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How Henie Handled Hedda Hopper

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Academy Award winning actor Spencer Tracy kicked her in the derriere at a West Hollywood nightclub. "Citizen Kane" star Joseph ...

Headbanging History: Tracing The Roots Of The Bounce Spin

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Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval You know that cherished recipe that has been passed down through the generations? The one your grand...

The Shackled Schramm's

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Photo courtesy Joseph Butchko Collection, an acquisition of the Skate Guard Archive "You love the audience and the applause....

The Outstanding Ogilvies

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A. Raclare Kanal photos; Courtesy Jaya Kanal's It Figures! blog Joan Astley Thompson was born in British Ceylon, a colony which n...

Skating On The Tivoli Circuit

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Australia's figure skating history is just rife with fascinating stories. One that is far too often overlooked is the series of Down...

From Titanic To Trump: High Society Skating In New York

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Prussian born hotelier George C. Boldt once told his maitre d' Oscar Tschirky, "We must make this hotel a haven for the well-to-...

A Guiding Light: How The Girl Guides Introduced Generations To Skating

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Much like the history of figure skating, the history of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout movement is far from linear. No one smashed down a gav...

From The Big Top To Brussels: A Skating Family Touched By Two Tragedies

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One chilly afternoon at a pond in Rye, New York, Dickie Osborn LeMaire laced up a pair of skates for a game of hockey. The ice was imprinted...

The Life And Death Of Rita Trapanese

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Carolina Kostner, Silvia Fontana, Valentina Marchei... in recent years Italy has certainly produced some outstanding and accomplished fe...

The Dazzling Duncan McIntyre Hodgson

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Get ready for your head to spin faster than Lucinda Ruh , because this Skate Guard blog's got a little bit of everything: high socie...