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Salon.com February 16, 2002 Kerry Lauerman |
Make Olympic skating judges accountable Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport... |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2002 |
Figure skating's black eye Another controversial decision hurts the sport. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded the silver. |
Salon.com February 16, 2002 King Kaufman |
Fixing figure skating would kill it Without the diva judges, the bad costumes and the chance for scandal, it's just a chili cookoff on ice... |
Salon.com February 13, 2002 King Kaufman |
Skategate A figure skating scandal rocks the Games and tragically overshadows some fantastic women's curling... |
Salon.com February 20, 2002 Allen Barra |
Righting past sporting wrongs The IOC decision to give Canada the figure skating gold shows us that we can all rewrite history... |
Salon.com February 22, 2002 King Kaufman |
So, they're all gay, right? Former U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo talks about the Salt Lake Olympics, the sport's effeminate image and the reactions to his coming out. And no, they're not... |
Sports Illustrated September 22, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Onward and upward Figure skater Sasha Cohen hopes to find her way onto future medal stands. |
Sports Illustrated May 7, 2002 E. M. Swift |
Figuring It Out How will skating get its house in order after the Salt Lake scandal? |
Sports Illustrated February 22, 2002 E.M. Swift |
The golden child With nothing to lose, figure skater Sarah Hughes was simply terrific... |
Salon.com February 12, 2002 King Kaufman |
Dee-fense! It's missing in the Winter Olympics. But the Games have their moments, including a star-crossed pair of endearingly frumpy Canadians... |
AskMen.com February 19, 2014 Michelle Magnan |
Meet The Olympian Who Gave A Teammate His Spot In The Race Canadian speed skater Gilmore Junio, gave up his spot in last week's 1,000-meter race to his teammate, Denny Morrison |
Sports Illustrated January 23, 2001 E.M. Swift |
Fall Guys While Michelle Kwan soared at the figure skating nationals, the men hit the deck... |
Sports Central August 27, 2004 Eric Poole |
An Immodest Proposal It seems we can't get through an Olympics without having some sort of controversy over judging. That's because gymnastics are fundamentally flawed. |
Salon.com February 15, 2002 King Kaufman |
The puck starts here The Olympics: As Jamie and David take over the world, the hockey spotlight turns from the dominant U.S. women to the "Dream Team" men's tournament. |
Sports Illustrated January 16, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Dirty Dancing For some reason, the people who run figure skating have gotten all crabby about the crotch. In fact at the beginning of this season the International Skating Union (ISU) instructed its pairs skating and ice dancing judges to deduct points for "undignified" movements... |
Sports Illustrated April 24, 2002 Frank Deford |
Warm Hockey Nights Order is restored as Canada's teams return to prominence... |
Sports Central February 17, 2006 Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics TV Coverage Far From Golden Sports fans are not averse to watching Winter Olympics coverage, but trying to figure out NBC's television schedule has become a sport of Olympic proportions unto itself. |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2002 Janet Maslin |
Medal Worthy NBC's two toughest jobs in broadcasting the Olympics have been guessing what will make the best broadcast and, more important, knowing when to leave well enough alone. So far the network is succeeding at both... |
Sports Illustrated September 26, 2000 John Walters |
Making sense of NBC's tumbling Olympic ratings Question: Could NBC's ratings for the Olympics be any worse? Answer: Only if Dennis Miller were added to the broadcast team... |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2001 E.M. Swift |
They Spun Gold Glittering performances lit up the World Figure Skating Championships... |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
AskMen.com Ryan Faller |
5 New Ways To Watch The Olympics Here are five new ways to watch the Olympics; they're innovative and sure to enhance your viewing of the 21st Winter Olympics. |
Sports Illustrated February 20, 2002 Rick Reilly |
Go Fourth ... and Disappear Win a medal in Salt Lake City, and you're treated like a returning astronaut. The rest of your life is just walking past smiling bouncers into the coolest parties and having the words "Olympic medalist" follow your name. Fourth place? Never heard of you... |
Sports Illustrated February 14, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Outshined Canada wins women's hockey game, but Russian goalie stars |
Sports Illustrated February 21, 2002 Frank Deford |
Judge not Lack of accountability for officials is the problem... |
Entrepreneur November 2006 Melissa Campanelli |
Oh, Canada! Want to jump into the international market? Meet our friendly neighbor to the north. |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Games top 10 For those who have had enough of the pairs figure skating controversy, here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial Jamie Sale-and-David Pelletier-free list of the top 10 moments/sports/athletes, good and bad, from the just-completed Winter Games... |
Sports Central February 25, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
For USA Hockey, Miracles Can Wait The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team was overrated. Plus, a debate about sports vs. non-sports. |
Reason May 2002 Jeremy Lott |
Maple Leaf Rag Does Canada matter? Canada is not just a nation in decline. There is a real question as to what even makes it a nation... |