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14 linked to figure skating were on crashed plane

Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., according to the Skating Club of Boston's executive ...

ESPN - 1h

United legend Rooney: Rashford needs to leave

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has said he has told Marcus Rashford he needs to leave the Premier League club, describing his situation as "embarrassing."

ESPN - 5h

Dick Button, figure skating legend and Olympic champion, dies at 95

Dick Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, has died at the age of 95.

CBS News - 10h

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95

ABC News - 10h

Figure skating community mourns members killed in plane crash

More than a dozen members of the U.S. figure skating community were on board the American Airlines plane that collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.. on Wednesday night. CBS News ...

CBS News - 10h

Olympic figure skating great and commentator Dick Button dies at 95

ABC News - 10h

Boston Skating Club is at the center of another airplane tragedy

Nancy Kerrigan stepped to the microphone at the Boston Skating Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, visibly shaken.

NBC News - 12h

Germany's Hase and Volodin take the lead in pairs at European figure skating championships

Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin put themselves firmly on course for their first European figure skating title in the pairs short program

ABC News - 1d

Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies

He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

The New York Times - 4h

American figure skating icon Dick Button, 95, dies

American figure skater Dick Button, a five-time world champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist who later became the voice of the sport, has died at 95.

ESPN - 7h

American figure skating icon and broadcaster Dick Button dead at 95

U.S. figure skating icon Dick Button, who won consecutive Olympic gold medals on the ice before he became the voice of the sport on television, died Thursday, U.S.

NBC News - 8h

'Everyone is like family': Figure skating community devastated by D.C. plane crash

There is no telling what the young figure skaters and their coaches and parents who perished in the crash of Flight 5342 were set to achieve on or off the ice.

Yahoo Sports - 18h

’Several members’ of skating community were on flight that crashed near Reagan National

Several members of the ice skating community were on the American Airlines flight that crashed near Ronald Regan National Airport on Wednesday evening. Figure skaters from both the U.S. and Russia ...

The Hill - 21h

Scott targets Olympic gold again in Los Angeles

Olympic champion Hannah Scott tells BBC Sport NI that it is her intention to go for rowing gold again at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

BBC News - 3d

Pirates, wolf howls and roller-skates: New York’s reimagined tiki bars

The mid-century kitsch fest is back — but this time mainly shorn of its more problematic aspects

Financial Times - 3d

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant: Remembrances and reaction

The NBA world remembers the life and legacy of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died Jan. 26, 2020.

ESPN - 3d

Transgender athletes face blanket ban at Olympics

Transgender women are increasingly likely to be banned from the female category across Olympic sport after another leading candidate to become International Olympic Committee president backed a new ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Ilia Malinin takes largest lead in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history

Ilia Malinin goes into Sunday's free skate, which is live on NBC and Peacock, seeking a three-peat.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Glenn edges Liu to defend U.S. figure skating title

Amber Glenn repeated as figure skating champion at nationals, narrowly defeating Alysa Liu by just over a point Friday night.

ESPN - 6d

Sabalenka aims to 'join legends' in Keys showdown

Aryna Sabalenka aims to become the first woman in 26 years to win three successive Australian Open titles when she meets Madison Keys in Saturday's final.

BBC News - 6d

IBA asks Trump to 'look into' 2028 Olympics omission

The International Boxing Association asks Donald Trump's new administration to "look into" the sport's omission from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

BBC News - Jan. 22

Former Penguins Netminder Ties Hockey Legend

Forty-year-old Minnesota Wild netminder Marc-Andre Fleury keeps making history.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21

Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95

She was one of Britain's most acclaimed stage and screen stars and the widow of Sir Laurence Olivier.

BBC News - Jan. 17

A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia from previous Games

ABC News - Jan. 17

Connor McDavid Becoming An Oilers' Legend

Connor McDavid could find himself behind only Wayne Gretzky in another Edmonton Oilers category.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 15

Los Angeles wildfires cast a shadow over 2028 Olympics

The finale of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris featured a memorable televised “handover” to the next host city, Los Angeles.

NBC News - Jan. 15

Peter Sarsgaard on telling the story behind the live broadcast of the Munich Olympics attack

Actor Peter Sarsgaard, known for roles in "Presumed Innocent" and "Dead Man Walking," now stars in "September Five," recounting the harrowing story of an American broadcasting team during the 1972 ...

CBS News - Jan. 10

The Roller-Skating Economist You Can Thank for Congestion Pricing

Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of a Nobel laureate who, as it happened, died behind the wheel of a car.

The New York Times - Jan. 10

Romanian Gymnast Involved in Olympic Medal Controversy Commits to Stanford

Ana Barbosu was awarded the bronze medal that was stripped from the American Jordan Chiles.

The New York Times - Jan. 9

Olympic Sprinter Charged in Confrontation With Miami Beach Police

A lawyer for Fred Kerley, a two-time Olympic medalist, described the police handling of the situation as “an unreasonable use of force.”

The New York Times - Jan. 5

US Olympic runner Fred Kerley arrested in Florida after police confrontation

Paris Olympic 100m bronze medalist arrested in Miami Kerley accused of interfering in unrelated investigation US Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

US Olympic sprinter Kerley tasered after police confrontation

United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley is tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida.

BBC News - Jan. 3

World's oldest living Olympic gold medalist Agnes Keleti dies at 103

Olympic champion Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist died at the age of 103 on Thursday, the Hungarian Olympic Committee said.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.

The Hill - Jan. 2

Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103

Hungarian gymnast survived persecution of Jews in second world war and won five golds across two Games. The world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, the Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, who ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2

Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory

ABC News - Jan. 2

Penguins Legend Looking For A New Smile

During a recent game in Czechia, Pittsburgh Penguins legend Jaromir Jagr took an errant high stick to the face, losing his front teeth.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 1

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