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Nicole Bobek Sentenced to Probation After Pleading Guilty to Meth Charges

Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek was ordered to spend five years on probation for her role in a New Jersey methamphetamine ring, a sentence that she said would give her a chance to get her life back on track. “Nothing but positive things can come out of this,” Bobek said outside the Jersey [...]

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Tanith Belbin Pictures

. Tanith Belbin in a flimsy red costumeCan Belbin and Agosto repeat at the Olympics?Tanith Belbin Lifted by Partner Agosto

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Tanith Belbin Arrives in Vancouver

Tanith Belbin Arrives in Vancouver VANCOUVER, British Columbia — When Tanith   Belbin arrived at the Athletes Village on Friday morning, after a harrowing journey that included 12 cancelled flights because of the snowstorm in Philadelphia, fellow Olympian Johnny Weir doted on her as if she were a princess. Weir, a three-time U.S. men’s figure [...]

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Top Skaters Advance; Cohen Falls

The Final Standings for the Ladies at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships: 1    Rachel Flatt 2    Mirai Nagasu 3    Ashley Wagner 4    Sasha Cohen 5    Christina Gao 6    Beatrisa Liang 7    Amanda Dobbs 8    Alexe Gilles 9    Emily Hughes 10  Alissa Czisny 11  Caroline Zhang

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Sasha Cohen Figure Skating Pictures

Sasha Cohen competed in the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Washington in January, 2010.  Sasha Cohen’s performance on January 23 most likely doomed her chances of making the U. S. Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team.  See Sasha Cohen pictures below:    See also: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/cohen_sasha.htm

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Tanith Belbin Image

Tanith Belbin Tanith Belbin, of the skating team of Belbin and Agosto.

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Figure Skating Results from the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris

Yu-Na Kim of Korea took 1st place in the Ladies final skate, at the Trophee Eric Bompard arena in Paris, France while Mao Asada and Yukari Nakano of Japan took 2nd and 3rd, respectively. American male figure skater Adam Rippon won the bronze medal Saturday at the Trophee Eric Bompard arena in Paris, France. Rippon [...]

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Nicole Bobek’s Life on Bail: Working In A Strip Mall

Nicole Bobek, the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, is now living in Jupiter, Florida with her mother, working in a store selling fancy soaps and trinkets to tourists.  Jana, her mother, who was herself a figure skater in her native Czechoslovakia, owns the store, called Belle Maison. The store is in a strip mall in [...]

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Nicole Bobek Jail Photo-New Costume Is Jailhouse Green

Nicole Bobek, former figure-skating champion, is shown below in a video hookup from jail as she is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetine. Bobek is spending time in the Hudson County jail.

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Figure Skater Nicole Bobek Jailed For Meth

Once-beautiful Nicole Bobek is now a skanky-looking meth-head (see picture below) who was jailed as part of a police bust of a Meth ring in New Jersey.  Bobek win the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1995 and was one of the most talented, if erratic skaters at the time.  Below are pictures of her at [...]

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