Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
The Figure Skaters Whose Promising Careers Were Cut Tragically Short on Wednesday
Also aboard the flight were many family members of these skaters, vital support systems for any young athlete. The ...
Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion and Commentator, Dies at 95
He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
US Figure Skating has seen tragedy before: All about the 1961 world team plane crash
In 1961, the entire U.S. national team lost their lives in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
'Everyone is like family': Figure skating community devastated by D.C. plane crash
There is no telling what the figure skaters and their coaches and parents who perished in the crash of Flight 5342 were set ...
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Albag, Szenes, Carter: Spy Women Art of Endurance
Szenes legacy is such that Agent Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Agent draws inspiration from real-life ...