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Adam Rippon, making music

December 28, 2017 By 2 Comments

That Adam Rippon. What a card. He heats up the ice when he skates with his patience and confidence and his glorious moves. He’s become an amusing lad. One never knows what he will do. Not that he isn’t serious about his work. He is. And just for fun, we saw him cross off another […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Rippon, Leonard Cohen, Pyeongchang, San Jose

The wild and woolly men's event at Skate America

November 26, 2017 By 1 Comment

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Nathan Chen still has a beautific head of hair. Perhaps a little more tousled than usual. Perhaps it’s the least of his worries. At least he is in one piece. Some of his competitors took a physical drubbing in the men’s free skate at Skate America. It was hurtful to watch at […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Rippon, Daniel Samohin, Liam Firus, Nathan Chen, Sergei Voronov

The cast of characters in Skate America's men's short program

November 25, 2017 By Leave a Comment

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Nathan Chen has a beautific head of hair. Charcoal black curls sproinging out of his scalp like the crazy curves you encounter on a Lake Placid road. And what a ride he takes those curls on: up death-defying quads here, around some new fascinating body movement there. Heavens, even pair skater Eric […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Rippon, Daniel Samohin, Nathan Chen, Sergei Voronov, Skate America

Adam Rippon's answer to the quad quandary

October 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Nathan Chen is the current aspect of men’s skating these days that speaks to flying high and rotating like a tornado at every opportunity. Adam Rippon is another aspect, quite pleasing, actually, but more short of those point-grabbing quads. Chen, only 17, with ballet in his background somewhere, attempted five quads at the Finlandia Trophy […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Rippon, Coldplay, quad

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

December 2, 2015 By 11 Comments

About 24 years ago, Freddie Mercury died of AIDS. But he’s far from forgotten. He’s everywhere, even in television commercials for a pet mart.  Playing in the background as pug-nosed, bow-legged little dogs chow down on kibbles, is one of Queen’s early hits: “You’re my best friend.” Honestly, Queen is like wallpaper, stuck firmly to […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adam Rippon, Freddie Mercury, Kristi Yamaguchi, Queen, Sandra Bezic, Toller Cranston

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