Jonathan

I'm not surprised. They never really seemed affectionate towards each other. I know they respect each other and they work well together but I never saw any passion between them outside of their choreographed routines.

There was speculation that she would do this. TT I know has been ill for some time and hasn't been able to give her students the attention that they require. Incidentally, did you know that the long program music that Mao skated to was the same piece of music that Michelle Kwan was to skate to at the Torino Olympics, which was also choreographed by TT? I wish we could've have seen that long program of Michelle's.

Thinking about it more, I'm not sure that Evan will continue to compete. Frank Carroll recently announced that he's leaving the Toyota Center in El Segundo and will instead coach out of Lake Arrowhead temporarily until a new facility is built in Cathedral City. The Toyota Center is 10 minutes from where Evan lives and Lake Arrowhead and Cathedral City are about two hours away. Will Evan go through the hassle of commuting or taking up temporary residence at Lake Arrowhead or Cathedral City to continue working with Frank? The same could be asked of Mirai, but she's just starting her career so I don't see her breaking away from Frank.

I think most cable companies carry the channel. It's part of the NBC/Universal family of channels. They broadcasted some of the Olympic events that weren't shown on NBC. The good thing is that they carried the figure skating live and not as a primetime event. Good for us, but I guess bad for figure skating that it was banished to an obscure cable channel. Maybe the event will return to primetime if Evan decides to compete next year. He'll be a huge draw.

I'm also glad Mao won. I much prefer her skating to Yu-Na. Yu-Na's a great skater, but her artistry seems fake to me. But kudos Yu-Na for not backing out of Worlds because of the fear of tarnishing her Olympic Gold. She will always be the Olympic Champion. Did you hear that Tara Lipinski? I'm sad for Mirai, but this will be a good learning experience for her. She'll make the podium next year for sure. But it's probably better in the long run that she didn't win. Remember Kimmie Meissner won Worlds immediately after the last Olympics and look what happened to her. She couldn't live up to the hype and she faded into oblivion. What's frustrating is that because of the combined placements of Mirai and Rachel, the U.S. will only be able to send two skaters to Worlds next year. If only Mirai kept it together and didn't have a total meltdown.

I read that this was a temp swimming pool at Rod Laver Arena. How temporary was this pool? Is it readily available now? Did Serena go swimming after she won? I'm confused.

Serena, again. Amazing athlete, bad attitude.

Are you referring to the line judge or the umpire? I would be more interested in seeing her cross paths with the line judge, though I doubt we'll see her in Australia.

Torvill and Dean were robbed in 1994. The program they skated at that Olympics, "Let's Face the Music," I thought was their best work.

MTV is premiering a new show called....drumroll please....The City. Guess they didn't like LOV NYC.

Yeah, unfortunately Loving had to go up against Y&R in most markets. Although I did read that in major cities like LA and NY, it actually beat Y&R many times but on a national basis it just couldn't compete.

You two could never be on the same head writing team!

WOW! I just finished watching Wednesday's episode and I thought, gee the background music is sooo good. Then I come here to read this!