Recent content by Yuri

Sorry, my "Evil Stefano" line is a nod to Elle Woods' video application to Harvard Law School in Legally Blonde. Unfortunately, Stefano (played by the awesome Joe Mascolo) died in 2016, but Days of Our Lives has hinted that the character may still be alive somewhere in the world. At one point...

My Mom was pregnant with my younger sibling when Days of Our Lives debuted in 1965, so its iconic theme music and "sands through the hourglass" have been burned into my brain since early childhood. I saw it many times over the years on afternoons home from school, holidays, and summer vacations...

I switched over from Peacock to USA Network just to see how Terry Gannon & Crew would handle the situation, given that USA didn't cover the Rhythm Dance so it was their first opportunity. Terry narrated perhaps a 90-120 second piece during the 3rd group dance warmups discussing the basics: the...

I must admit that I thought the USA would have only a single pairs entry in Boston next year when no couple placed in the top 10, as I didn't realize the rule was that any country with 2 or 3 entries needed the top two to score 28 placements or better to keep two. As frustrating as it was to...

I don't think that we will ever see THESE head-to-head match ups, but I hope that you will settle for Evgeny Platov beginning to coach solo ice dancers--female and male--and travel to competitions to support them. He's told me he really enjoys coaching solo dancers! All competitors for...

No, I haven't won an OGM myself! I have only been able to "borrow" them for a little while from :GnP1:

In honor of their 30th anniversary of G/P winning their first Olympic gold medal, I pulled out my old VHS tapes of the CBS coverage and watched the CDs (such lousy coverage, just showing the top 3 and Punsalan & Swallow), the Rhumba OD, and the free dances. As an initial matter, I simply loved...

Wow, so much Grishuk & Platov (G/P) hate to post on the 30th anniversary (February 21, 1994) of their Gold-medal winning free dance in Lillehammer that they didn't even belong on the podium, especially finishing behind Rahkamo & Kokko (R/K) who fell on their @sses during their FD! I was thinking...

Since there appears to be some confusion as to what "events" Gracie participated in during the relevant timeline of Chapter 11: World Figure Skating Championships (Boston, USA), 4th place, March 28-April 3, 2016 U.S. Stars On Ice Tour (Hershey PA, Portland ME), April 15-17, 2016 (**) Team...

I finished Gracie's book yesterday and am even more impressed with her than when I first heard about her troubles and comeback. I believe this book could transcend the niche skating world as many of her life lessons go well beyond Olympics figure skating. I convinced one of my every four years...

I saw Peter (and his sister Kitty) in May 2022 at the SC Wilmington when many of Ron Ludington's former students organized a fundraiser to honor his legacy, given there was no ability to do so when he died because of the pandemic. Peter was the M.C. for the Saturday evening ice show, where he...

You are correct that ordinals are irrelevant in this case, but factored placements are in effect if you assume each sub-event is worth an equal 1.0 weight. Earlier in the thread some objected to simply summing up the raw scores because the Men's results would be given extra weight--this could be...

I made two posts above trying to explain it and got attacked as a mafia accountant for my troubles. Precisely. Whatever precedent the ISU sets in the Team Event decision must continue to be applied consistently. It is inherently unfair if disqualifying participants from one country impacts the...

I have placed my Amazon order for Gracie's book which will be released officially on Tuesday, so it won't be long until we all can read her official account of the situation rather than read snippets from the WSJ and other sources. Speculation isn't healthy. I hope she sells lots of copies! I...

My point was that (1) the decision would be political and (2) they would contrive to make the math work to support ROC. And that in the aftermath of Speedy dumping ordinals and factored placements, it was idiotic for the ISU to use a 10-point scale rather than simply adding up all of the...