Joannie Rochette

Props to reigning U.S. figure skating champion Ashley Wagner for making one of her goals at this week’s world championships in Nice to earn back the third U.S. women’s berth that slipped away in her previous trip to senior worlds. "I was part...

Alexandria, Va. Holiday Boat Parade Enjoy a parade of brightly lit sailboats and powerboats at the 12th Annual Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade of Lights. Some 50 decorated vessels will sail from Washington to Alexandria, Va., to showcase their creativity...

Landon Donovan's extra-time goal that gave the U.S. soccer team a 1-0 World Cup victory over Algeria won Best Moment in Sports at the 2010 ESPYs, which were held Wednesday at the Nokia Live theatre. The whole team went onstage......

Canadian skater Joannie Rochette performed her short figure skating program Tuesday night (Feb. 23) amidst heartbreak....

Kim Yuna's chances of retaining her world title apparently disappeared when she botched two of her final three jumps in Saturday's free skate at Turin, Italy. Her score, 130.49, was nearly 20 points below the record total (150.06) the South......

Kim Yuna's chances of retaining her world title disappeared when she botched two of her final three jumps in Saturday's free skate at Turin, Italy. Japan's Mao Asada took the title for the second time in three years. And short......

At least there was no big crying jag for Mirai Nagasu this time. Nagasu has made substantial overall improvement since that episode at November's Cup of China, yet she still must learn to cope with what caused it: the pressure......

A reader e-mailed earlier this week asking me to publish the TV schedule for the World Figure Skating Championships next week in Turin, Italy. Here it is, with all times EDT. Subtract one hour for Chicago and three for Los......

The International Skating Union has decided to allow Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette of Canada to perform an exhibition tribute to her late mother at an unsanctioned competition Thursday in Connecticut. Michael Slipchuk, high performance director...

In a ham-handed attempt to exert its power, the International Skating Union has threatened Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette of Canada with loss of eligibility if she skates an exhibition tribute to her mother during a made-for-TV competition...

Fredi Schmid, the director-general of the International Skating Union, told me Monday that it was up to Joannie Rochette's national federation, Skate Canada, to decide whether the Olympic bronze medalist can skate an exhibition tribute to her late...

I know it's not an exact analogy, but imagine winning the World Series and then going back to make up some regular-season rainouts. That's what Olympic champions like Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis are doing. And that's what makes the......