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40th Olympic Anniversary

WE ARE LAKE PLACID podcast: Wayne Coffey, author, “The Boys of Winter”

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed former New York Daily News Sports Writer Wayne Coffey about his 2005 book, “The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team.” It is about the “Miracle on Ice” game, and the ...

WE ARE LAKE PLACID podcast: Butch Martin, North Elba Park District

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid News Staff Writer Elizabeth Izzo interviewed North Elba Park District Manager Butch Martin about his role at the Olympic Center rinks during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Listen to a portion of this interview on the "We are Lake Placid" podcast from the Lake ...

WE ARE LAKE PLACID podcast: Northwood School’s Miracle Podcast

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed Tom Broderick’s sophomore Modern World History class about a podcast the students are developing for National Public Radio’s podcast contest. It is about how community members from Lake Placid organized and hosted the last ...

Jansen inspires Lake Placid crowd

LAKE PLACID — There are only a few speedskaters who have commanded the public’s imagination in the last 50 years. There is Apolo Anton Ohno, a short track skater known not only for his eight Olympic medals in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Olympic Games, but for winning the reality TV dancing ...

A ‘Miracle’ in a time of doubt

LAKE PLACID — It was a Monday, Aug. 11, 2003. New York Daily News Sports Writer Wayne Coffey had an appointment to interview 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey Coach Herb Brooks on the phone that evening for an upcoming book, “The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 ...

Athletes describe their Olympic roots in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — Four Olympians and two aspiring Olympians — ranging from ages 16 to 65 — shared stories about their relationship to this village’s Olympic legacy Monday, Feb. 17 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. The event — “Lake Placid’s Olympic Legacy: An Athlete’s ...