6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (587+ words) If you're thinking of learning to skate, you might be wondering whether you should buy rollerblades or traditional quad roller skates. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, so it isn't as simple as saying one option is better than the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (213+ words) Olympic gold medal skater Alysa Liu did Oakland proud this week, giving shout-outs to her city while triple-lutzing and twizzling her way to the podium and global fame. In return, one of Oakland's finest " Fentons Creamery " is giving back. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (300+ words) Alysa Liu joined the realm of Bay Area figure skating legends Thursday when her extraordinary free skate program earned her Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games. The 20-year-old Liu, once the youngest skater to win the U.S. championships, had icons…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (354+ words) The 20-year-old raised in Richmond, who had walked away from the sport after the Beijing Games four years ago only to launch a remarkable comeback, finished with a career-best 226.79 points. Nakai and Sakamoto, skating right behind her, each made a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (595+ words) By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer Nakai, Sakamoto and Mone Chiba give Japan the chance for the first-ever women's podium sweep. Then there is Adeliia Petrosian, the young Russian sprite competing as a neutral athlete, and the only one of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (637+ words) By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press MILAN " Alysa Liu is left to carry the hopes of the "Blade Angels" into the women's free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics. The reigning world champion and Richmond native delivered a stellar short program…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (352+ words) By HOWARD FENDRICH | Associated Press Now they really do belong in the same sentence, at least in one regard. Heiden, of course, did it as part of his record sweep of all five individual events at the 1980 Lake Placid Games…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (584+ words) The self-styled "Quad God," who led by a comfortable margin after the short program, merely had to deliver a mediocre performance to add individual gold to his team gold medal. Instead, the 21-year-old Malinin was trying to fight back tears…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (860+ words) After all, everything came down to him in the end. The U.S. finished with 69 points while Japan had 68, earning the silver medal for the second consecutive Olympics. "I was like, "OK, I'm the deciding factor," Malinin said later, after the U.S. got…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (699+ words) By GIADA ZAMPANO and NICCOL" LUPONE, Associated Press Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Cabinet on Thursday approved a security decree including stricter measures to counter violent protests, just ahead of fresh demonstrations planned around the opening ceremony. Opposition lawmakers criticized the…...