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Milan and Cortina are a few hours apart like New York and Lake Placid. Some see an Olympic blueprint

An idea of a New York City and Lake Placid Winter Olympics is gaining buzz after Milan and Cortina show that a two-site Games can work

The Independent UK

How Many U.S. Cities Could Actually Host the Winter Olympics?

Here’s a fun thought experiment as these Games draw to a close.

Sports Illustrated

Sliders from Ukraine and Russia will start consecutively at World Cup luge race at Lake Placid

Ukrainian and Russian athletes are set to compete side by side in a World Cup men's luge race on Saturday

The Independent UK

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Mike Eruzione Revels In Team USA’s Miracle on Ice Moment That Turned the World Upside Down

The iconic goal against the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics sealed the U.S.’s improbable and unforgettable upset.

Sports Illustrated

It's not just Jamaica with a 'Cool Runnings' story. There are sliders from all over the world now

It doesn’t snow in Jamaica

The Independent UK

In Lake Placid, a pair of athletes are sliding for Ukraine. They hope better days are ahead

The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk

The Independent UK

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are 1 year away. One venue remains uncertain

The century-old sliding center being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games is pushing the deadline really tight

The Independent UK

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FEMA Official Removed For Skipping Homes With Trump Signs

FEMA official removed for directing workers to avoid homes with Trump signs during Hurricane Milton relief efforts in Lake Placid, Florida. Controversy spa...

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UCI MTB World Cup – Victor Koretzky sweeps up double at Lake Placid

French rider adds cross-country Olympic win to short-track victory, crossing line ahead of world champion Alan Hatherly

Cycling News

UCI MTB World Cup –Laura Stigger claims Lake Placid sprint with Sina Frei making it a 1-2 for team

Lill and Lecomte battle for third and fourth in final dash of cross-country Olympic race while Henderson claims fifth

Cycling News

UCI MTB World Cup – Short track wins for Sina Frei and Victor Koretzky at Lake Placid

Alessandra Keller wraps up series title at new North American venue even with Mont-Sainte-Anne round to go

Cycling News

Walker snatches first Aussie World Cup bobsleigh gold

Bree Walker has won her first gold medal at the Bobsleigh World Cup, taking out the event in Lake Placid to finish the overall season standings in second spot.

AAP

‘The focus had to be on the ice’: Robin Cousins on skating and his double life as a gay Olympian

The 1980 BBC Sports Personality winner talks to Donald McRae about the road to glory at Lake Placid while having to keep his sexuality secret

The Guardian - UK

Former Patriots player Russ Francis dies in plane crash near Lake Placid

‘To Russ, flying was like breathing...it came naturally and he lived for it,’ Kate Naiman said

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As climate change looms, New York bets big on winter sports tourism

Officials in New York are on track to spend $1 billion taxpayer dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics doubt it will pay off.

Daily Record

Perthshire curler Mark Watt wins gold at Winter World University Games

The top of the podium spot was secured following a 5-1 victory in the final against the USA in Lake Placid

Daily Record

Twynholm ice hockey player representing Great Britain at FISU World University Games

Vicky Carson is part of the women’s squad for the games, which are taking place in Lake Placid in America

Daily Mirror

Lake Placid has been named the prettiest winter wonderland in the world

Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York may be small in terms of full time residents, but it attracts huge numbers of visitors every winter

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Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Olympics lose their way through grotesque growth and small-minded leadership

BEIJING — My introduction to the Olympics occurred in a quaint town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. You might have heard (or seen a movie) about the U.S. men's hockey team pulling off a stunning upset at Lake Placid in 1980 and confirming the power of believing…

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