Ruben Marcilla paints the ice at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on January 10, 2010. Photo courtesy of Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau.Millions of television viewers will catch a glimpse Ruben Marcilla's handiwork. Thousands of audience members will see it in person. Dozens of famous…
Two S-R- photographers, Dan Pelle and Colin Mulvany, and I arrived at the Arena at 2 p.m. today to get our press credentials for the skating championships.Toby Steward and Barb Beddor, co-promoters of the event, walked through the media credentialing area looking both calm and…
Athletes take the ice ahead of the opening of the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane.See more slideshows from this year's event ...
Spokane climbs onto a national stage today as it begins hosting the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.Skaters and their fans have already begun arriving for competitions that will decide the U.S. Olympic team for next month’s games in Vancouver, B.C.Read…
To gather inspiration for a blog on figure skating injuries, I attended a co-worker’s birthday party at a local ice-skating rink. Oh, the humanity, the small children, the Zamboni interludes. Swirling, swirling, but never flushing, like the toilets in the men’s bathroom. It was there…
Have a Twitter account? If so, follow our @SpokesmanSkate account. (Click on that link to go to the account page, log in, and click "follow.") We'll be posting updates and links up to and during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. While you're there, check out…
2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
