Ice The Movie’s plot is similar to many figure skating movies. It’s about a girl with much talent who pursues Olympic dreams. It’s about her struggles and it is about what she gives up in order to pursue those Olympic dreams. What Maddison Bullock has accomplished is really impressive. Like many figure skaters, she completed a goal that seemed […]
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My Thoughts Now That 2018 Olympic Figure Skating Is Over
Well, figure skating is over for another Olympics. I admit I enjoyed watching all that skating from the comfort of my living room. I loved being a member of the press at the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010, but seeing the skating from the comfort of home sure is less exhausting. Today’s modern and huge […]
One Slip or Fall in Ice Dancing Ruins Everything – I Hate It!
Although falling in figure skating is normal and can be minor for single and pair skaters, falling or stumbling for ice dancers is disastrous. A fall in ice dancing has always equaled disaster and disappointment for as long as I can remember, so every time I see an ice dance team stumble or fall, my […]
Olympic Figure Skating Team Medals – How Great Is That?!
How wonderful it is to see Olympic medals around the necks of some of my figure skating friends! I’m especially happy for Alexa and Chris Knierim since I’ve known Chris for so many years. And…their coach Dalilah Sappenfield was my own three children’s wonderful primary coach. I’m so excited for them! I remember when Maia and Alex […]
Remembering What It Is Like Behind the Scenes At the Winter Olympic Games
When I went to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics as a member of the press, it felt like I “made” the Olympics since the press was treated like royalty! I soaked in every moment. Summary of Jo Ann’s and Annabelle’s Olympic Vancouver Adventure Memories From the 2010 Olympic Figure Skating Competition in Vancouver I am […]
Take a Step-By-Step Tour Through the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Saga
The Tonya-Nancy figure skating scandal may be considered the most bizarre story in ice skating history. The story involves lying and cheating, comedy, denial, the FBI, a get away car, and even a hit man. It seems like fiction, but did really happen and changed figure skating forever. Scroll through this step-by-step summary of what happened and enjoy “the […]
“I, Tonya” Tells Figure Skater Tonya Harding’s Side of the Story
If you haven’t seen “I, Tonya” yet, by all means go see it. The bottom line is that it is probably the most realistic figure skating movie I’ve ever seen. The movie accurately shows what the figure skating world is really like; Tonya Harding just didn’t quite fit into that figure skating world. She never […]
Is American Figure Skating Fixed….Again?
Several years ago, I wrote an article saying that elite American figure skating was FIXED. but that article didn’t stay live long, since one of my children’s coaches contacted me immediately after I published my thoughts and told me that saying such things was not a good idea for me politically since, at the time, […]
Jordan Moeller’s Thoughts Put Figure Skating In Perspective
Figure skaters have a very special and unusual life, but elite competitive figure skaters have an especially privileged life. We that began to skate when we were little kids and moved to the elite level and had a chance to compete nationally and/or internationally sometimes forget how fortunate we are. We had parents that sacrificed time […]
Which Figure Skaters From the USA Might Qualify For the 2018 Winter Olympics?
A certain writer who has written about figure skating since the early 1960s told me once that she used to have all her articles written in advance. She told me that the previous three years leading up to each US National Championships set the stage for the Nationals that served as the Olympic qualifier and who […]