[commish]

Hopefully Kwan will skate well. I personally don't think she has a snowballs chance in hell of winning in Torino, but I will be rooting for her for no other reason than to see her cap an amazing career with the one championship she does not have.

[Niteranger68]

"The AP couldn't agree to either of these restrictions,'' sports editor Terry Taylor said. "Her skating is news and the embargo amounted to a news blackout. As for when a column is written, we believe that's for us to decide.''

"You'll get nothing and like it!" - Judge Smails

[EveningStar]

I could never stand Kwan. I don't know why.

[geezerwheezer]

My wife and daughters just love her to death. I hope she makes the team and takes it all the way home, but I also know that she is such a real champion, that if she cannot compete at the level she thinks she needs to be, then she will withdraw from the competition. Good person, good skater, and a fine young American.

[The_Republican]

Wish her best!

Although, at her age, it would be a miracle.

[Tallguy]

Sad to say, but Kwan at 25 is a woman competing in a girls game. It's the same for gymnasts. It's a strength to weight ratio kinda thing. Mature women, in general, lack the explosiveness to compete in these events. I would favor upping the minimum age, or creating divisions by age. It's ridiculous to treat a collegiate gymnast as "over the hill" for international competition.

[TheBigB]

athlete representative Brittney Bottoms.

That has...GOT...to be a fake name. If it ain't, the lady missed her very obvious calling involving a pole and fake fingernails.

[MotleyGirl70]

Can you please ping me when you hear what the verdict is.

Thanks in advance :)

[r9etb]

"The AP couldn't agree to either of these restrictions,'' sports editor Terry Taylor said. "Her skating is news and the embargo amounted to a news blackout. As for when a column is written, we believe that's for us to decide.''

Well, AP, I see your face, but you seem to have removed your nose....