Recent content by bwayrose7

I think two things can be true: G/F once again have a program that does them no favors, and the judges have dumped them hard for what I think are fairly obvious political reasons. I'd put them in the same category as L/B this season, in terms of teams who were always going to have an uphill...

This is where I'm at, too. I liked the Shibs when they were skating. I genuinely enjoyed the three-way rivalry era. And I do understand that the Shibs - as opposed to other last-minute "return" skaters - may have felt they had unfinished business, with their careers being cut shorter than...

That’s the one. I love romance, read a lot of romance… but that one was insufferable. It’s like The Cutting Edge but with every ounce of charm and tongue-in-cheek humor taken out of it.

I enjoyed The Favorites, and I would agree with the other posters in saying it does a significantly better job of depicting the sport than I'm used to (if I read one more skating/hockey romance that can't even get basic rules right, so help me...). I would say, though, that it is definitely a...

I just don't understand the motivation. It's not like there was some milestone or achievement she and Han didn't get. An Olympic gold (and a silver), two world titles, world record scores - one of the best pairs teams in a very long time, if not one of the best ever, IMO. I'm not an athlete so...

The Notebook really has one of the most underrated scores on Broadway right now (and that song is one of the best in the show IMO), and Alex sounds fantastic singing it! I don't believe he's gone on as Noah yet during the Broadway run, but hopefully he gets the chance to soon.

Obviously, we don't know what's going on in the heads of the IAM coaching staff, but I will say this, from my experience in other fields where highly creative and intense, competitive personalities tend to congregate. Those "safe spaces" tend to be at their most "safe" when they're at a medium...

For Canada, I would imagine recent events have made it easier to decide who to throw political weight behind. LaLa are young enough to be at the 2026 and 2030 Olympics (or even beyond, given that we're seeing more mid-30s ice dancers these days), health permitting, and they do have a ton of...

Agreed, although I feel like there's maybe a 5% chance of that even happening. Right now, I still stick by my prediction that ChoBa, CarPom, and GrPa will be the 2026 Olympic team, unless injury or personal matters cause a shake-up. CarPom have done exactly what they needed to do: excel at a...

I agree. I think the only team in the current field that even might bow out is FB/S. Otherwise, the top three have been doing this same "we just don't know!!!!" song-and-dance for a while now, but we all know they will most likely stick around long enough to get Olympic medals, since it doesn't...

I also was expecting a retirement announcement after Worlds, prior to the allegations coming out. Barring anything unexpected happening among the top tier of teams, I think they've pretty much peaked in the standings. They're not going to surpass the established top three, they're too old (and...

Now there's an image that isn't going away anytime soon! ?

I'm not super-familiar with the technical side of the paso pattern either, but I feel like if this is the combination, it'll probably have as wide a range as this year's samba + '80s theme. That is to say, more variety than we might expect, especially given the way the pattern requirements are...

That wording had me confused too. The whole wording of the claim was confusing, but what I found interesting was the possibility that there could be a later document, period, that might have left a loophole. The document we’ve seen today is from December 2019, and I could definitely imagine...

Scrolling Twitter and found an interesting and potentially frustrating wrinkle. The account is a private one due to its discussions of abuse in sport, but they seem to be saying that the TE document we’ve all been looking at is not, in fact, the final one governing the event. “This is in...