Celebrations and activities involving sporting events and wellness activities
We are living through an exciting month of figure skating in Boston. Our very own Norwood-based Skating Club of Boston (SCB) is at the forefront of the 2026-27 season launch again this year. On August 6-9 SCB hosted the Cranberry Cup – an ISU Challenger Series event. As is typical for a post-Olympic year, we […]
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Going to the Olympics has been my lifelong dream. I first tried to make it happen for Tokyo 2020 (we all know what happened). I made it to Milano-Cortina 2026 – with a huge twist – so I must be back for LA28. It was actually quite fitting that my first Olympics experience happened to
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I have travelled to several World Championships and International Grand Prix events over the years but attending the Olympic Games has remained my dream since childhood. That was until this past February 2026 when I headed to Milan to watch Olympic figure skating with my two friends. (I ended up spending a couple of days
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ISU’s Cranberry Cup International* hosted by the Skating Club of Boston last weekend is going to be my new Boston summer staple. It’s been hot and humid here and so far I have spent my summer weekends on the beaches of Cape Cod and at Tanglewood (Boston Symphony’s summer residence in the Berkshires). Last weekend
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2024-2025 has been an amazing figure skating season that culminated with Boston Worlds Championships in March I was lucky to watch live at the arena! Next year I plan to attend the ultimate figure skating competition – at the Milan winter Olympics 2026. I am a lifelong Olympic enthusiast but this will be my first
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Figure Skating World Championships 2025 concluded in Boston on Sunday following four days of exciting competition. Sold out TD Garden arena was brought to their feet countless times. Although I was not officially accredited to cover the event this time, I was happy to get away from it all and celebrate incredible athleticism and dazzling
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In recent years, I was lucky to witness some fascinating examples of athletic greatness during live sporting events. Most recently, it was Ilya Malinin performing six quadruple jumps (including a “trail blazing” quad axel) during his free skate at the Montreal Figure Skating Worlds-24. I have seen (pairs) figure skater Aljona Savchenko, then 34, at
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Last weekend I was celebrating everything exciting world of figure skating has to offer at the Montreal Figure Skating Words–24! There were moments of glorious triumph and disappointing failure, breathtaking artistry and otherworldly technical excellence. Figure skating is not part of my daily life but I take every opportunity to become a part of
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Skate America-2022 concluded at the Skating Club of Boston’s new rink in Norwood, MA this past weekend. It was the first of the 6-event ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series – which will culminate in the Grand Prix Final on December 8-11 in Torino, Italy. I was not a part of the official media
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US International Figure Skating Classic competition concluded at The Skating Club of Boston’s new Norwood facility over the weekend World Class Figure Skating – in a Town Near Me! I spent last weekend celebrating the sport of figure skating at the Skating Club of Boston’s new state of the art facility in Norwood, MA. Opened
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