Openly gay pairs skater Eric Radford and partner favored to win gold at world championships
Radford came out last year and since then, he and his pairs partner Meagan Duhamel have been unbeaten.
By Jim Buzinski | March 25, 2015Radford came out last year and since then, he and his pairs partner Meagan Duhamel have been unbeaten.
By Jim Buzinski | March 25, 2015Eric Radford and partner Meagan Duhamel won the pairs skating at the Grand Prix Final on Saturday, a week after Radford came out publicly as gay
By Cyd Zeigler | December 14, 2014Eric Radford has an Olympic silver medal in figure skating. Now he aims for a gold medal in 2018 - with his skating partner Meagan Duhamel - as an openly gay man with his "gay family" at home.
By Cyd Zeigler | December 4, 2014Johnny Weir, Billie Jean King and gay Russian teenager Vlad win over hearts in the upcoming documentary, 'To Russia With Love.'
By Cyd Zeigler | October 27, 2014The on-again off-again gay couple of Johnny Weir and Victor Voronov are back together, according to Weir's tweets.
By Cyd Zeigler | May 8, 2014Johnny Weir reportedly makes various sexual demands of husband Voronov for the two to remain a couple. Weir said a week ago there is no reconciliation. Who knows.
By Cyd Zeigler | April 21, 2014Saturday Night Live shows the sordid details of Men's Heterosexual Figure Skating
By Cyd Zeigler | January 27, 2014Everyone seems to be talking about the US Figure Skating Championships performance of 19-year-old Jason Brown
By Cyd Zeigler | January 14, 2014We will in fact have at least three out LGBT athletes as part of the White House delegation in Sochi
By Cyd Zeigler | December 19, 2013Jeremy Abbott is going for his 4th U.S. title (Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports) Lets just start off by saying the U.S. Figure Skating Assn. must be gasping for air in this pre-Olympic year. Let's have a look at whom you will not be seeing at the U.S. Nationals this weekend in Omaha, Neb. 2010 National […]
By Outsports Archives | January 25, 2013With this above Tweet, figure skater Johnny Weir announced his return on competitive skating, with his goal to compete in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. With this above Tweet, figure skater Johnny Weir announced his return on competitive skating, with his goal to compete in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
By Jim Buzinski | January 19, 2012U.S. skater Richard Dornbush I was so looking forward to the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships to be held in Tokyo this year, which were moved due to March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese fans are probably the most appreciative skating audience, cheering and clapping for everyone, not just their own. So for the […]
By Outsports Archives | April 25, 2011The International Skating Union announced today the postponement and potential cancellation of this year’s World Figure Skating Championships. The reason: They were supposed to take place in Tokyo next week and nobody thinks that’s a good idea. Former skater Chad Conley (right) told me the chances of the ISU being able to move the event […]
By Cyd Zeigler | March 14, 2011Out speed skater Blake Skjellerup is in England this weekend at the ISU World Short Track Championships. In his first event, the 1500-meter, he wasn’t able to get out of the quarterfinals finishing 4th in his heat. But as he told me via Skype, he’s just coming off a really bad flu and he has […]
By Cyd Zeigler | March 11, 2011According to some fans, Johnny Weir is again getting screwed by United States Figured Skating. Weir is only the second skater ever to receive the Readers Choice Award (Michelle Kwan Trophy) twice, and he will be given the award at the US Figure Skating National Championship at Jan. 30. However, Weir has been told he […]
By Cyd Zeigler | January 9, 2011One in a series of first-person articles from athletes competing in the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne. James (Jamie) ScottNew York City My name is James Scott. I'm 48 years young, gay, and (sadly) single. I live in New York City (Manhattan) and I'm an amateur figure skater — F5, ISI #811001. I practice at […]
By Cyd Zeigler | June 20, 2010Daisuke Takahashi With only two of the top six finishers from last month’s Olympics competing at the world championships in Torino, Italy, the door was left wide open for a new era of men to move up the food chain heading towards 2014. The short program belonged to 24-year-old Daisuke Takahashi from Japan. Coming off […]
By Outsports Archives | March 25, 2010Jeremy Abbott Don't expect the World Figure Skating Championships, which start Monday, to have the same media attention as the Olympics. I have often wondered why we continue to have the world's a month after crowning Olympic champions. Who cares if the Olympic champions lose at this competition? I'd rather lose my chance at being […]
By Outsports Archives | March 21, 2010The ladies figure skating final tonight was the truly the show of shows. We watched a former world medalist crumble, another move up, one skater who made history, another who had to overcome gut-wrenching grief and the crowing of a new queen. This was the first final I have had the opportunity to attend at […]
By Outsports Archives | February 25, 2010How do you say “bonehead” in Dutch? You don’t have to know anything about speedskating to realize that the Netherlands’ Sven Kramer committed one of the biggest blunders in Olympic history in the men’s 10,000 meters and cost himself the gold. Kramer screwed up and failed to cross lanes properly. He skated in the final […]
By Jim Buzinski | February 23, 2010