Contact TV with Meevee Home On TV Watch Now ... Main December 15, 2006 Michael Bolton on Ice: Fancy Sports Out on the frigid fringes of sport, beyond obscure pastimes like Timbersports and the World Adult Kickball Association , resides figure skating North Korea-like in its total isolation from the rest of the televised sports community. Once every four years, we dredge up the names Yamaguchi, Harding, and Boitano from the recesses of our collective memory in order to pretend weâre paying attention to the Winter Olympics. For those who are curious as to what happens during the other three years, I give you the Michael Bolton Tribute (wait for it)⦠on ICE!
Needless to say, non-Olympic televised skating tends to be less competitive and a bit more⦠fanciful. The next two weekends promise to be doozies for ice skating fans, as Kurt Browningâs Gotta Skate VI (featuring the music of Barenaked Ladies) debuts on Sunday, followed by Gretchen Wilsonâs Country on Ice next weekend. Browning is a veteran of Foxâs Skating with Celebrities , which wasnât quite the smash hit that Dancing with the Stars has turned out to be. (Iâm hoping there will be a | |
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