The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

Watch video of the 1994 performance of the married Boston area figure skate coaches who died in the Washington, D.C. plane ...

Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.

As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt ...

Sadly, also in 2019 Isabeau’s father Tim died. His obituary read: "Tim was a devoted father whose only daughter, Isabeau, ...

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport ...

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara ...

One of figure skating's greatest legends has died. Dick Button, 95, the golden boy who began it all by revolutionizing the sport, passed away on January 31, 2025.

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist and acclaimed broadcaster Dick Button died Thursday. He was 95 years old.

Mr. Button covered figure skating for CBS during the 1960 Winter Olympics in California, then joined ABC Sports two years later. He became the voice of skating for generations of viewers ...

By Deborah Wilker Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who ... and production values that made figure skating the lucrative centerpiece of the Winter Games. Schooling TV audiences on the ...

American figure-skating icon Dick Button, who earned an Olympic gold medal twice and continued his career as an analyst on ...