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By Kelli Lawrence

Of all iciness activities, none is so largely watched and commented upon by way of the media as determine skating, that is frequently thought of the iciness Olympics’ centerpiece. This serious textual content examines the ways that media cognizance has progressively altered and affected the game, from the early appearances of Sonja Henie, to skating’s sluggish viewers progress through tv, and to the ramifications of the scandals within the 1994 and 2002 Olympics. the subject is illuminated via greater than 30 interviews with commentators, skaters, manufacturers, administrators and others. as well as quite a few photographs, illustrations convey the obligatory figures for which “figure skating” received its identify, in addition to a pattern of the charted-out “camera blockading” for television administrators. Appendices contain accrued anecdotes from early broadcasting reviews; a profile of broadcaster Jim McKay; and statement from Carol Heiss on her 1961 musical Snow White and the 3 Stooges.

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