Lake Placid last hosted Winter Olympic events 1980, most notably being the site of Team USA's "Miracle on Ice" where the men's hockey team defeated the mighty Soviet Union in the semifinals ...

The U.S. hockey team pounces ... the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, as a flag waves from the partisan crowd in Lake Placid. Forty-five years ago this week, the Winter Olympics came to the small ...

When Dennis “Denny” Allen died suddenly of a heart attack, it was a complete surprise, even for his wife Karen Cooper, who is ...

At the 2022 Olympics, the U.S. won three total speed skating medals (one bronze on the men’s side) and zero in short track. The U.S. won the most total medals at a Winter Olympics twice — in 1932 in ...

The USA, Canada, Sweden, and Finland have all worn their fair share of timeless classics and absolute clunkers on the ice.

In Sochi, workers were still hammering away in the media village and shower water ran yellow when journalists from around the world arrived for the 2014 Winter ... the way to Lake Placid, New ...

venue for the alpine ski and ski mountaineering disciplines at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Lake Placid was chosen ...

It’s been nearly a decade since hockey ... Olympic jersey was an absolute perfect deployment of the red, white, and blue. Doesn’t hurt that it was worn during the Miracle on Ice at the Lake ...

Nelson’s uncle, Dave Christian, was a member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice squad that won Olympic gold in Lake Placid. His ...