Alysa Liu sits within 2 points of the lead heading into Olympic free skate Thursday night

Alysa Liu chases an Olympic medal in women’s figure skating and tries to end a long U.S. drought. On Tuesday night, she ...

Alysa Liu carries Team USA to Olympic medal contention after carefree short program performance

Team USA's Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito​ competed in the women's short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on ...
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This mathematician proved a brilliant theorem to justify his social awkwardness

George Pólya’s random walk theorem absolved him of being a lurker and revealed how the laws of chance interact with physical ...

Alysa Liu Surges Into Medal Range as US Teammates Stumble in Olympic Short Program

Isabeau Levito was dinged for under-rotating her triple loop and got leveled down for her step sequence, which is where she tends to pick up points on the competition. It left her in eighth place and ...

Alysa Liu quit figure skating after years of chasing success. The freedom she found brought her back to the Olympics

As they hiked the Himalayas in 2023, Alysa Liu and her best friend – Shay Newton – found themselves in a deep, existential argument.

The U.S. falters again in figure skating, but the women still have time to make it up

Alysa Liu finished the night in third place, Isabeau Levito finished in eighth and Amber Glenn is in 13th place after a ...