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...Beanpot--parents dream of having their sons skate onto the same ice as the Boston Bruins. Fans dream of hanging onto the same boards which have been banged into by professional players. More importantly, however, the players get to have their dreams come true...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Looking For Luck | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

SCHNECTADY, N.Y.--The first stop for the Crimson last weekend was Achilles Rink, where it faced off against the Skating Dutchmen of Union (4-11-2, 2-7-1) Friday night. After a good morning skate, the players were more than ready...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Break Up Union, RPI | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...brought sweetness and magic with them whenever they stepped on the ice. Watching them somehow made everything beautiful. If there's an answer to why so perfect a union should be ended, it will take a wiser mind than mine to make sense of it. If Katia decides to skate solo, wonderful; we don't want to lose her. Solo yes, but never alone. PATRICIA LAUNDERS Sherman Oaks, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 25, 1995 | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

...their coach, Marina Zueva, and two emergency medical technicians tried to resuscitate Grinkov, Wylie raced over. "I touched his skate to say a prayer for him," said Wylie. "But his leg was limp." Within four minutes an ambulance arrived to take Grinkov to the Adirondack Medical Center. For nearly an hour, Dr. Joshua Schwartzberg and the hospital staff worked to revive him, but Grinkov never responded, and he was pronounced dead at 12:28 p.m. When Schwartzberg gave Gordeeva the news, she sobbed on the floor, with Zueva at her side. She then asked if she could see her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: SHORT BUT SWEET PROGRAM | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

...Russians earned the gold medal at the 1988 Calgary Games, she was just a 16-year-old sprite and he a mature man of 21 who embodied both power and elegance. They projected themselves not as lovers but as older brother and little sister--siblings who could skate in perfect unison and perform a quadruple twist. It was after Calgary that they fell in love, and in 1991 they married in Moscow. Katia gave birth to their daughter Daria in 1992, but they continued to skate together professionally. For Lillehammer in '94, G and G returned to the amateur rank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: SHORT BUT SWEET PROGRAM | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

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