5+ hour, 2+ min ago  (315+ words) ROANOKE, Va. " The Wasena Skatepark is not only evolving the skate scene in Roanoke, but it's also bringing in new people from across Southwest Virginia. "The broader Southwest Virginia area kind of all comes together," Alek Patton, who runs the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (639+ words) 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 was the only one of American's vaunted figure skating trio to put herself…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (918+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin playfully threw a couple of jabs at a TV camera while skating off the ice Tuesday night, the pressure of his first Olympics having seemingly vanished following a team gold medal and a near-perfect short program to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (901+ words) MILAN " It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the U.S. successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (322+ words) MILAN " Madison Chock and Evan Bates rock-and-rolled their way to a world-best 91.06 points in the rhythm dance Friday to open the team competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, where the American figure skaters are the reigning champions. Cheered on by…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (472+ words) U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov underscored exactly what the American team could be missing at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday when they rallied to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Beijing. Efimova and Mitrofanov were…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (491+ words) PARIS " Olympic ice dance champion Gabriella Papadakis says she lost her commentary role with NBC at the upcoming Winter Olympics because of her former skating partner's response to revelations in her new book. In an interview with sports daily L'quipe…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (772+ words) ST. LOUIS " World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (764+ words) ST. LOUIS " World champions and Olympic favorites Ilia Malinin and the ice dance team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates turned the final night of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday into less of a competition and more of a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (802+ words) ST. LOUIS " Ilia Malinin delivered such a flawless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night that it seemed to awe even himself, and it set the 21-year-old well on his way to a fourth straight title in…...