Sasha Cohen

With every New Year, the scent of trophies fills the West Los Angeles air. And so once again, I pick up my tux from the dry cleaners and head back onto the awards trail. First stop, the Golden Globes. Of all the many (many) stops on my tour last year,...

With bronze and silver medals already at home in Maryland, Kimmie Meissner will try to complete the set this week at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Her timing couldn't be better. Michelle Kwan, the nine-time winner, and Sasha Cohen, last year's...

Add steely nerved gambler to the list of words that can be used to define Kimmie Meissner. The Bel Air figure skater ditched her long program this fall, weeks before the start of the new season, betting that she could learn a more eye-catching routine in...

The applause from a standing ovation barely had stopped echoing in Mirai Nagasu's ears when it was replaced by the sound of her cell phone ringing. The caller was a friend at Arcadia (Calif.) High School, where Nagasu is a freshman. Once Nagasu thanked...

With a new season on the horizon, U.S. figure skating champion Kimmie Meissner is channeling her inner Michelle Kwan. Her short program music, "The Feeling Begins," is what Kwan used on her way to national and world titles. The footwork, spins and...

With six weeks to go before the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner has dropped her longtime coach in favor of one she hopes will provide a quick fix. In: Richard Callaghan, who guided Tara Lipinski to Olympic, world and national titles...

The cleverest stunt in "Blades of Glory" doesn't come on the ice, but in the movie's very concept: How do you make a knuckleheaded comedy for dudes, complete with vomit and jock-strap jokes, about the sequin-spangled world of figure skating? Will Ferrell...

Going into today's long program at the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner finds herself in a familiar spot: behind. Last year, she used the long program to make up a 5 1/2 -point deficit and springboard from fifth place to the top of the...

Figure Skating A year ago and a month removed from the Winter Olympics, Kimmie Meissner was just one of the young women using the World Figure Skating Championships to gain international experience. Then, "she skated her brains out," says coach Pam...

There are no figures in women's figure skating. Kimmie Meissner is finding that out the hard way. A growth spurt, or just a couple of pounds on hips and thighs, can upset a world-class skater's finely calibrated internal gyroscope or put stress on a...

Figure skating fans may thrill to the jumps and spins, but it's the pageantry that keeps us watching. Sometimes a skater wears the costume; sometimes it's the other way around. Here's a snapshot of memorable (and a few forgettable) style moments in...

Thirty-one years ago this month, Dorothy Hamill felt the weight of Olympic gold around her neck as she stood on the podium in Innsbruck, Austria. Her mind raced. Her emotions soared. Silently, she gave thanks to her parents, her coaches and her...