Peggy Fleming recalls 1961 plane crash that killed U.S. figure skating delegation. Sunday, she'll participate in show honoring victims of D.C. crash.
There was a time, and it wasn’t a short period of time at all, when figure skating was one of the most popular televised sports in the nation, and Dick Button was the most famous and most ...
The Ice Capades performed for seven nights at County Stadium in July 1953, the Milwaukee stadium's first year in operation.
Here's a look back at the entertainers, leaders, athletes and other notable people we've said goodbye to so far in 2025.
U.S. Figure Skating was hit with a horrific loss as the entire team — athletes, seconds, thirds and coaches, perished in a ...
2003 — Michael Jordan becomes the first 40-year-old in NBA history to score 40 or more points, getting 43 in the Washington Wizards’ 89-86 win over the New Jersey Nets. 2014 — Mikaela Shiffrin becomes ...
2018 — Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu becomes the first man to successfully defend his Olympic figure skating title since Dick Button in 1952. 2020 – 62nd Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin wins second straight title by ...
Dick Button, American skating’s most decorated ... Tatiana Tarasova, the doyenne of Russian figure skating, began calling old peers who were coaching or had children skating in the United ...
Here & Now's Robin Young reflects on skating and its special community and stars, with figure skating legend Dr. Tenley Albright, who in 1956 became the first American woman to win a figure ...
The former Russian figure skaters who were tragically killed when their American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter have been mourned by the Massachusetts figure skating club ...
Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York, his family confirmed Thursday. "U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button," the organization said in a statement. "The two ...