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, died Thursday at age ...
Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
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 ...
European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US
The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...
DC Plane Crash: Sports Figures, Teams React to Tragedy That Rocked Figure Skating
Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the ...
Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter
"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure ...
Nancy Kerrigan Cries For 14 Members Of U.S. Figure Skating Team Killed In D.C. Plane Crash: What We Know About The Victims
Six people associated with Zeghibe’s club in Norwood, Massachusetts, were killed in the plane crash: skater Spencer Lane and ...
Opinion
Column: For the figure skating community, plane crash has an unimaginable link to past tragedy
The figure skaters who died in Wednesday’s plane crash are mourned not just because they were young and talented but because, to anyone associated with the sport, they are part of the family.
Following a long history of Olympic success, UD's Figure Skating community in mourning
Among UD-based skaters who excelled at the highest levels were the 1992 Olympic pairs duo of Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval ...
Maryland figure skating community reeling from deadly D.C. plane crash
Ting Cui, a Baltimore figure skater, says she returned home early following the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, and wasn't on the aircraft that crashed Wednesday night into the ...
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.
The role of dedication and community in figure skating
Washington Post figure skating analyst Robert Samuels spoke about the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the larger figure skating community on Jan. 30 following a midair collision between ...