The Boston Globe, February 17th, 1994
HAMAR, Norway -- Everything was fine until he stepped onto the ice at the national championships in Detroit last month. "What are you DOING out here?" Brian Boitano asked himself. He was 30 years old, with a tendon that was partially pulled off a kneecap. He hadn't skated under international rules since he won the Olympic gold medal in 1988. He was competing against guys who used to ask him for autographs. And his gut was suddenly doing triple flips. "I've never felt that way in my life," Boitano said. "It was like having three cups of coffee on an empty stomach." Boitano had told himself and ...
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