Ready for the Olympic season: Karen Chen announces Olympic Season Programs – Source, Karen Chen Official Website

2017 Skate Detroit play-by-play/results (Updated regularly) – by Jackie Wong, Rocker Skating

Love on the beach: Davis announces engagement: Olympic gold medalist accepts proposal from longtime boyfriend Andreev – by Sarah S. Brannen, IceNetwork News

Off-season news 2017: Retirements, coaching changes, music selections, and more! (with updates) – by Jackie Wong, Rocker Skating

Interview with Men’s 2017 World Junior Champion Vincent Zhou – by Ted Flett, Golden Skate News on Youtube.com

Cotop, Fallavollita named to teams for summer skating assignments – by John Cudmore, Thornhill Liberal

Ice arena’s first go at year-round operation successful – by Nicole Roberts, News Tribune

Olympic Ice Venues Ahead of Schedule in South Korea – by Eun Yang, NBCWashington.com

Babbitt speaks out to save Castellano Arena – by Stephanie Ukkola, The Timberjay

Anastasia Shpilevaya – Grigory Smirnov: “We worked on the maximum in Novogorsk” – Source, Interview with Olga Yermolina, FSRussia.ru

The Jonah Keri Podcast: Tara Lipinski. Jonah Keri’s sitdown with gold medal- winning figure skater and broadcaster Tara Lipinski – by Jonah Keri, CBSSports.com

Young Richmond athlete making a splash: There are ‘big things ahead’ for Richmond’s Nancy Liu – by Mark Booth, Richmond News

Davis and White Close Out Brilliant Career: In a partnership that has spanned more than two decades the American ice dance duo has won it all – by Robert Brodie, IFS Magazine

Mentor Figure Skating Club gets grant for synchronized skating event – by Betsy Scott, News-Herald.com

Summer skating finals mark 50th year at resort: Over 200 skaters due to compete July 20-23 – Source, Idaho Mountain Express

International Skating Union: The first 100 years, Part 3/3 – ISU Archives – Source, ISU on Youtube

Ice arena’s first go at year-round operation successful – by Nicole Roberts, NewsTribune.com

The 1942 Canadian Figure Skating Championships – by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard

Korean Skaters program music selections announced via ‘Sports.news.naver.com‘ @ Golden Skate Forum

Even with the one fall, Alissa Czisny demonstrates what La Bayadere can be for Gracie Gold in this free skate performance at 2005 Skate America – Source, Youtube

Check out Kimmie Meissner’s new blog “You’re beautiful just the way you are!” – Source, Kimmie Meissner on Medium.com

New graphic novel depicts skating, adolescence: In her memoir ‘Spinning,’ acclaimed cartoonist Tillie Walden describes the hardships of growing up as seen through the prism of figure skating – by Sarah S. Brannen, IceNetwork News

Skate Detroit, July 18-22, 2017. Live stream from 2 rinks this year — an all event pass (5 days) is $45 and a 24-hour pass costs $25 – Source, Pro Event Photo

Detroit Skating Club’s Rink C will feature the Senior/Junior events at 2017 Skate Detroit: Event Schedule – Source, DSCClub.com

Growing up with the Games: Winnipegger who competed in first-ever Canada Games helps host 2017 event: Canada Summer Games start July 29 and wrap up Aug. 12 in Winnipeg – by Aidan Geary, CBC.ca

Ice open to fire evacuees – by Jason Peters, Prince George Citizen

Refurbishing and daydreaming of the New Gilded Age – Source, Michelle Kwan on Instagram

Sergei Voronov: program should be fitted like a suit – More and more skaters choose Misha Ge as choreographer. Sergei Voronov told about his new programs and work with Misha – by Olga Ermolina for FSRussia.ru @ FS Gossips

Autumn Classic International tickets went on sale last Thursday and all-event tickets are listed as being sold out (Hanyu is scheduled to compete) – Source, Eventbrite.ca

Saulius Ambrulevicius and Allison Reed will Ice Dance for Lithuania – Source, Allison and Saulius on Instagram

Q&A with Grant Hochstein at the beginning of his final season – by Gina Capellazzi, Figure Skaters Online

Figure skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games – Source, NBCOlympics.com

Gracie Gold unveils Olympic season programs – Source, NBCOlympics.com

Skating Fans Flock To Cooperstown In Celebration Of Dick Button And Friends – by Laura Beach, Antiques And the Arts Weekly

She’s engaged! Dancing With The Stars vet Meryl Davis is engaged to boyfriend of six years Fedor Andreev – Source, Daily Mail

Go Spinning inside Tillie Walden’s ice skating-inspired graphic memoir – by Nivea Serrao, EW.com

Vincent Zhou shared this clip (his short program to Cinematic Pop’s cover of “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol, choreographed by Jeff Buttle) – Source, govincentzhou on Instagram

2017 Skate Detroit Schedule of Events – Source, DSCClub.com

2017 Skate Detroit Final Online Event Schedule for Jr. and Sr. Events on Rink C – Source, Entryeeze.com

The 2018 Official U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook – Source, USFigureSkating.org

Summary of Corrections to the 2017-18 U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook (7/17/17, PDF) – Source, USFigureSkating.org

Peter Firstbrook: A Forgotten Canadian Champion – by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard

Gracie Gold’s Olympic Season Short Program Music – Barbra Streisand – “People” (Album Version) – Source, Youtube.com

It’s Official: Meryl and Fedor announce engagement – Source, Instagram.com

Meryl Davis Announces Engagement To Former Canadian Skater Fedor Andreev – Source, TeamUSA.org

Skate Detroit gets underway Tuesday: Complete Rosters for all levels are at Unseen Skaters

Pro Event Photo will live stream from 2 rinks this year — an all event pass (5 days) is $45 and a 24-hour pass costs $25 – Source, ProEventPhoto.com

Skate Detroit Official Announcement – Source, Entryeeze.com

2017 Glacier Falls Summer Classic happens from 27 – 30 July. There is no live stream for this competition; however, the club once again plans to provide video of the full Senior (and Junior? still to be confirmed) Men/Ladies events for viewing on-demand, at no charge, to Icenetwork.com after the competition is over. Preliminary Sr./Jr. entries are available at Unseen Skaters Online

Malaysian figure skater Julian Yee refines his skills for SEA Games – Source, Star2.com

Skating superstars shine at ‘Fenimore on Ice’ – by Allison Collins, The Daily Star

For who have not seen Jason Brown’s long program you can get an idea of it from a fan cam video broken up into five partial Instagram videos with single and double jumps inserted where more difficult jumps will take place – Source, Instagram Part 1 video – Instagram Part 2 video –  Instagram Part 3 video –  Instagram Part 4 video –  Instagram Part 5 video  

Skate Milwaukee 2017 brings figure skating competition to the Brew City: “It’s definitely challenging” – by Evan Peterson, Fox6Now.com

Hot ice: Led by 10-year-old Reece Yaksitch, figure skating is cool in Bakersfield – by Zach Ewing and Trevor Horn, The Bakersfield Californian

Big Sky State Games: Figure Skating; Results – Source, Billings Gazette

Registration for the qualifying season will remain open until September 1, 2017. In addition, you can also register for the 2017/18 nonqualifying competitions that will be held at each of the Regional Championship host locations. More information is here

Stats on Ice – Database includes results for local, qualifying, national, and international figure skating events. No registration required, just explore Skater Search and Competition Search – Source, StatsOnIce.com

Skaters from around the world visit for Skate Milwaukee competition – by Evan Peterson, Fox6Now

Letter: Skate club presents great opportunity – by Gregg Hutchings, The Ridgefield Press

After the podium, off the ice: Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen opens up – Source, SI.com

Ted Flett interviews USA’s Mirai Nagasu for Golden Skate in Colorado Springs, Col. – July 2017 Source, Youtube.com

Miner entertains the crowd – by Christie Sausa, Lake Placid News

“Olympic Channel: Home Of Team USA” To Launch On July 15 In More Than 35 Million Homes – Source, TeamUSA.org

Watch @Meryl_Davis and @CharlieaWhite discuss their journey and partnership with Larry King – Source, Growth Habits Show on Youtube.com https://youtu.be/zISpa74k2BM

Skate It Forward organizer shares what goes into putting on benefit show – by Leah Adams, Figure Skaters Online

Olympic ChannelVerified account @olympicchannel on Twitter – Official Twitter Page

Team Australia figure skating international assignments as of July 15, 2017 – Source, ISAI

Ice Skating Australia High Performance and Athlete Development – Source, ISA.org

After the podium, off the ice: Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen opens up – by Sasha Cohen, SI.com

The 1989 Jeep Main Event Of Skating – by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard

Take the quiz! Which figure skating jump are you? – by Jackie Wong, Rocker Skating

3-D lasers to be part of gymnastics judging at 2020 Tokyo Olympics (possibly with Figure Skating in near future?) – Source, NBCOlympics.com

Steel City Blades’ synchronized skating program builds community – by Fitale Wari, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Olympic medalist visits figure skating club – by Tim Engstrom, Lakeshore Weekly News

Sneak peeks: 2018 Olympic season programs: Behind the scenes of Jason Brown USA short program – Source, Jackie Wong’s Rocker Skating

Marin Honda JPN – Free Skate (Nessun dorma) performed at July 9 Dreams On Ice – Source, Dailymotion.com

Mai Mihara has selected a Tango for her Olympic Season Short Program shown at Dreams on Ice 2017 – Source, Youtube.com

Ross Miner’s new SP is “Downtown” by Macklemore, according to this article by Christie Sausa on his guest appearance at the first Lake Placid Saturday Night Ice Show of the summer, July 8, in Lake Placid, NY – Source, Lake Placid News Watch here – Youtube.com

Elena Vaytsekhovskaya’s interview for Sport=Express.ru with Dmitrii Soloviev `Olympic season is not the time for changes’ – Source, English Translation by ‘TAHbKA’ @ FSU

Perfection on ice or how to make the impossible possible: An interview with Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot – Source, News about ice skating ‘Long Program’

Anett Pötzsch, German skate trainer, moves from Dresden to Mannheim – Source, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

Pogrebinsky and Benoit Program News: A New FD concept, which we have entitled “Desire” featuring contemporary rock blues along with an original composition created just for us! – Source, Pogrebinsky_Benoit on Instagram They also revealed their SD music (“Baddest Girl in Town” + “Lo So Che Finera” + “Bailar”) – Source, Facebook.com

2017 Golden Skate interview with Jason Brown – by Ted Flett, Golden Skate News on Youtube.com

Figure Skater Ashley Wagner Isn’t Apologizing in ESPN’s ‘The Body’ Issue About The Sport, She’s Showcasing It – Source, Just Jared Jr.com

Greenwich Billionaire Makes $5M Gift For Rink & Fountain In Stamford Park – by Karen Tensa, Danbury Daily Voice

Does a helmet protect me against a concussion? – Source, Concussion and Brain Injury Clinic @ Weill Cornell Medicine

More: About Concussions – Source, Weill Cornell Medicine

The Star of Hamilton on Broadway Javier Munoz posted on his own Instagram page today with glowing comments – Read them @ javiermofficial on Instagram

Jason Brown’s SP Music “The Room Where it Happens” from the Broadway play, ‘Hamilton’ starring Javier Munoz as Alexander Hamilton – Source, Youtube.com

International Skating Union – The first 100 years – Part 2/3 – Source, ISU Archives on Youtube.com

Skating stars to visit Fenimore this Saturday: The highlight event, “Fenimore on Ice Symposium” featuring Dorothy Hamill, JoJo Starbuck and Dick Button is sold out – Source, The Daily Star

Dames Of The Dominion – by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard

Ted Flett interviews USA’s Mirai Nagasu for Golden Skate in Colorado Springs, Col. – July 11, 2017 – Source, Golden Skate News on Youtube.com

Listen: Gao, Marcotte on latest episode of Ice Talk: Ep. 36: Bruno Marcotte/Christina Gao – Source, IceNetwork.com

Andrea Gilardi (ITA): “Worlds? Always a special atmosphere!” – by Serena Gianvecchio, JuraSynchro.com

2017 Worlds: a journey through the highlights (and the shadows) of the pairs event (Story and Photos) – Source, Inside Skating

Do you know that competitions have a life even before they start? (a photo-story) – Source, Inside Skating

Wenjing Sui, Cong Han – and a statement of love – Source, Inside Skating

July 11 benefit show to support Jeremy and Lucy Barrett in her cancer battle – by Mara Sullivan Hill, Figure Skaters Online

Q&A with Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker – by Rachel Lutz, NBCOlympics.com

Jason Brown finally confirmed he’s skating to Hamilton, specifically The Room Where It Happens – Source, Youtube.com

The World of ‘Figure Skating Photography’ As Depicted by Sports Photographer Tsutomu Takasu (Part 1) – Source, Where’s Space Pooh

IOC Makes Historic Decision in Agreeing to Award 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games at the Same Time – Source, Olympic.org

IOC Approves New Candidature Process for Olympic Winter Games 2026 – Source, Olympic.org