LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid is famed for its two Winter Olympics, and while the Miracle on Ice is what most people think of, the 1932 games left some marks on the community as well. One of those was recently unearthed in a unit manangement plan put out by the state Department of ...
WILMINGTON — The state will spend $1 million on digital advertising with the goal of attracting athletes to Lake Placid in the lead-up to the 2023 World University Games, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. The state is aiming to bolster Lake Placid’s reputation as a world-class ...
WILMINGTON — The state has unveiled new renderings of proposed and ongoing upgrades to Olympic sports facilities in Lake Placid. In a news release following the conclusion of the first-ever I Love NY Adirondack Oktoberfest Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office touted a funding ...
LAKE PLACID — The fifth annual USA Luge Running of the Balls fundraiser, sponsored by Duluth Trading Company, will take place Saturday, Nov. 30 after the conclusion of the World Cup luge event at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sliding Complex. Proceeds from the event help support the ...
LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority had a bad summer and continues to operate deeply in the red, according to a recent year-to-date financial report. In the first five months of ORDA’s fiscal year, April 1 to Sept. 1, the authority operated at a loss of ...
LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority Board of Directors on Monday authorized a contract with a Vermont-based builder to regrade areas surrounding two smaller ski jumps for developing athletes. The contract was awarded to G.W. Tatro Construction, of ...
Two-time Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries will be allowed to compete for the United States this season and beyond, after Canadian officials announced Saturday night that they are granting her request to be released from their program. It’s a massive boost for the American ...
LAKE PLACID — A two-time Olympic gold medalist is currently waiting in limbo, hoping to return to a sport where she is one of the best in the world. It’s hard to imagine women’s Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries, who has arguably been the face of Canadian bobsledding for years, ...
LAKE PLACID — After a summer of dry land training, start training and conditioning, USA Luge will bring its eight-member national team to Lillehammer to begin on-ice sliding starting Oct. 2. The squad, led by Olympic silver medalist Chris Mazdzer, 2019 World Championship bronze medalist ...
LAKE PLACID — Sylvia Hoffman, Kyle Wilcox, Elana Meyers Taylor and Codie Bascue earned titles as 2019 USA Bobsled National Push Champions in their respective divisions on the wheeled push track in Lake Placid on Thursday. “It’s good to get back into a competitive environment and ...
U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor announced Wednesday that she will not compete this season because she is pregnant, though she plans to return in a year to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Meyers Taylor and her husband, fellow U.S. bobsledder Nic Taylor, are expecting their first ...
Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries is not dropping her plans to slide for USA Bobsled, even after a Canadian court Tuesday declined to order that country’s sliding federation to give the two-time Olympic gold medalist a release allowing her to join the American team. Humphries plans to file ...
Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic bobsled gold medalist for Canada and one of the top drivers in her sport's history, is planning to race for the U.S. this coming season and beyond — including at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Humphries has been seeking her release from Canada for ...
VIENNA (AP) — For once, ski racing fans in Austria have to switch on their TVs in prime time to see Marcel Hirscher live. On Wednesday, however, they won’t see their hero trying to win yet another race. In fact, they probably never will again. Hirscher, a two-time Olympic gold ...
LAKE PLACID — The 2019 International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series continues this week in Lake Placid. The field includes 16 Americans, 11 of which are making their JGP debut at Herb Brooks Arena. Competition opens on Thursday, with the men’s and pairs short ...
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) - Mark Pavelich, a forward on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic hockey team who went on to play for the New York Rangers and two other NHL teams, has been charged with assault for allegedly beating a neighbor with a metal pole and breaking several of the ...
USA Bobsled and Skeleton has fired CEO Darrin Steele, who oversaw teams that won nine Olympic medals and 12 world championship medals. Steele will remain in place for about another month. The federation’s board of directors did not cite a specific reason for the change. Athletes were ...
DENVER — Lindsey Vonn’s certainly dived right into retirement — off a cliff and splashing into a lake feet first. That’s one of the many post-racing adventures for the all-time winningest female skier in World Cup history. Never one to sit back, she’s still going at top speed ...
LAKE PLACID — The USA Hockey Women’s National Festival will take place Monday through Tuesday, Aug. 13 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid. The list of invited players ranges from multiple-time Olympians to the rising stars in the game at the 18U level. “We’re excited to bring ...