figure skating Archives - Awful Announcing

International

Skating announcer Simon Reed calls Meagan Duhamel “That bitch from Canada” on hot mic, gets removed, apologizes

Simon Reed made this comment Wednesday on the international stream of the world figure skating championships, and partner Nicky Slater laughed and said "Well done." The International Skating Union removed both of them as commentators Thursday.

NBC

Figure skater Adam Rippon declines opportunity to be Olympic correspondent for NBC

Rippon doesn't want to cut short his Olympic experience.

Pop Culture

I, Tonya is one of 2017’s best movies; our big takeaways from the film

If you thought Tonya Harding's life would make a great movie, you will not be disappointed.

NBC

Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski return to NBC in primetime for Winter Olympics figure skating coverage

NBCSN will also have a daily live figure skating show called Olympic Ice.