Ice skater, Nicole Bobek, won the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Championship and also was ranked third in the world that year. She competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was known for her infectious and happy personality. This personality was famous on and off the ice.In 2009, Bobek was arrested on drug charges. She was [...]

Ice skating seems like such a  benign sport. The participants are so graceful and delicate as they glide along the shining ice. The entire point of the sport is to make everything as pretty as possible. How could that possibly be a cutthroat environment?
But cutthroat it is. *cough Tonya Harding cough* Another infamous incident would [...]

Tonya Harding sure managed to make a splash in 1994 during the Harding-Kerrigan scandal. In what was known as the “The Whack Heard ‘Round the World”, Kerrigan was attacked shortly before a competition. She was struck on the knee with a metal baton, effectively injuring her and allowing Harding to take first in the event. [...]