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Dick Button

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Books

Brennan, Christine. Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating' Olympic Gold Medals. New York: Scribner, 1998.

Brennan, Christine. Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey into the Secret World of Figure Skating. New York: Scribner, 1996.

Fleming, Peggy with Peter Kaminsky. The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories. New York: Pocket Books, 1999.

Smith, Beverley. Talking Figure Skating: Behind the Scenes in the World's Most Glamorous Sport. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997.

U.S. Figure Skating Association. The Official Book of Figure Skating. New York: Simon & Schuster Editions, 1998.

Periodicals

Kram, Mark. "Dick Button Is a Pioneer, Educator of Figure Skating." Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (January 2, 1998): 102.

Leibovich, Mark. "TV's Guru of Skating Still Knows How to Navigate Around Thin Ice." Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (January 26, 1996): 126.

Wulf, Steve. "Disfigured." Sports Illustrated (June 20, 1988): 13.

Other

"Dick Button." ESPN Web site. http://espn.go.com/abcsports/columns/button_dick/bio.html (December 8, 2002).

"Flashback … Figure Skating's Dick Button." United States Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic-usa.org/news/020902figure.html (February 9, 2002).

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Famous Sports StarsFigure SkatingDick Button Biography - Sixteen-year-old U.s. Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, Sportscaster And Producer