Outsports Person of the Year : Adam Rippon.

December 22, 2018 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, SPORTS Comments Off on Outsports Person of the Year : Adam Rippon.
In 2018, Adam Rippon went from figure skater to entertainer and won over America doing it. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for TBS)

Chances are, a year ago today you had barely heard of Adam Rippon.

To be sure, there was good reason to know his name. He had been one of the best figure skatersin America for much of the last decade, finishing…