"She launched figure skating's modern era," Sports Illustrated ... Fleming took a staid sport that was shackled by its inscrutable compulsory figures and arcane scoring system and, with television ...

At the beginning of Mr. Button’s career, figure skating contained two components: compulsory, or “school,” figures, patterns skaters precisely traced on the ice, once with each foot ...

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age ...

He remains the youngest man to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal. Button’s athletic style ... Skaters competed to music being played on records and were also judged on compulsory figures, or ...