Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator
In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport ...
Seattle area figure skaters mourn plane crash that killed 14 in the skating community
The reach of U.S. figure skating is far and wide, and includes many clubs in western Washington.Those clubs, their skaters ...
Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...
Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...
Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.
Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95
Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, has died at age 95, according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing ...
How ICE is changing, tragedy hits figure skaters, advice for breaking up: Catch up on the day’s stories
👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM. In a tragic case of déjà vu, the figure skating community is reeling from another deadly plane ...
Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes
Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided ...