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2020 US Nationals preview (men): Time for number four

January 22, 2020

Nathan Chen can become the first four-peat men’s champion at the US Figure Skating Championships since Brian Boitano

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In Figure Skating, Rocker Analysis, Previews, US Nationals Tags Nathan Chen, Jason Brown, Camden Pulkinen, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Vincent Zhou, Alexei Krasnozhon, Andrew Torgashev, Jimmy Ma, Joonsoo Kim, Yaroslav Paniot

2019 Grand Prix Final preview (men): The rivalry continues

December 4, 2019

Chen and Hanyu face off at the Final for the first time since 2016

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Grand Prix Final, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Dmitri Aliev, Alexander Samarin, Kevin Aymoz, Boyang Jin

2019 Internationaux de France preview (men): Time for the rise of Aymoz?

October 30, 2019

Chen is the favorite, but will Aymoz make a statement?

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In Grand Prix Series, Figure Skating, Previews, Rocker Analysis, Trophee Eric Bompard Tags Nathan Chen, Kevin Aymoz, Shoma Uno, alexander sam, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Moris Kvitelashvili, Nicolas Nadeau, Daniel Samohin, Sergei Voronov, Romain Ponsart, Anton Shulepov

2019 Skate America preview (men): Chen leads the way

October 15, 2019

Can Chen continue his winning streak?

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Previews, Skate America Tags Nathan Chen, Dmitri Aliev, Jun Hwan Cha, Jason Brown, Boyang Jin, Keegan Messing, Alexei Krasnozhon, Michal Brezina, Koshiro Shimada, Roman Savosin, Kazuki Tomono, Alexei Bychenko

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Opining on 2019 Worlds (part 1): Doing the math

March 26, 2019

A look back at Worlds … and some numbers

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In Figure Skating, World Championships, Rocker Analysis, Opining Tags Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Rika Kihira

2018 Grand Prix Final preview (men): Chen vs Uno for gold

December 5, 2018

It’ll be a second Grand Prix Final without Yuzuru Hanyu

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final, Grand Prix Series, Previews Tags Nathan Chen, Shoma Uno, Jun Hwan Cha, Michal Brezina, Sergei Voronov, Keegan Messing

2018 Internationaux de France preview (men): C(h)enter stage

November 21, 2018

The World Champion has his eyes set on a second GP title and a spot in the Finals

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Rocker Analysis, Previews, Trophee Eric Bompard Tags Nathan Chen, Dmitri Aliev, Boyang Jin, Jason Brown, Alexander Samarin, Kevin Aymoz, Deniss Vasiljevs, Romain Ponsart, Keiji Tanaka, Daniel Samohin, Nicolas Nadeau

Opining on 2018 Skate America: A lot of everything

October 23, 2018

Some good, some bad, and everything else in between

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Skate America Tags Vincent Zhou, Nathan Chen, Satoko Miyahara, Michal Brezina, Sergei Voronov

2018 Skate America preview (men): College and skating?

October 15, 2018

How does Nathan Chen fare as a college student-figure skater?

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Previews, Skate America Tags Nathan Chen, Sergei Voronov, Vincent Zhou, Matteo Rizzo, Nam Nguyen, Michal Brezina, Moris Kvitelashvili, Jimmy Ma, Romain Ponsart, Julian Zhi Jie Yee, Alexei Bychenko, Kevin Reynolds

2018 Worlds preview (men): Three battling for first World title

March 18, 2018

A three-way battle for a first World title - who takes it?

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In Figure Skating, World Championships, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Nathan Chen, Shoma Uno, Boyang Jin, Vincent Zhou, Dmitri Aliev, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexei Bychenko, Keegan Messing, Misha Ge, Max Aaron

Opining on Olympic men (part 3): Comebacks of all kinds

February 17, 2018

Career-redefining for Nathan Chen, career-rewriting for Javier Fernandez

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags PyeongChang, Nathan Chen, Javier Fernandez, Boyang Jin, Shoma Uno, Vincent Zhou, Patrick Chan, Adam Rippon

Opining on Olympic men (part 1): That crazy Olympics feeling

February 16, 2018

The Olympics can make you superhuman, or they can show you how human you are

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags PyeongChang, Yuzuru Hanyu, Javier Fernandez, Shoma Uno, Boyang Jin, Dmitri Aliev, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou

Opining on Olympic Team Event (part 1): A crazy way to start

February 9, 2018

A first day of Olympic competition that none of us expected

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags Patrick Chan, Nathan Chen, Mikhail Kolyada, Shoma Uno, Alexei Bychenko, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, PyeongChang

Opining on 2018 U.S. Championships (part 2): Oh, there was skating too

January 9, 2018

Some brilliant skating happened in San Jose

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In Figure Skating, Rocker Analysis, Opining, US Nationals Tags Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon, Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen, Ashley Wagner, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker

2018 U.S. Championships preview (men): Who stays vertical?

January 1, 2018

A deep and talented field vie for three Olympic spots

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In Figure Skating, Previews, Rocker Analysis, US Nationals Tags Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon, Max Aaron, Jason Brown, Vincent Zhou, Alexander Johnson, Alexei Krasnozhon, Ross Miner, Timothy Dolensky, Grant Hochstein, Jordan Moeller, Sean Rabbitt, Andrew Torgashev

2017 Grand Prix Final preview (men): Jockeying for position

December 5, 2017

Nathan Chen or Shoma Uno? Or someone else?

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final, Grand Prix Series, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Nathan Chen, Shoma Uno, Adam Rippon, Mikhail Kolyada, Jason Brown, Sergei Voronov

Opining on 2017 Skate America: Things happened

November 28, 2017

This Grand Prix series has been nuts, and Skate America was no different

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Skate America Tags Adam Rippon, Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Nathan Chen, Daniel Samohin, Ashley Wagner, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, Karen Chen, Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto, Bradie Tennell, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani

2017 Skate America preview (men): Chen's potential springboard

November 21, 2017

Can Nathan Chen separate himself from the pack this week?

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Previews, Rocker Analysis, Skate America Tags Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Adam Rippon, Sergei Voronov, Han Yan, Jorik Hendrickx, Maxim Kovtun, Ross Miner, Takahito Mura, Daniel Samohin, Kevin Reynolds, Roman Sadovsky

Opining on Rostelecom Cup: Olympic faves and Olympic spots

October 22, 2017

Olympic favorites gather at the first Grand Prix of the season

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Rostelecom Cup Tags Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Evgenia Medvedeva, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Carolina Kostner, Mariah Bell, Mirai Nagasu, Wakaba Higuchi, Mae Berenice Meite, Mikhail Kolyada, Dmitri Aliev, Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov

2017 Rostelecom Cup preview (men): High stakes at the first Grand Prix

October 16, 2017

Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu go head-to-head for the first time this season

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Previews, Rostelecom Cup, Rocker Analysis Tags Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen, Mikhail Kolyada, Misha Ge, Nam Nguyen, Dmitri Aliev, Grant Hochstein, Moris Kvitelashvili, Denis Ten, Deniss Vasiljevs, Andrei Lazukin, Daniel Samohin
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