figure skating

The 18-year-old Hereford High School senior won gold at the juniors level of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit on Jan. 23.

By Edward Lee

Feb 6, 2019

Former U.S. figure skating champion Bradie Tennell was one of three women chosen to compete in the Four Continents event in Anaheim.

By Helene Elliott

Jan 26, 2019

Towson High School junior Ting Cui will compete in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit from Jan. 18-27.

By Edward Lee

Jan 14, 2019

By day, Lisa Rosado works as an elementary school principal. Come evening, the Ellicott City resident harks back to her own youth, lacing up her roller skates and gliding gracefully around a maple rink in Laurel as organ music booms from ceiling speakers.

By Mike Klingaman

Jan 3, 2019

"Dancing With the Stars" is back, and this time, it's all athletes — from Kareem Abdul-Jabar to Adam Rippon.

Michelle Gross Daichman's love of figure skating runs as thick as ice — both professionally and through her involvement as a national champion skater with a Rockville-based synchronized skating group

I’m not usually much of a sports fan. I’ll watch a Maryland basketball or a Ravens game with Joe from time to time but left to my own devises, I’d rather read a book. This is not true, however, when it comes to the Olympic Games.

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 19, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 17, 2018

Think you know your Baltimore? Try answering our weekly trivia question.

Years of training make athletes quick thinkers and decision makers.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 16, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 14, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 13, 2018

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 12, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to stand for the Unified Korean team's introduction at the Opening Ceremony was ironic and hypocritical after he left an NFL game in which players knelt during the national anthem.

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 10, 2018

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 9, 2018

Here's what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 8, 2018

The U.S. Team headed for South Korea won't feature as much star power as usual in the traditional high-ratings events, but there are a lot of great athletes and story lines if fans dig deep enough.

By Peter Schmuck

Feb 3, 2018

As she coped with the unwelcome end to her career as an Olympic figure skater, Kimmie Meissner wanted nothing to do with the sport that made her famous. A half-decade later, she goes to the rink almost every afternoon, drawn by the unfettered enthusiasm of the young skaters she coaches.

By Childs Walker

Feb 2, 2018

From nuclear politics to American skiing stars to Russian doping, here are the key stories when the 2018 Winter Olympics begin Friday.

By Childs Walker

Feb 2, 2018

From Baltimore figure skater Monty Hoyt in the 1964 Games to Rockville ice hockey player Haley Skarupa in these Olympics, here are some of the state’s winter warriors.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 2, 2018

Canada heads to South Korea with the strongest overall figure skating team and with medal contenders in all four individual events.

United States men’s figure skating history at the Olympics is gilded with gold. Nathan Chen has his sights set on some more. 

James M. "Jamie" Scott, a costumer designer whose work was featured on both the stage and in opera, died Sept. 20 from liver cancer at Bebee Medical Center in Lewes, Del. He was 56.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 6, 2017

Local high school artists have work on display all across our area so maybe you will be lucky enough to see some beautiful pieces

Don't miss The Columbia Figure Skating Club's annual holiday show, "Nutcracker on Ice," choreographed by Tim Murphy, Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill's long-time choreographer, whose work you may remember from the full-length skating ballet production, "Cinderella, Frozen In Time," that toured the U.S. and aired on television.

As soon as you gobble up that Thanksgiving dinner, start searching for the sweet treats of "The Nutcracker" ballet. There are a dozen local productions of this holiday chestnut, both grand scale and those geared for the little ones, some starting this Thanksgiving weekend. A few are professional visions with visiting guest artists, but don't underestimate the joys of a neighborhood showcase filled with sweet little ones romping about the stage dressed up like mice and steadfast soldiers.

Patricia McVey Cahill, 89, who judged professional figure skating events after her own career on the ice, died of cancer Nov. 18 at Stella Maris Hospice.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 22, 2016

The final couples are chosen on "Dancing With the Stars," and Laurie Hernandez has an emotional night after the death of her grandmother.

Russett resident Eric Mical, 12, and his roller skating partner, Natalie Barros, both participated in the South Eastern Region Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C.,

Russett resident Eric Mical, 12, is a roller skater who competes on a regular basis. He recently won the 2016 New Jersey Open Championship, receiving two gold medals and a plaque.

In 1997, the first Disney Channel Original Movie was released. "Brink," the long-running series' first sports film, came out the following year. Its story followed a made-for-cable-TV archetype: Protagonist and antagonist rise to athletic prominence. Turf war ensues. Goodness and decency prevail.

By Jonas Shaffer

Mar 26, 2016

Susan Mead's daughter, Tiffany, was in high school in September 1996 when The Gardens Ice House opened in West Laurel. At the time, Tiffany was an aspiring figure skater from Oakland Mills High training at a rink in Virginia, but she switched to The Gardens once her mother began to work there. Nearly 20 years later, Mead is administrating the Learn To Skate program at The Gardens and is one of several front office employees and instructors who have remained at the 150,000-square-foot facility

Susan Reimer on the retirement of her sportswriter husband

By Susan Reimer

Apr 22, 2015

Patricia "Pat" Muth, is a "seasoned" citizen, skater, instructor and artistic director for ice shows.

Howard County datebook

Watch your favorite movie characters come to life in the Columbia Figure Skating Club's annual Spring show, "Movies and Minions," at the Columbia Ice Rink

Howard County datebook

Plans are underway to bring outdoor ice skating back to the Inner Harbor with the creation of a temporary rink at McKeldin Square this November.

A recap of the June 25 episode of "So You Think You Can Dance," as callbacks in L.A. are winnowed down to the top 20 competitors

A recap of the May 12 episode of 'Dancing with the Stars," as some even bigger stars offer encouragement, while Amy Purdy really takes off