When You Write About Niche Sports, You Have To Be Your Own Fact Checker

Yesterday, a “friend” sent me a link to a Vox story by Rebecca Jennings about the decline of U.S. figure skating over the past decade. I’m hedging on the “friend” bit because it was a little bit mean of this person to send me a story that he knew I’d feel compelled to respond to when I’m upstate enjoying a few days at a Catskills AirBnB with Lizzie. Thi…