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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

NBC Sports on MSN · 1h

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.

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.

The New York Times · 1h

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.

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,

Hosted on MSN · 3h

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.

Figure Skating Community in Shock

Figure skating community left reeling after many killed in plane crash near Washington, DC

As of Thursday night, 14 of those killed have been linked to the skating community, including members from clubs in the Washington area, Boston and Philadelphia. The Figure Skating Club of Omaha said the tragedy marks a horrific day for every family involved and the sport as a whole.

Minnesota figure skating coach participated in camp with several D.C. plane crash victims

Just hours after stepping off the ice following the end of the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, more than a dozen members of the figure skating community lost their lives.

The Associated Press – Sports … · 10h

14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

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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 ...

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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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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, ...

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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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