...mind is as important as a fit body, which is saying a lot considering what a workaholic Lysacek is; longtime coach Frank Carroll often has had to ask Lysacek to cut back his time on the ice."My focus is like a laser right now," he said...
...someone in the arena screamed out, "Evan Lysacek has won the gold!"Backstage, surrounded by longtime coach Frank Carroll and pairs gold medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, Lysacek threw back his head in disbelief and utter elation.Lysacek...
...But getting one of them to acknowledge it, Lysacek in particular, is tougher than a quadruple jump. "(Coach Frank Carroll) says, 'Mind your own business in every respect of word,'" Lysacek said. "Don't think about anybody else...
...this week's nationals in Portland, Ore. "I feel a sense of cosmic connection because of Maribel Vinson Owen and Frank Carroll," she added, "so this is a very special year for me." Owen is somewhat of a mentor-by-proxy for Kwan. She...
...his third national title without a quadruple jump or a triple axel. Everyone fell, so much so that longtime coach Frank Carroll described it as "absolutely Abbott and Costello" earlier this week. But this was worse. Way worse. Goebel is one...
...either. She's already done that. Longtime choreographer Lori Nichol is gone, fired last summer. Ditto for coach Frank Carroll, dumped in October in a split no one fully understands. Her endorsements could be the next to go. Kwan is a millionaire...
...itself. "This is the worst thing that's happened to figure skating in a long time," said veteran U.S. coach Frank Carroll. "I can understand where, watching that, if the International Olympic Committee said, 'We don't want figure...
...As strange as Kwan's Olympic solitude is, it's appropriate in a way. Since she split with longtime coach Frank Carroll last October, she's been on her own, shouldering the burdens and responsibilities of chasing gold by herself...
...that talent and throwing away her chance for Olympic gold when she dismissed - and didn't replace - longtime coach Frank Carroll in October. Still, in handily defeating the 17-year-old Cohen and 16-year-old Hughes at nationals, Kwan...
...title behind Dick Button and Roger Turner, but emphatically says he won't be back. Kwan, who split with coach Frank Carroll in October, has made noises about competing for another four years. By then, perhaps the United States will have...
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