On Ice Talent Goes Off Ice and Into the Kitchen: Brian Boitano Releases New Cookbook

By Nicolette House Cooking and writing are just a few new tricks Olympic Gold Medalist Brian  Boitano has up his sleeve. With the recent release of his cookbook, What Would  Brian Boitano Make, Boitano had the chance to reflect on his  past and move forward with his new career as a culinary expert. While writing [...]

Fundamentals and Functionality Dominate Fun Workouts at Elite Athletic Development

By Nicolette House At Elite Athletic Development in Arlington Heights, local residents train like  professional athletes. Founder and owner of EAD Jim Inman, prides himself and his  team of high quality trainers on giving the “everyday athlete”  access to the  same strength and conditioning methods the pros use. Their mission is to help people  get [...]

Catching up with World Team Members Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre

IT: Tell us about your Stars on Ice experience. Kim: It was a dream come true that we never even knew we had. We never thought Stars On Ice was in our future so to get the email about it was a huge shock and a huge honor.  It never lost its awe and its value. [...]

Prevent injury and improve performance with sport specific analysis

By Nicolette House Imagine having the ability to predict which injuries might befall certain athletes. If these injuries could be prevented think of all the time saved. Instead of sitting a season out in recovery mode, athletes could spend their days perfecting their skills. When it comes to dealing with injury, many athletes leave doctors’ [...]

Maddie Takes the Ice Visits the Skokie Skatium

Winter Outing Promotes Sport and Education By Larry Norris About 80 Young skating enthusiasts and parents from Chicago’s North Shore  and Skokie Public Library patrons took advantage of a special complimentary  program called an “Afternoon with Ice Skater Nicolette House” on January 7th,  2013 at the  Skokie Skatium.  The innovative program brought author Nicolette  House [...]

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