By this time, I'm sure you have heard that Evan Lysacek won the Men's Figure Skating event Thursday night. Yay Evan! It was a dramatic win and came down to one single point. So instead of rehashing it, I thought of the two things that struck me the most. First,...

My earliest skating memories, even though I ended up being a competitive ice dancer, were of the pairs event. The heated battles in the 80's between the Canadians - Underhill and Martini - and the Russians- Valova and Vasiliev - are singed in my mind. The Canadians would always...

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Yesterday evening, I was lucky enough to attend the pairs short program at the Pacific Coliseum. It was pretty interesting watching an Olympic skating event take place at a rink I know so well and used to skate at occasionally.