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Japan's Finest Thrive in New Jersey

Rippon Ripe for Debut Championship Season

Moran Memorial Free Skating

Moran Memorial Short Programs

Poaching Skaters

Janet Lynn's Address at 2008 Governing Council

2008 Congress Urgent Proposal - Dance

The Impact of IJS in Club Competition

Slideshow - 2008 U.S. Nationals Senior Ladies Short Program - Just what it says.
[A prudent person always virus checks such a file before they run it!]

Why Isn't Figure Skating Funny - An essay by Jack Curtis.

Coaches Propose Changes to IJS - Text of proposals submitted to the ISU by a group of international coaches.

Werner Groebli - April 21, 1915 - April 14, 2008

Cecilia Colledge - December 28, 1920 - April 12, 2008

Lights and Shadows at the Scandinavium - Championships report from Sonia Bianchetti.

2008 World Championships - Daily reports from Gothenburg.

Barishnikov vs. Frankenstein - An essay by Jack Curtis.

What Else? The Endless List of Flaws in the IJS - Sonia Bianchetti discusses the state of IJS in light of the recent U.S. Nationals.

2008 Congress Proposal - Jump Combinations - Proposals to change the evaluation of jump combinations.

Fun With Numbers - Ladies Event

2008 Congress Proposal - Rule 353 - Does the math for this proposal add up?

A Question - Sonia Bianchetti comments on ISU rule 353

Fun With Numbers - Men's Event - No controversy here, just fun facts for the most interesting subject in skating -- math!

Change of Edge Spins - Cécile DÄNIKER RÜSCH comments on the concept of change of edge spins in modern skating.

Scoring Mystery Resolved? - Maybe.

Rounding, Ties and Tie Breakers

So, Who Won the Men's Event?

2008 U.S. Nationals - On site coverage from St. Paul, MN.

2008 European Championships - Daily reports from Zagreb.

Scoring Drift in IJS Events - In our coverage of the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships we noted that the distribution of marks in the Ladies and Men’s Short Programs displayed an odd behavior, where the marks in the second half of the events were abruptly higher as a group than the first half. This unusual bimodal distribution was something we had never seen previously in figure skating marks. We attributed this odd behavior to a new method of seeding the Short Programs that was introduced for the 2007 ISU Championships and to limitations in the ability of the judges to mark consistently over long periods of time.

Since Worlds we have looked at the marks under IJS in greater detail to determine how well the judges maintain continuity of judgment during a competition.

The Oddity of the Odds - An essay by Jack Curtis.