Jeremy Abbott

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adam Rippon knew what was at stake as he waited for Friday’s short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. It was time to put up or shut up for a skater who had fallen far short of the expectations created by...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When the men's event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships finished Sunday in the HP Pavilion, Evan Lysacek was in Dubai for some promotional work he declined to specify when we talked last week. Lysacek announced last fall he...

Top figure skaters compete at the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., including Rachael Flatt, 2011 ladies’ champ Alissa Czisny, Jeremy Abbott and 2011 men’s champ Ryan Bradley. Last year’s ice...

Universal Sports has coverage of the 2012 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Nice, France, beginning Wednesday, March 28, at 1pm ET with pairs short program and ice dancing short program. Viewers can also purchase a live and on demand streaming...

One-third of the way into the Grand Prix "regular season," here are 10 things I know about the state of competitive figure skating: 1.  The general performance level is as sloppy as ever, yet another piece of evidence that the demands of the sport's not-...

Evan Lysacek has decided not to enter January's U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Responding late Monday night to a text message in which I noted the entry deadline was Wednesday and asked if he were going to enter, Lysacek said, "Unfortunately, no I'm...

No U.S. figure skating coaches are more sensitive to the situation in Japan than Yuka Sato and her husband, Jason Dungjen. Sato was a world champion for Japan. Her father, Nobuo, and mother, Kumiko, coach some of Japan's leading skaters,......

For seven years, two names had been fixtures on the awards stand at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Either Johnny Weir (three titles, six podium finishes) or Evan Lysacek (two titles, six podiums) or both (five times) were medalists at......

Here are my last words on the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. And the first I ever have written about Jason Brown. But they certainly won't be the last, given how well the 16-year-old sophomore at Illinois' Highland Park High......