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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

As the first repeat Olympic champion to his groundbreaking work as a television analyst, Dick’s expertise and passion challenged generations of athletes to be better while building a fan base that remains today.

The New York Times · 37m

Dick Button, Olympic legend and figure skating commentator, dies at 95

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 3h

Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'

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

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies at 95

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward, who did not provide a cause. He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes,

Figure skating community in shock

NBC Sports · 9h

Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

NBC New York · 10h

Members of Mass. figure skating club were aboard crashed American Airlines flight

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.

The Washington Post (Video) on … · 7h

The role of dedication and community in figure skating

Washington Post figure skating analyst Robert Samuels spoke about the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the larger figure skating community on Jan. 30 following a midair collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

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Plano’s Amber Glenn, figure skating community ‘heartbroken’ by Washington plane crash

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among ...

Who was Evgenia Shishkova? Massachusetts figure skating coach among DC plane crash victims

Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov were from Russia but lived in Norwood, Massachusetts, close to where they ...

Ice skating performances of DC plane crash victims

A pair of young figure skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the 60 passengers on board the jet.

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European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...

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Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor

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

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Watch: Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, others react to figure skating tragedy

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, ...

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Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator

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

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Pittsburgh hall of fame ice skating coach mourns loss of athletes on D.C. plane crash

"Heartbreaking" is the word that is being used to describe the midair collision between a military helicopter and an American ...

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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

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