When the ladies lace ‘em up in Vancouver this winter, Michelle Kwan will not be among them. The champion figure skater has decided to postpone her dreams of continued Olympic glory in favor of something more important: a master’s degree.

Instead of hitting the rink, Michelle will be hitting the books, as she will be pursuing […]

Nicole Bobek apparently made the most of her short New Jersey prison stay last week, after she was swept up in a statewide meth bust. After just three days in jail, she seems to have been the most popular girl on campus.

Bobek made friends out of everyone at the Hudson County Correctional Center over […]

Unlike maddeningly-natural Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, who we introduced to the world in late April, I can’t claim to have launched former figure skater Anna Semenovich’s now-worldwide appeal.

(What lovely earrings)
When I first posted photos and videos of her last year, the regrettably-named Russian had already seen her fake boobs career asplode as a […]

Credit the Atlanta Braves for knowing how to manage a news cycle. They flipped three prospects to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Nate McLouth to answer the need for outfield help (which they failed to answer correctly the first time by not signing Adam Dunn in the offseason), and called up Tommy Hanson (pitching phenom) and […]

Reality used to be a friend of Ron Artest’s. However, it was long before the public met the kid from St. John’s a decade ago. For example, no one would be surprised to find out the new Gatorade/Tiger Woods cartoons seem like mini-documentaries to the Tru Warier because he has secretly considered himself the NBA’s […]

After finishing second, third, third, and fourth in the last four ice dancing world championships, the United States’ Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto sat in great position in Los Angeles Friday night after a stunning free dance routine.  Would that be enough for their first world gold?

(Tanith Belbin’s probably not okay with second place)
No, for […]

Ice dancing: combining all of the worst elements of figure skating with “Dancing with the Stars,” it’s the one event during the Winter Olympics that you pray your wife or girlfriend doesn’t make you watch. Because if you are stuck on the couch watching it, it’s the sports equivalent of going to the ballet: long, […]

We all know the story of Tonya Harding and how hubby Jeff Gilooly hired a goon to go after figure skating foe Nancy Kerrigan with a nasty knock on her knee. However, hired goons & whacking clubs don’t come for free - such items need to be paid for somehow. So how were Harding & […]

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are apparently going on now in Cleveland, and it’s not something we’d normally be interested around here. But that might be because we hadn’t met Molly Oberstar yet.

The 20-year-old Duluth, Minnesota native isn’t the best skater of the women who will be competing (she finished 15th last year), so she’s […]

Did you know you’re going to cry today? It’s true. You’re going to read this story and see this picture and because there is even one sliver, one ounce of humanity in you, you will–at the very least–wipe your eyes about 7-10 times but never admit to it. But this is your early, but still […]