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Stacking teams backfires on 'The Biggest Loser'
Reality CheckIt was truly the night of the woman on this week’s episode of The Biggest Loser. The momentum started with Cheryl outlasting Darrell in a challenge carried over from the two week break caused by the endless skiing, overly dramatic......Tags: Family, Multi-Sport Events, Entertainment, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports
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Smell of reputation judging lingers over skate worlds
LONDON, Ontario. -- After covering figure skating for 33 years, you learn to accept the partly subjective nature of judging in the sport. That does not make the “reputation judging” that falsified the men’s and pairs results at the...
Tags: USA Today, Ice Skating, Human Interest, Yu-Na Kim, Singles Skating
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UPDATE: Johnny Weir, skater 'first and foremost,' puts off Olympic comeback
Anyone who follows Johnny Weir on Twitter has to wonder if the two-time Olympic figure skater ever knows where is going next.
And that's a big reason why Weir announced Tuesday on his web site -- after tweeting an advisory -- that he will not compete...Tags: Personal Service, Twitter, Inc., Ice Skating, Celebrities, Awards and Prizes
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U.S. figure skating in sad and uncertain state
OMAHA, Neb. — Who's No. 2? That is the big question in the singles competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which begin Thursday with the women's and pairs short programs. The bigger question is whether whoever winds up as the No. 2...
Tags: Caydee Denney, Ice Skating, Human Interest, Kimmie Meissner, Singles Skating
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Gracie Gold looking to step up again
A year ago, Gracie Gold began the figure skating season in total anonymity. One disastrous result in the fall of 2010 had relegated her to the sport’s remainder bin. People stopped believing in her, and Gold stopped believing in herself until...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Ice Skating, Human Interest, Landforms, Track and Field
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Figure skater Czisny reveals she needs hip surgery
When the 2012 Grand Prix figure skating assignments were announced Monday, with Alissa Czisny getting just one competition rather than the two customary for a skater with her record, it looked as if U.S. Figure Skating might have been saying it felt the...Tags: Ice Skating, Human Interest, Human Body, Moscow (Russia), Health
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Changing agents should help get Lysacek back to skate competition
Evan Lysacek has taken a big step toward getting back into competitive figure skating. Lysacek, the reigning Olympic champion, announced Monday he has switched agents, leaving Creative Artists Agency for Shep Goldberg, who has represented Michelle Kwan...
Tags: Ice Skating, Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Music, Music Industry
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U.S. men stumble in skate short program
At face value, the results were just plain poor. Three-time U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott ninth, training mate Adam Rippon tenth in Friday's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships at Nice, France. That adds up to 19. The two U.S. men...Tags: Ice Skating, Human Interest, Music, Entertainment, Czech Republic
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Lysacek optimistic his issues with U.S. skating close to resolution
Evan Lysacek came to Twin Rinks Arena in Buffalo Grove Thursday to give a private lesson to a 14-year old figure skater, Rudi Baruch, whose dad had bought the opportunity in a charity auction.
But Lysacek was on the ice an hour before the lesson began,...Tags: Ice Skating, Awards and Prizes, Midway Airport, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports
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Abbott unconcerned about old skating rivals' comeback plans
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When the men's event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships finished Sunday in the HP Pavilion, Evan Lysacek was in Dubai for some promotional work he declined to specify when we talked last week.
Lysacek announced last fall he...Tags: Ice Skating, Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek
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Skater Johnny Weir says he plans to reinvent himself
L.A. Times Olympics BlogJohnny Weir's off-ice charisma has overshadowed his competitive skating for several seasons. Now, the three-time U.S. champion has decided to step back and assess himself, for what may be a comeback in a different guise. U.S. Figure Skating announced... -
Skater Johnny Weir on marrying boyfriend: 'No more livin' in sin!'
The Fabulous ForumJohnny Weir, the three-time U.S. skating champion who once avoided questions about his sexuality, rang in 2012 by marrying Atlanta lawyer Viktor Voronov in New York on New Year's Eve....
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