There was a time, and it wasn’t a short period of time at all, when figure skating was one of the most popular televised sports in the nation, and Dick Button was the most famous and most ...

The Ice Capades performed for seven nights at County Stadium in July 1953, the Milwaukee stadium's first year in operation.

Here's a look back at the entertainers, leaders, athletes and other notable people we've said goodbye to so far in 2025.

U.S. Figure Skating was hit with a horrific loss as the entire team — athletes, seconds, thirds and coaches, perished in a ...

2003 — Michael Jordan becomes the first 40-year-old in NBA history to score 40 or more points, getting 43 in the Washington Wizards’ 89-86 win over the New Jersey Nets. 2014 — Mikaela Shiffrin becomes ...

Button with his fellow figure skating gold medallist Barbara Ann Scott ... and his wife Evelyn. Young Dick was given his first pair of skates aged 11 and went on to attend a skating school in ...

NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s great innovators and promoters, the man responsible not only for ...

Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York, his family confirmed Thursday. "U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button," the organization said in a statement. "The two ...

NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s greatest ...

Dick Button, a dominant and electrifying force in figure skating who was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, then shaped the public understanding of skating for decades ...