Ice Rink Dreamers CongregateFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:09PMDozens gather to celebrate donation of land for ice rink in Goleta.
Johnny Be Snubbed: Flashy skater Weir unnerves sports talkersFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:23AMLet me acknowledge up front that I'm only a casual viewer of the Olympics' various ice competitions and need help distinguishing a salchow from a lutz. I don't really understand the scoring of figure skating, although I've spent too many hours in recent nights as a vicarious judge on the couch along with 25 million other viewers.
Siblings skate, ski jump bores, super-G confusesFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:12PMSmiley N. Pool / Chronicle Olympic BureauStill unclear what super-G even is. Tonight's games promise to be terrifying and a little creepy. We're supposed to see skeleton -- head-first luge -- which I'm anxious just thinking about. Then, we...
Live-blogging pairs figure skating short program: Valentine's Day editionSunday, February 14, 2010 @ 7:06PMIn tonight's figure skating short program at Pacific Coliseum, '2 become 1': 20 pairs of skaters must execute lifts, spins and jumps while performing in unison.
Abbott wins 2nd U.S. championshipMonday, January 18, 2010 @ 2:12AMSPOKANE, Wash. — Jeremy Abbott came to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships wanting a spot on the Vancouver Olympic team more than a second straight national title. ... - By NANCY ARMOUR The Associated Press
12-22-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGETuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 8:07AMTOM JOYNER INTERVIEWS PRESIDENT OBAMA: Q&A to air this morning at 8:35 a.m. ET. Plus, radio host to examine race in new MSNBC special. *Tom Joyner of the nationally-syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show is scheduled to interview President Barack Obama this morning about a wide range of issues impacting black America.
AUDREY’S SOCIETY WHIRL: Thousands brave pouring rain in Rockefeller Center to attend the treerific 77th Annual ...Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 2:10AM*The weather outside was frightful but the party inside the Rock Center Café was delightful for NBC brass including Jeff Zucker, president & CEO, Universal, Tom O’Brien, president and general manager, NBC local media-NY, and Paula Madison, executive vice president, chief diversity officer, NBC Universal, and company officer, General Electric.
Riverside's Benedict Castle ready to turn on the lightsFriday, November 27, 2009 @ 10:12PMThe season of light switches on this weekend in Riverside.
Rolling with the punches — Atlanta Rollergirls make skating serious funTuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 2:52PMi