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SI.com: Brian Cazeneuve: Gillis Grafström, Dick Button top figure skating Thrill List

These lists are not mere compilations of all-time bests in their respective sports but all-time bests at quickening the pulse and evoking a visceral response from those fortunate enough to have witnessed their artistry.

People.com: Michelle Kwan & Sarah Hughes Graduate College

Now holding degrees from the University of Denver and Yale, the Olympic skaters plan on returning to the ice

People.com: Michelle Kwan Plots Return to the Ice

Juggling broadcasting, diplomacy and college, the skating champ takes aim at another Olympics

SI.com: E.M. Swift: Skaters getting younger and younger

ST. PAUL, Minn. --The ladies competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships was billed as a "battle of the ages," but the so-called battle turned into a rout. The kids blew the oldsters away, and the 13,000 fans in St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center couldn't have been happier to witness the evolution.

SI.com: Michelle Kwan: Ultimate playlist

Michelle Kwan, 27, is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, the holder of 42 titles, including five World and eight national championships (consecutive) plus two silver and bronze Olympic medals. She was appointed last November as a U.S. public diplomatic envoy.

Fortune: Captain's Blog, stardate 4/26/07

MARKS: Happy Dow breaking 13,000 to you! Happy Dow breaking 13,000 to you! You look like a short seller, and you weep like one too! Just one for instance: AP reports that, "Apple blew past Wall Street expectations Wednesday, posting quarterly profits that jumped 88%, fueled by strong sales of its iPod players and Macintosh computers." And remember that's coming off strong comps! Yep. As Shawn Tully calls it: "A perfect calm."

SI.com: Lots of Lutz

Ever since he portrayed a heartbreakingly earnest cheerleader on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell has shown that he gets the comic possibilities of modern sports. Stereotypes remained his specialty as he moved on to movies such as Old School, Kicking and Screaming and Talladega Nights and gave us, respectively, the rhythmic gymnast, soccer dad and stock car driver from hell. In his latest film Ferrell is as ungainly and un-self-aware as ever, but as a figure skater in Blades of Glory he turns that sport's biggest stereotype on its head.

SI.com: Q&A: Michelle Kwan

Last week SI writer Richard Deitsch interviewed Michelle Kwan for the magazine's Q&A. The most decorated figure skater in U.S. history was recently appointed the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. Here are additional excerpts from their conversation:

CNNMoney: Olympian quest for advertising gold turns to lead

Many U.S. athletes have not only been frustrated in their quest for Olympic gold, they could find themselves out of the running for advertisers' gold as well.

CNNMoney: Advertisers going to X-tremes

Michelle Kwan is gone. Bode Miller failed to win even a bronze in his first event. What's a U.S. advertiser at the Winter Olympics to do?

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