who has seen what happens to cash poor sports during downturns in popularity, I disagree with...
I know many of you didn't get a chance to watch the CD's and I thoight some of you might be interested to see them afterwards, so here a few of them I found: ...
Actually that was me who made the comment about Wylie .... but much as I loooooovvvved Wylie's skating, I still have to remember that Wylie is TINY, and on a...
Its more bad news for figure skating......the ratings have come back for Saturday night's NBC broadcast and it looks the ratings were pretty dismal. From the...
Stinger2007@...
Apr 1, 2009 2:29 pm
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... Czisny won the long program but only the silver medal at 2005 Skate America, and then she went on to win Skate Canada the following week. Nikodinov only...
Just a brief note to clarify. I tried to distinguish between bigotry and the natural tendency that many people have to root for "the home team." somebody else...
NBC is also to blame. They never advertises their sports. I noticed that when you have the Olympics, they never really talk about it until a a couple weeks ...
I had few issues with Universal Sports' live video except that it would take me a couple of tries to get the feed going. I'm trying to catch up on some of the...
hmmmm 1) the time following Albertville and Lillehammer oplypiads was the right time for people to stay in the sport, particularly as brand new pros, after a...
... However Angela has a 5th finish at worlds in 2001 and that for me is significantly more important accomplishment than a win for example at Skate America in...
Joseph wrote about Nikodinov: "To be 5th at Worlds at any point in time is more than impressive. In that event, she surely didn't unfold." Well actually she...
Stinger2007@...
Apr 1, 2009 3:20 pm
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I always called it the Nikodinov Double Syndrome. She was great until the first mistake at which point all subsequent jumps were doubled. She fared better if...
Ha! La Mer is actually the LP she dumped going back to last year's for Worlds. Didn't catch that myself - how funny. ... From: Lew, Sandra <slew@...> ...
... No, but rooting against any and all skaters from a given country based on nothing more than their national origin is bigotry. It is, IMO, no different...
Susan
smc413@...
Apr 1, 2009 4:11 pm
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... I thought of this as the "AN-ge-la" syndrome (imagine exasperated parent sighing sadly). Typically, she'd start out strong with a lutz combination, and...
... Popularity of a sport is always direcly related to the achievements. Rating are normally going down if the results are not there. It was a bad circumstance...
... Ellyn, The plural of anecdote is not data. Looking at a much larger population of skaters than just you, it would not be amiss to say that the available...
... Well my point was that at least you could count on Nikodinov to deliver a clean short when it counted. Then even when she skated one of her typical...
Susan McC wrote: "No, but rooting against any and all skaters from a given country based on nothing more than their national origin is bigotry. It is, IMO, no ...
Stinger2007@...
Apr 1, 2009 6:11 pm
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... I haven't had my second cup of coffee yet. To wrap up my thoughts (and then I'll shut up :-) ) Was anyone surprised when Nikodinov skated a clean short in...
Thanks, Joseph! I know we're not supposed to write just to say "thanks", but please forgive me everyone for thanking Joseph anyway. What had also made it a...
The only thing that has been more magical than Rudy winning US Nationals (and I'm Canadian who was alone watching on TV jumping up yelling and giving a...
... Yes Scott Russell from CBC at GPF Gala. I saw this on TV and you have no idea how much I had to browse through the dozens of interviews with her until...
If hating the Yankees is a crime, my whole city would be strung up with you. They better have a big scaffold...this could take a while ;-) Trish ... From:...
Does anyone know if the exhibitions from Worlds are going to be broadcast in the US? I've been looking on the Universal Sports Website, but I can't find...
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