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I can think of four senior women skaters (five if you include Kyoko Ina) who have had drug testing issues. How many senior men skaters have had these issues?

At this point in all their careers, ice dance teams don't need to stand out to grab the judges' attention. The judges know each and every top team very well from having watched them compete and judging them for multiple years and events. I don't even know if being distinctive works for fresh...

Given that Chock and Bates failed to medal in a weakened Worlds 2021 field with a gimmick program, I fail to understand why they thought they had a better chance at medaling against a stronger field in the Olympics with another gimmick program. The three teams that medaled all went with...

Suppose it is determined that Team Eteri took performance enhancing drugs. Do you strip all the senior women of their 2021-22 medals (including any they may win at the Olympics or possibly Worlds)? Do you strip the medals of other skaters she coached (Kvitelashvili, Tarasova/Morozov)? Are the...

Wordle 239 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It took me a long time and a lot of staring to get it.

If Kamila's suspension is reinstated, will Loena Hendrickx be awarded European's Bronze?

Here's a video of Ronnie Robertson showing off his skating skills (in particular his spins) on the Mickey Mouse Club. He starts at about the halfway mark of the video. Robertson had a long relationship with actor Tab Hunter, who was himself a trained figure skater.

I look forward to Ilia/Yuma competitions; I hope they stay strong and agile and prove worthy of my fantasies.

I'm going to be extremely grateful for a women's event without commentary.

Ordinarily I'd have my doubts about the Olympic gold medalist competing at Worlds, but I think Nathan might want to keep his streak going and reach 4. Vincent got cheated out of his Olympic experience and I think he feels he has something to prove. Ilia would most likely want any chance he...

I had a number of reasons why I thought it would make sense to send Ilia to the Olympics and Jason to Worlds, and none of them had to do with Ilia's chance at medaling. Jason had no chance of medaling either, so that seemed to be equal (Vincent, I thought, had a chance). What I've said...

A terrifying situation got resolved thanks to an unsent Wordle. A Chicago grandmother was rescued from a 17-hour hostage ordeal after police were alerted for the unlikeliest of reasons: a missing solution to the day's Wordle challenge. Denyse Holt, 80, was alone at home in Illinois on 5...

I do. For me, it was never about Ilia's current Olympic placement. It was about the experience he'd get to help him in 2026 (just as Nathan and Vincent's experiences in 2018 helped them in 2022).

Having the team event last is frequently suggested but I don't see how it could work. Why would all the skaters from the first (or second or even third) competitive event want to stick around the Olympic Village for close to two weeks just to wait for the team event? Most of the men who...

I am very curious to see if Olympic Ice will cover Hanyu's fall and practice from last night and this morning's team event non-medal situation, or whether it will ignore both those things and stick with whatever they have scripted for today.