Let's make no bones about it: the headlining sport in the Winter Olympics is figure skating. No other sport comes close to the drama, the athletes, the subplots, and politics that figure skating has.

First, it’s important to know, first, that each skate blade has two edges with a curve -- or hollow -- in the middle. If you stand with your feet together, the edges that face each other are the ...

First, it’s important to know, first, that each skate blade has two edges with a curve -- or hollow -- in the middle. If you stand with your feet together, the edges that face each other are the ...