Our favorite figure skater says out loud, on TV, that he's gay. We respond with spirit fingers.
On Sunday's final episode of his reality show, Be Good Johnny Weir, spectacular figure skating peacock Johnny Weir finally came out as gay after years of circumspect non-statements. And we clapped and were happy, because Johnny is fantastic.
Gold medalists have been seeing each other secretly since last summer.
OMG, sports fans, it's true: Vancouver figure skating gold medalist and Beijing gymnastics gold medalist Evan Lysacek and Nastia Liukin have been dating since last summer!
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao won gold at the Olympics; how figure skating couples make it work.
It's THE love story of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games: married pair skaters Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao of China have finally won gold in their fourth Olympics. The story seems made for TV, and their adoring glances flashed across the screen, almost too cute to be true. But they are very much for real. Here's how they and other figure skating couples make it work on and off the ice.
Two pair of Olympians learn the truth about couples skating.
As you likely know, the winter Olympic games are coming up next month and one the most popular* Olympic events is paired figure skating. It's a game of grace, synergy and athleticism and two of the four American pairs are inexorably linked. Jeremy Barrett dates Mark Ladwig's skating partner Amanda Evora. Awkward!
Outside is barbaric, so stay in with a steamy or chilly romantic movie.
It's officially not fit for man nor beast outside, and with a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, there's no better time to hole up in a dark, air-conditioned room, perhaps with someone you love and/or would not mind seeing naked, and pop in some sexy summer movies.