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The Nicole Bobek memoir Bobek: The Wild One is available for pre-order on Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bobek-todd-fischer/1147890357?ean=9798319640437 https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2pHyRx88X/?hl=en The release date is October 8. A Complete History of the World Figure...

Cover reveal for my new books A Complete History of the World Figure Skating Championships & A Complete History of the European Figure Skating Championships - coming November 2025: https://www.skateguardblog.com/2025/06/cover-reveal-new-collectors-edition.html

The new anthology book Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People In Sports features essays by Karina Manta, Adam Rippon and A.J. Sass: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/athlete-is-agender-true-stories-of-lgbtq-people-in-sports/9780316572002.html

Thanks so much @victorskid - really glad you enjoyed the show as much as I did. So much fun!! :)

Thanks so much - it was honestly so much fun. Really high energy and well put-together. I think people will really enjoy the show!

A review of opening night of the 2025 Stars on Ice tour in Halifax: https://www.skateguardblog.com/2025/04/2025-stars-on-ice-halifax-review.html

Tassilo Thierbach has passed away. Thierbach and partner Sabine Baeß made history as the first East German pair to win a gold medal at the World Championships in 1982. Baeß and Thierbach were 2-time European Champions and 2-time Olympians as well. These German language articles reflecting on his...

I’m thrilled to share that my new book launches today! Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Ice is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones & dozens of other retailers worldwide. You can read reviews and a synopsis and find ordering links right here...

Between our moose and the noon cannon at the Citadel, we've made quite an impression. ?

I Have Nothing is now available in the United States on Peacock: https://www.tvguide.com/news/new-on-peacock/

All of the time ❤️... and still saying it after he retired from commentating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM2LAwLGKxM

A little trove of some of my favourite Buttonisms: "Good for you, Lucinda Ruh!" "If that doesn't put the fanizzle in her shanizzle, nothing will!" "First rate, first rate!" "I don't give a rusty hoot!" "He bamboozled us with his hands!" "Whatever that was supposed to be, it wasn't!"...

You're 100% right on this.

Dick's contributions to the skating world were immeasurable and rightly so, a lot of people remember his accomplishments as an athlete and commentator. He did so much more for the sport than that. Had it not been for his efforts, professional competitions would never have developed in the way...

"I'm not quite sure about those arm movements." Rest in Peace Dick Button