LAKE PLACID — More than 2,000 athletes of all ages are expected to descend on the region this weekend to compete in the Empire State Winter Games. In its 44th year, the ESWG is an Olympic-style, winter multi-sport event, spanning across multiple venues. “Our goal is to make sure the ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid varsity boys Nordic team won the Section VII Nordic Invitational their home course at Mount Van Hovenberg on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Blue Bombers won the varsity meet with a total of 13 points, followed by Queensbury in second with 18 and Guilderland in ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Lake Placid native Tate Frantz made history at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships this past weekend in Kulm Bad Mitterndorf/Tauplitz, Austria, becoming the first American to finish in the top 20 at the event since 1994. In the first round of the Individual HS235 ...

U.S. Biathlon national champion Joanne Reid was sexually harassed and abused for years by a ski-wax technician while racing on the elite World Cup circuit, a watchdog group that oversees sex-abuse allegations in Olympic sports found. When the two-time Olympian complained, she says she was told ...

MIDWAY, Utah — The United States Biathlon Association announced on Jan. 27 the official roster of athletes who will represent the United States at the 2024 IBU World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic slated for Feb. 7 to 18. The roster includes Lake Clear’s Jackie ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid boys basketball team snapped a three-game losing skid on Tuesday, Jan. 30 after topping the Johnsburg/Minerva Irish Jaguars 49-26 on the Blue Bombers’ home court. Seb Cecunjanin led all scorers with 22 points, which included two 3-point shots. Owen Hayes ...