Articles filed under Figure Skating
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US champion Abbott falls hard in short programFeb 13, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott fell hard on an attempted quadruple toe loop Thursday in the men's short program at the Olympics, yet finished the routine. A...
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Plushenko withdraws from Olympic figure skatingFeb 13, 2014 12:00 am - SOCHI, Russia — Evgeni Plushenko withdrew for medical reasons Thursday from the men's figure skating competition at the Sochi Olympics. The four-time medalist who helped...
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Highland Park's Jason Brown sixth after short programFeb 13, 2014 12:00 am - SOCHI, Russia — Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu made figure skating history, and now can chase even more of it. He'll do so without having to fend off a challenge from another reco...
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NCAA proposes change to targeting ruleFeb 12, 2014 12:01 am - The NCAA football rules committee has proposed a change to the targeting rule that would eliminate the 15-yard penalty when instant replay officials overturn an ejection...
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Olympic figure skater Jason Brown honored with 10-foot ice sculptureFeb 12, 2014 12:00 am - Highland Park residents and fans chanted “Go Jason! Go!” Wednesday before officials unveiled a 10-foot-tall ice sculpture of U.S. Olympic skater Jason Brown in Port Clin...
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Jason Brown hopes to skate in 2 more OlympicsFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - American teen Jason Brown wants to skate in two more Olympics. The fan favorite from Chicago qualified for the Sochi Games a few weeks after his 19th bir...
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Skating Algonquin brothers train with Sochi's eliteFeb 10, 2014 3:45 am - Rockne and Collin Brubaker train with the elite coterie of ice skaters now competing in the Sochi Olympics. So if anyone can talk ice dancing and pairs skating with auth...
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Suburban rinks, coaches polished Gracie GoldFeb 10, 2014 3:30 am - Gracie Gold, chasing an Olympic medal in figure skating to match her name, made her mark at suburban rinks for her jumps, her smiles and her dog, Yoshi. The 18-year-old ...
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Brown, Gold help U.S. earn bronze in team figure skatingFeb 09, 2014 10:30 am - SOCHI, Russia — A master showman and four-time Olympic medalist, Evgeni Plushenko knows brilliance on the ice. He saw it Sunday night inside the Iceberg at Sochi's Olymp...
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Are the suburbs an Olympic ice skating hub?Feb 09, 2014 7:00 am - The Northbrook Speed Skating Club doesn’t have one or two Olympians among its alumni. It has 19. Its skaters have competed in all but one of every Winter Olympics since ...