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Tonya & Nancy 10 years on - some articles

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Terry Hall

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Jan 6, 2004, 11:51:53 PM1/6/04
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Here's some articles about Tonya, the Whack and skating ten years
on. Warning: some of these may not stay around long - some articles
disappear or are moved into paid archives within a week or so,
depending on the site's policy:


An AP article about Tonya:

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/01/05/news/oregon/monore03.txt

The Nationals in Atlanta and how skating has been affected by the
incident:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/skating/0104/041askate.html

Christine Brennan's comments on the anniversary (hey, did anybody really
believe that there WOULDN'T be an article by Christine Brennan about
this?):

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2004-01-06-brennan_x.htm

San Jose Mercury news:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/7639490.htm

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/7639772.htm

Nancy being inducted into the FS Hall of Fame:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/skating/0104/05kerrigan.html

This article looks at the cult following that Tonya has attracted since
the whack (and even mentions our site):

http://espn.go.com/sportsbusiness/s/2004/0106/1701647.html

Ten Years on the Whack still making noise

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/06/sports18
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Over the past few days the Oregonian has published several articles of
interest to those who follow Tonya news. The first is about what Tonya
is up to now:

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/10731345683
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870.xml


The second is about the decline in the popularity of skating in the wake
of the judging scandals:

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/10731352733
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870.xml


Finally, Julie Vader reminisces about the good old days (well, they were
for the Oregonian at least):

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/10731346803
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870.xml

Terry Hall
Head of Special Duties Section
Portland Ice Skating Society - New Zealand's Tonya Harding fan club
http://www.geocities.com/portice

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