Scott J. Hamilton

Yet another dog has bitten a man. Once again the judges' decision in figure skating has caused controversy. This one has taken on unusual dimensions, but it is nothing new in a sport where subjective choices are responsible for winning and losing....

A whole world can be fit into 76 minutes, and that's what the splendid documentary "OT: our town" manages to do. The story of how a high school in Compton put on a production of the Thornton Wilder play, this film, brief as it is, is a saga as heartening...

The Olympics are a beehive of activity. Here are a few aspects that should command your attention. 1. Security. The security plan cost $300 million, so it had better work. Spectators may face a two-hour wait to get through the "mag and bag" metal...

A figure skating controversy that threatens to engulf the Olympic Winter Games intensified Wednesday when details of a French judge's alleged misconduct came to light. Marie Reine Le Gougne told fellow members of the pairs judging panel Monday that she...

The International Skating Union admitted Wednesday it has been investigating possible irregularities in the judging of the Olympic pairs figure skating because the event's referee brought those possibilities to the attention of ISU President Ottavio...

Shares of the parent of United Airlines soared 24 percent Monday in the wake of a decision by its pilots union to recommend an 18 percent pay cut. The 62-cent jump in UAL Corp. shares, the largest one-day increase since Sept. 26, came after United's...

Near the end of Friday night's Opening Ceremony for the 19th Winter Olympics, in a protocol-mandated segment called "Symbol of Peace," the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the singer Sting performed a song he had popularized titled, "Fragile." The evocative sound of...