While in Nagoya at the Grand Prix Final, Amber Glenn was on an extracurricular mission. She wanted to check out a store to find a niche card game, one of her hobbies. One of the personal cubbyholes into which she darts off-ice. Said Alysa Liu: “Can I come with you?” So the two top American […]
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Gabby Daleman is BACK!
Up until a few weeks ago, Gabby Daleman was Canada’s best-kept secret. We’ve hardly seen her in three years. She’s determined to change that with her straight-ahead fierce focus. Never has there been an athlete who is clearly about blood and thunder, intensity, and sheer want-to passion. She’s motivated like a wasp to a honey […]
Alysa Liu, and the Impossible Dream
“What the hell?” said she, who had just accomplished the impossible. Seconds before Alysa Liu finished her MacArthur Park free program at the world figure skating championships, the crowd of more than 19,000 in the TD Centre in Boston, stood up as one, screaming for her. They broke the sound barrier. “What the hell?” Liu […]
Amber Glenn, Getting the Hang of It.
The U.S. championship this week served as a test of all tests for Amber Glenn. Her career had never rolled like syrup over a pancake. Her tears and her anguish welled up at every turn, heart as brittle as yesterday’s crackers. She skated hopefully in the dim corners, weighed down by everything. Then she won […]
Loena Hendrickx Conquers
MONTREAL It’s quite apparent that Belgian skater Loena Hendrickx is the queen of mind over matter, of love over pain, of rising to the moment. Hendrickx, the European champion, wasn’t even sure she was going to make it to the world championships this week, because she had been in so much pain from a problem […]