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Happy Hockey Day, Canada – and Irene Bryson, MVP
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 31, 2010 at 12:53am
Today Canada celebrates National Hockey Day, based in Stratford, Ontario and featuring several hours of community activities and in-country NHL action. So it’s pretty perfect (although admittedly unplanned) that we featured two great hockey guest posts ...more
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Wednesday Workout – Yoga with Sasha Cohen
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 27, 2010 at 12:02pm
Although Sasha Cohen failed to make the US Womens Figure Skating Olympic Team by finishing 4th at this past weekend’s national championships (well, technically she is the second alternate), the one thing she brought to the competition was extreme grace ...more
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Nancy Kerrigan’s father found dead; Brother arrested
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 26, 2010 at 5:09pm
The father of former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has died and Kerrigan’s brother Mark has been charged with assault, according to Massachusetts police.
Daniel Kerrigan died on Sunday after what authorities are calling a “violent struggle” ...more
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Authentic moments with Kulick and Flatt
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 26, 2010 at 3:46pm
Every once in a while I’ve hit the bowling lanes with some friends and every once in a while comes my personal triumph — breaking 100.
Every once in a while I throw on my figure skates and hit an open skate and enjoy a personal triumph — not trip...more
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Training: Week One
by eRacer X-Files
posted January 26, 2010 at 11:45am
Out on the interwebs, the theme among most roller derby skaters is simple this time of year: TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN.If there really is such a thing as a derby off-season, January probably is the closest thing you'll find. Admittedly, this skater took to the ...more
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Hockey’s Stubborn Sunbelt Stand
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 25, 2010 at 4:54pm
With teams like the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and the Tampa Bay Lightning – who in spite of a 2004 Stanley Cup win are reportedly borrowing from themselves to pay their players – it seems a good time to check on the health of so-called sunbelt hockey...more
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7 Things All Players Must Work On (and Why)
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted January 21, 2010 at 12:18pm
This past weekend I was at a girls’ hockey tournament in Duluth, Minnesota where I had the opportunity to watch two of the best women’s college hockey teams in the States - University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota-Duluth - face-off agai...more
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Sporting events I watched over the weekend
by After Atalanta
posted January 18, 2010 at 6:39pm
I went to a hockey game! My first collegiate women's game of the season. Yea! My team lost. Boo! Also irksome was that it was the "Stick it to cancer" event which meant that everything was pink. Pink shirts and shorts and pj bottoms for sale. Pink program...more
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Broken Hearted Skate-a-Thon
by eRacer X-Files
posted January 18, 2010 at 4:06pm
Can you spare a little change? Its time for our Annual Broken Hearted Skate-a-thon, where we skate our very festively-dressed bootays off to raise money for the American Heart Association. WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can come skate laps for Broken Hearts with...more
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Vera Wang takes the ice
by A Glam Slam
posted January 15, 2010 at 1:22pm
Many of us know Vera Wang as an American designer whose
trademark fashion is the bridal gown. But before she entered the fashion
industry, Wang was a figure skater who competed at the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating
Championships. When her skating dreams failed ...more
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The demise of American figure skating
by Women's Sports Nation
posted January 14, 2010 at 8:17pm
Not that I actually watch a lot of figure skating (or any figure skating for that matter), but here is a funny article by Jere Longman (same guy who wrote The Girls of Summer) about the disappearance of American figure skating and an appeal for another kn...more
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Meet Team Visa
by Athletic Women Blog
posted January 12, 2010 at 4:11pm
Another look—this time thanks to Visa—at some of the world's best female athletes preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics, three members of "Team Visa": Julia Mancuso
Lindsey Jacobellis
Angela Ruggiero
Something else Visa wa...more
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NBC to air Skating & Gymnastics Show Jan. 10
by Pretty Tough
posted January 10, 2010 at 2:20pm
The Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular was filmed and presented live at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center back in October and the show will be broadcast on NBC, Sunday, Jan. 10 from 4-6 p.m. (check local listings).
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin ce...more
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How I discovered Derby...
by eRacer X-Files
posted January 5, 2010 at 5:19pm
....Though the real question is how DIDN'T I discover it before!?It had been over 15 years since I had really been on roller skates (save for some inline skating about 10 years ago), but some of my favorite childhood memories were from putting on my aunt'...more
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Top 3 Tips For 2010
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:08pm
I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season so far. I toyed with the idea of leaving town and going somewhere warm, but I am so glad I didn’t. If I had, I would have missed out on all the time I spent with my family and close friends, all my rela...more
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Wisconsin school district will offer girls hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted December 24, 2009 at 12:44pm
Earlier this year, high school freshman Morgan Hollowell and her father sued the Elmbrook School District in Wisconsin, challenging the district's decision to exclude girls from the hockey cooperative it is joining with another school district. Elmbrook ...more
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Hockey WNT to be announced today
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 17, 2009 at 1:41pm
At the Mall of America. Nothing says hockey like Best Buy. The nats surely need to get some things settled because they were handled by the Canadians in the last match-up and the situation is starting to look serious.
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