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• Former Cal starter Sherbert will transfer to Gonzaga

  May 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Women’s basketball: Gonzaga reloaded Friday, adding a transfer with impressive basketball genes. Former California starter Lindsay Sherbert will transfer to Gonzaga and will be eligible to play after redshirting the …

• Virtue, Moir win title

  February 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 For the first time in nearly two years, Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir beat the American team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White in ice dancing. The reigning Olympic …

• Young skater flies under radar

  February 12, 2012 in Sports on Page C9 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For someone who competes at the highest level of her sport, Agnes Zawadzki is surprisingly anonymous as she walks through the halls at Cheyenne Mountain High …

• Heat handle Sixers with ease in Philly

  February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 NBA: Dwyane Wade scored 26 points and LeBron James had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Miami Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday …

• Fabulous finish for Abbott at figure skating championships

  January 30, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 Good thing Jeremy Abbott was the final skater. There was no way anyone could have topped this performance. Needing only to stay on his feet to win his third title …

• Rubio lifts Minnesota over Spurs

  January 28, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 NBA: Ricky Rubio scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and dished out 10 assists to lift the host Minnesota Timberwolves to an 87-79 victory over the …

• Djokovic eliminated in London

  November 26, 2011 in Sports on Page C2 Tennis: All that success finally caught up to Novak Djokovic. A weary Djokovic finished his spectacular season Friday by losing more matches in three days than he did in the …

• Skaters land dreams of making nationals

  November 24, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S10 Nicole Deitrick, 14, and Kayleigh Elliott, 11, circled the ice, landing jumps and executing dizzying spins with ease. For spectators it was a brilliant figure skating performance. For the girls …

• Samuelson, Bates split up

  June 29, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Figure skating: American ice dancers Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates are splitting up and looking for new partners after more than a decade together. The two finished 11th at the …

• Nashville Predators even series with OT win over Vancouver

  May 1, 2011 in Sports on Page C2 NHL: Ryan Suter tied the game with 67 seconds left and Matt Halischuk won it 14:51 into double overtime as the Nashville Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 in Vancouver, …

• Spurs avoid elimination with late 3-pointer

  April 28, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 NBA: Gary Neal caught an inbounds pass with 1.7 seconds left and forced overtime with a 3-point heave as time expired, and the San Antonio Spurs staved off elimination by …

• Americans hope to end gold medal drought in dance

  April 23, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 The American women have more titles than a royal family. The men once held the world figure skating title for 12 straight years. Even the pairs have a couple of …

• Skating officials now considering canceling worlds

  March 14, 2011 in Sports on Page B2 LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Germany announced Sunday it will not send a team to next week’s world figure skating championships in Tokyo, and international skating officials were weighing whether to even …

• Champion rises from fourth to lead U.S. world figure skating team

  February 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 GREENSBORO, N.C. – The powerful Japanese can relax. Canada’s Patrick Chan, too. If they were ever worried about the Americans, that is.

• ‘JerForce’ will be with us

  May 27, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Jeremy Abbott wrote on his Twitter what he discovered in January during the national figure skating championships: “Yes I spoCAN!” Abbott, 24, skated to his first Olympic berth and second … 1

• Audubon students treated to skating

  February 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N6 Eight lucky students from Audubon Elementary had the opportunity of a lifetime on Jan. 24 when Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program donated 10 tickets to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships …

• Davis, White grow into starring roles

  January 15, 2010 in Sports on Page O6 For ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2009 was a golden year. The Michigan natives begin 2010 hoping for more of the same.

• Editorial: World-class event makes Spokane a champion

  January 14, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 If Spokane wanted an excuse in case it can’t match its gold-medal performance as host to the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the struggling economy has provided it. Whose budget …

• Ex-CdA resident extends skating career, tours world

  November 16, 2009 in Features on Page C1 The 36 skaters in “Disney on Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy” come from eight different countries and range in age from 17 to 41, making for plenty of cultural and …

• Meissner won’t compete in Spokane

  October 8, 2009 in Sports Former world and U.S. champion Kimmie Meissner will not be competing in Spokane for the U.S. Nationals in January.

• Kwan won’t skate in Spokane

  July 31, 2009 in Sports Michelle Kwan chose school over skating. The nine-time U.S. champion announced Friday she will not return to competitive skating in hopes of making the Vancouver Olympics.

• Lysacek takes men’s world title at championships

  March 27, 2009 in Sports on Page B2 Hometown boy makes good – the kind of story Hollywood loves. A short skate from the movie capital, Evan Lysacek, an Illinois native now living in Los Angeles, became the …

• Skaters test how they measure up

  March 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 It was chilly outside Saturday, but that didn’t stop dozens of figure skaters and their families from having a little bit of fun at the Riverfront Park Ice Palace. The …

• Skaters under pressure

  January 26, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 CLEVELAND – And the Americans thought there was pressure this week. The Vancouver Olympics are still a year away, but they may as well be two months. That’s when the …

• Abbott wins first U.S. title

  January 26, 2009 in Sports on Page B5 CLEVELAND – Jeremy Abbott followed up one big title with another. Abbott won his first title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, a month after taking the gold …

• Czisny skates to U.S. women’s title

  January 25, 2009 in Sports on Page C3 CLEVELAND – Alissa Czisny finally lived up to all that potential. And how.

• Abbott doesn’t come up short in skating

  January 24, 2009 in Sports on Page C3 CLEVELAND – Jeremy Abbott might put an end to the Evan and Johnny Show’s five-year run. Abbott reminded everyone Friday night that there’s more to the American men than Evan …

• Czisny sets aside erratic past to win short program

  January 23, 2009 in Sports on Page B4 CLEVELAND – The women’s field is so wide open this year, a surprise was almost impossible. Alissa Czisny managed to pull it off, though.

• Nagasu learns how to grow up

  January 22, 2009 in Sports on Page B2 CLEVELAND – You hear Mirai Nagasu talk as if she were dealing with the ravages of age and then you remember she was too young to compete at the senior …

• Skating championship favorites hard to figure

  January 20, 2009 in Sports on Page B5 The women’s competition is wide open, a new ice dance champion is a given, and the guy coming into the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on a hot streak isn’t named …

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