SARANAC LAKE — It’s no secret that a whole lot of people live in the North Country because it’s a region where the great outdoors is nothing short of amazing. For those who haven’t discovered how wonderful our Adirondack Mountain environment really is, Saranac Lake’s Marijke ...
Two area women got their first taste of biathlon competition in Europe on Thursday, as Lake Clear’s Jackie Garso and Lucy Hochschnarter of Lake Placid raced in the opening IBU Cup event in Arber, Germany. The pair, who skied together and were members of the St. Lawrence University ...
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — A mix of IBU Cup veterans will team with up-and-coming athletes to form the 12-person roster for U.S. Biathlon at the first two IBU Cups of the season that started Thursday in Arber, Germany. After being delayed due to COVID and with no December racing, around 190 ...
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week’s invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump, joining a wave of major corporations rethinking their efforts to lobby Washington. “In light of the ...
WILMINGTON — A SUNY Fredonia student and hockey player died from a ski crash on Whiteface Mountain on Tuesday. Bernhard “Tanner” Kahlau, 22, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was skiing on the Approach trail at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center when he lost control, veered off the trail and ...
FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin won a night slalom Tuesday to end a year-long victory drought in her strongest discipline and earn her 100th World Cup podium. Shiffrin, who last triumphed in a slalom in December 2019, held on to her opening-run lead and beat Katharina Liensberger ...
LAKE PLACID — In hosting its first weekend of racing this winter, the New York Ski Education Foundation had the honor of breaking in a brand new facility at the totally rebuilt Nordic center at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The event was the annual Harry Eldridge Memorial races held on Saturday ...
LAKE PLACID — In one of the first races of the season for many skiers, Lake Placid locals and Rochester area Nordic athletes dominated many of the top spots on the first day of the annual Harry Eldridge NYSEF Junior National Qualifier. The New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF), ...
SARANAC LAKE — Eric Bennett loves football. He played the sport at his alma mater Saranac Lake High School, and he’s been the longtime head varsity coach of a Red Storm program that traditionally has enjoyed a lot of success. But counting wins and losses isn’t how Bennett gauges ...
SARANAC LAKE — They’re finally on skis. On Wednesday, the Saranac Lake Red Storm Nordic team held its first practice of the season under the lights at the Dewey Mountain Recreational Center. After a run of warm weather and a lack of significant snowfall delayed the start to the ...
KOENIGSSEE, Germany — USA Luge wrapped up its return to the Eberspacher World Cup tour Sunday with a sixth-place effort in the Koenigssee team relay. The United States luge team, based in Lake Placid, skipped the first four World Cup races this season as a result of concerns over the ...
Some U.S. luge, bobsled and skeleton athletes have rejoined the international World Cup sliding circuits, after they all stayed home for the first half of the season because of issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. There are some exceptions: most athletes and coaches who are members ...
PAUL SMITHS — While colleges around the country are dropping varsity sports programs, Paul Smith’s College has been on a mission for over a year to bring more competitive sports to its 14,000-acre campus in the Adirondacks. After officially announcing the addition of Nordic skiing, ...
LAKE PLACID — Long considered one of Lake Placid’s most prominent and popular venues, the Olympic Speed Skating Oval is ready for a busy holiday week with new schedules and COVID-19 safety procedures. In previous years, the greatest factor in when the Oval opened and how it operated ...
LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled is proud to announce the 11 athletes that have been named to the men’s national team. Athletes competed in a series of four selection races — two two-man races and two four-man races — to qualify for the team. Codie Bascue, of Whitehall, won three of four ...
SARANAC LAKE — It’s not really a scenario similar to the movie "Groundhog Day," but it certainly feels like it. In that 1993 film, its star Bill Murray's character keeps reliving the same day over and over again as a reporter covering the annual Feb. 2 tradition in Punxsutawney, ...