"This is so much better than CBS," Hoar said."Just as you get into it they change events or goto commercial."

While Harding came into the performance withouta chance at a medal, Kerrigan and her rival werestill the talk of the bar.

"We've got a slanted view of the controversyhere in Boston," said Windsor Rose '95, referringto favorable local coverage of Stoneham, Mass.native Kerrigan. "It's like a chick fight."

"But Harding would probably win in a realfight," added Jonathan Ponusuk '95.

Ponusuk said he's a Kerrigan fan.

"Hockey's out," Ponusuk said. "[Speed skater]Dan Jansen's done. She's all that's left."

At 3 p.m., Tonya Harding skated on to the ice,and the Grille crowd became relatively silent.

The bar seemed confused after Harding hadproblems with one of her skates and left the ice.

But a Grille regular, French national NicoSchneider, translated what the announcers weresaying and told the crowd Harding would bereturning later.

"I'm just here to see the French skater, [SuryaBonaly]. She's going to bring the only gold medalthis year," Schneider predicted, inaccurately.

The bar was silent for much of Kerrigan'sroutine, until the local favorite had a slightstumble.

"That's a tenth [of a point deduction],"newly-minted skating expert Gondalfi said toRotondo.

When she finished the routine, chants of"U-S-A" filled the bar. But the Olympic Judges inNorway couldn't hear. In the end, she finishedsecond.

"I think she skated beautifully," said formerfigure skater Sara Mulholland '95. "And now Nancyand her good friend Paul Wiley ['91] each havesilver medals to share.