Juilliard School graduate and modern dance teacher Kathy Johnson coaches some of the world's best figure skaters. Her goal is to help ice skaters be the best they ... Read More

Only half of 2008 has passed, but so far, it has been a sad year in the ice skating world. In this past week, two great men in ... Read More

Roy Wagelein, one of U.S. Figure Skating's past Olympians, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. He was a graduate of the famous Hollywood Professional School, a private ... Read More

I just was informed that 1968 Olympian, Roy Wagelein, was found dead in his home today. No details were given. Wagelein was a tremendous pair skater. He ... Read More

Figure skating legend, Janet Lynn, sent me the full transcript of the controversial speech she gave at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Governing Council Dinner on May 2, 2008. ... Read More

Sometimes I feel that the figure skating world is something like Harry Potter's parallel universe. Harry spends his summers with his relatives who don't understand or like the ... Read More

My mother received a Masters Degree in sociology after she became a grandmother. After years of learning about the world of figure skating from a parent's point of view, ... Read More

The 2008 International Skating Union Congress will consider a proposal that concerns the format of ice dancing events. In the proposal, the compulsory dance and original dance portions of ice dance ... Read More

Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaitsev won two Olympic titles and six world championships. In fact, they won every single figure skating competition they entered. It's been many years ... Read More

Tonya Harding may be considered one of the most controversial people in figure skating. In her new book, "The Tonya Tapes," she she talks about the "Tonya and Nancy ... Read More

Figure skating legend, Janet Lynn, recently gave a speech at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Governing Council Meeting. She has given me permission to share some information about her ... Read More

In the past, figure skating music was played on 78 rpm vinyl records. And...once in awhile a skater's music would skip during a competition! Then, cassette tapes came ... Read More

Lorna Brown is a British and world professional figure skating champion. She also skated with 1976 Olympic Figure Skating Champion, John Curry. She has written articles about choreography ... Read More