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Retired Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan is facing a not-so-amicable divorce with Clay Pell, her husband of four years. It even kicked off in probably the most unpleasant way possible as Kwan reportedly learned of her husband’s divorce filing in California via a tweet without any prior warning.(snip) According to Kwan, they last lived together in November, as they were trying to resolve marital issues amicably. However, Pell reportedly blindsided her by filing the divorce in March. Kwan also said she tried to serve her husband divorce papers 10 times in April but was unsuccessful that she ended up just...

Are you now, or have you ever been, a shill for Coca-Cola? A conservative think tank denounced Tuesday a nutritional advocacy group for its attacks on Olympic figure skater legend Michelle Kwan for being a pusher of soft drinks while sitting on President Obama’s fitness council, while the group doubled down on its position. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) had said Miss Kwan’s dual roles as a Coca-Cola “ambassador” to the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and her membership on the Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition were “unacceptable.” It “cannot be reconciled, since Coca-Cola and...

With jumps, spins and those majestic spirals, Michelle Kwan showed she is good -- and healthy -- enough today and earned one more run at that elusive Olympic gold medal. Kwan, a South Bay native who resides in Manhattan Beach, sealed the spot on the U.S. Olympic team that she was handed two weeks ago, proving to a five-person monitoring committee that she's recovered from the groin injury that kept her out of the national championships. She performed both her long and short programs in less than 12 minutes, a quick practice session, and did every one of her jumps...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Michelle Kwan's task is simple. Prove she's healthy enough to skate, and her quest for that elusive Olympic gold medal can continue. Appear to still be hobbled or ailing, and that dream is likely over. The "Should she or shouldn't she?'' debate that's swirled around U.S. figure skating all month will finally be resolved Friday. A five-person monitoring committee will watch her do her short and long programs on her home ice in Los Angeles, and determine whether she's fit and healthy enough to compete. Kwan will do run-throughs of her short and long programs...

ST. LOUIS — America's best women's skaters will be on full display here tonight, but the real news will be made behind closed doors. Early results at this week's U.S. Figure Skating Championships already have created one likely outcome: Sasha Cohen, the favorite coming in, virtually assured herself a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with her clean short program Thursday night. The first-place finisher here gets an automatic bid, and Cohen is the points leader entering tonight's free skate. But even if she should falter and slip to second or third, Cohen still likely would be named to the...