Ice Skating News

Santa's Christmas Village at the Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum opens at 5 p.m. Saturday with a special addition this year - an ice skating rink for all ages.

A winter wonderland on Broughton street. Folks lining up for their chance to enjoy some Christmas fun just after Thanksgiving.

November's unseasonably warm temperatures - including a record-breaking high of 17 C last week - may delay the opening of outdoor skating rinks in local parks.

People can glide over the ice in Conyers and at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta.

They were the underdogs, the no-name skaters from a small town out West. Matched against metropolitan teams like the New York Gotham, a roller derby team from Olympia with a shoestring budget and a big-dream coach wasn't expected to win a national tournament in Philadelphia.

Maybe the Senators should have sewn a letter on Jason Spezza's sweater a few weeks ago.

At Heavenly Village, the ice rink is surrounded by shops, a movie theater and then by several great family-friendly lodging options .

THE countdown to Christmas is on. A month from today most of us will be tucking into turkey but in just two days time a few of us will be getting our skates on at Eastbourne's ice skating rink.

There are gay players in every major league sport from the National Hockey League to major league baseball.

With the holiday season approaching and various charities deep into fundraising campaigns, what are your plans when it comes to donations? I'll give the same amount as last year.

The ice skating rink in downtown Reno will close for a few hours Thanksgiving Day because of daytime temperatures forecast to reach around 60 degrees.

With Sasha Cohen's prospects for making it to the Vancouver Games diminished by injury, Belbin and Agosto are the top Americans most likely to return to the Olympics.

Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, with capacity for 6,292 passengers plus 2,165 crew.

Andrei Lutai finished 10th at Skate America, which took place Nov.12-15. Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai will miss the Winter Olympics after being banned from competition for a year for allegedly stealing a car in the United States and driving it while drunk.

Detroit -- If you watch Johan Franzen doing his rehab exercises, you would think he's way ahead of schedule.

In this Sept. 7, 2009 file picture German speed skater Claudia Pechstein skates during her practice in Berlin, Germany.

Oh, it's official! We are in the holiday season. Neighbors are "Griswolding" their houses with plastic Santas, mounds of faux snow and more lights than LA Live.

Jessica Dube appears to be floating after a toss by Bryce Davison. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, Vancouver Sun Bryce Davison and Jessica Dube like the love stories.

Middle Georgians are slipping and sliding as Macon's seasonal ice rink opens back up.

In this Nov. 15, 2009 file photo, Kim Yu-na, of South Korea, performs in the ladies free skating at Skate America figure skating in Lake Placid, N.Y. Yu-na has discovered that the spoils of being a world champion are matched by the obligations.