{"id":2175,"date":"2009-12-27T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:23:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T13:23:42","slug":"yamaguchi-to-host-stars-on-ice-2010-tour-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2009\/12\/27\/yamaguchi-to-host-stars-on-ice-2010-tour-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars on Ice special airs Jan. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Release courtesy of Stars on Ice<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Evan Lysacek | \u00a9 Adam Stein \" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/evanlysacek21.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2176\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Evan Lysacek\" src=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/evanlysacek21-199x299.jpg\" alt=\"Evan Lysacek\" width=\"199\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/evanlysacek21-199x299.jpg 199w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/evanlysacek21.JPG 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>NEW YORK &#8211; Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi will host the Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice 2010 Tour special. Founded by skating icon and Olympic gold medalist, Scott Hamilton, the Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice Tour enjoys an illustrious 24-year history featuring the biggest names in the sport. On Sunday, Jan, 3, at 4:00 p.m. ET on NBC, viewers will get a special behind the scenes look at this world-famous tour, how it all began, the star skaters, heartfelt emotional memories, a collection of standout performances and most importantly, a sneak peek at this year&#8217;s stellar cast.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the incomparable and charismatic Kristi Yamaguchi, this revealing two-hour television special will feature exclusive, first hand commentary from skating greats Scott Hamilton, Rosalynn Sumners, Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Paul Wylie, Evan Lysacek, Sasha Cohen, Tanith Belbin &amp; Benjamin Agosto, and more. Join them as they look back and take you on the journey that is the Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice Tour.<\/p>\n<p>America&#8217;s leading 2010 Olympic hopefuls, 2009 men&#8217;s world champion Evan Lysacek; 2006 Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen; and 2006 Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin &amp; Benjamin Agosto star in the 2010 Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice Tour, which will be traveling across the United States visiting 40 cities in spring of 2010. Fans will enjoy watching the NBC television special as a preview to this year&#8217;s Tour, which will launch directly after the Winter Games in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the 2010 Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice Tour are on sale now and start at $25. A portion of Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice ticket sales benefit Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America. For a full tour schedule, cast lineup, and ticket information, please visit www.starsonice.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi will host the Smucker&#8217;s Stars on Ice 2010 Tour special, featuring Sasha Cohen and Evan Lysacek. On Sunday, Jan, 3, viewers will get a special behind the scenes look at this world-famous tour, how it all began, the star skaters, heartfelt emotional memories, a collection of standout performances and most importantly, a sneak peek at this year&#8217;s stellar cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,289],"tags":[19,113],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows","category-news","tag-evan-lysacek","tag-sasha-cohen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2182,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}