... Were you saying this about Kwan back in 2002? ... Well, yes actually, it is pretty pathetic if you're talking pairs. The mens field is eminently more...
Susan
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Jun 1, 2009 11:58 am
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... It's been known for a couple of years that there are not pairs in the pipeline to replace the current Chinese pairs. One wonders what the heck the...
As far as Kwan goes, one irony of the 2006 Olympics was that, despite the discussion beforehand that Kwan's by then typically 5-triple programs had no chance,...
... Hmm, did you mean 2006? MK had been at the top right through 2002, and she never announced her retirement and made a comeback for the umpteenth time...
... Well, I still don't believe a 100% Sasha will make a comeback. Plus, she never announced her retirement, so her comeback isn't as eye-rolling as...
... For what it's worth, Plushenko never announced his retirement either. In fact ever since 2006 he has been quoted as saying that he is just 'concentrating...
Plushenko has made me sigh for the last 3 years, but I wonder if having a specific goal that he understands how to work toward isn't one of the more healthy...
... I'd interpret this as: Barring injury, two of the three Russian teams at the Olympics will be K/S and M/T. The RFSF doesn't have any particular reason to ...
... Well, IMHO depending on line ups (I haven't really studied them) and the way each team skate, I'd say that Illushechkina-Maisuradze had an outside chance...
2011 U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ANNOUNCE "SUMMER SIZZLER" PROMOTION - All-Event Ticket Packages purchased in June will include free Skating Spectacular...
Here's an article from Golden Skate re. Plushenko's comeback. <http://goldenskate.com/articles/2008/060109.shtml> I find these 2 tidbits of interest: "While...
... Looking at the line-ups in <http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1452> and imagining that I/M got the still-open 3rd Russian slot at Cup of...
Kwan is graduating and she will participate in the ceremony. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-kwan-college&prov=ap&type=lgns -- Ruthann Biel,...
2011 U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ANNOUNCE "SUMMER SIZZLER" PROMOTION - All-Event Ticket Packages purchased in June will include free Skating Spectacular...
... [snip] ... [snip] Ouch! The economic downturn must really be hurting sales of discretionary big-ticket items like this. (Of course, unless you're a local,...
Congressman Asks N.B.A. and Union to Rescind Age Minimum for Players By PETE THAMEL A congressman has written a letter to the N.B.A. and the players union...
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I find much of this article sad for reasons not directly related to the issue at hand. I had thought that one of the purposes of the NCAA program was to allow...
In a message dated 6/4/2009 2:09:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, Kathy.Godfrey@... writes: directly I think that there are some sports where there should...
Just got off the phone with the box office in Lake Placid. The all event packages are $208 plus $5 handling for gold (rows 1-4), $166.50 for silver (the rest...
The biggest problem I see is that the JGP is Labor Day weekend, a last chance for dad to play golf before school Starts. Marg ... From: "denbydilbert2001"...
... According to this article http://www.du.edu/today/stories/2009...06-04kwan.html she has been admiited to the graduate international affairs program at...
This link might work better... Good article http://www.du.edu/today/stories/2009/06/2009-06-04kwan.html ... -- Ruthann Biel, mother, stitcher, music lover ...
So Michelle will be taking classes in my home town :-), although I suspect she'll do her local hanging out in the gentrified parts of Somerville near the Tufts...
I'm so glad that she has gotten her degree, now wants her master's too. It's nice to see a top skater discover "the next chapter" in their lives. Renee...
Michelle Kwan & Sarah Hughes Graduate College - Michelle Kwan, Sarah Hughes : People.com http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20283736,00.html?xid=rss-msnbc...
I found this quote amusing, and very gracious on Hughes’ part: “Hughes is also thinking of writing a motivational book and continuing charity work in the...
"Figure skater Michelle Kwan graduated from the University of Denver Saturday with a degree in International Studies. She finished with a GPA of 4.0, 4.0, 3.9,...