Our nation loves to watch figure skating. Figure skaters have glided and twirled and performed their gravity-defying leaps of faith right into our hearts, creating the sixth-largest sports fan base of people (male and female) 12 and older (only the NFL, MLB, NCAA football and…
As reigning 2009 U.S. National Champion and the first U.S. man to win the Grand Prix Final in Japan in 2008, 24 year-old Jeremy Abbott (center, above), from Aspen, Colorado was slated as a favorite for the 2009 World Championships in L.A. However, it turned…