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Summer Britcher readies for fourth Olympics

Winter Olympic Sports

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge’s Summer Britcher has spent more than decade breaking women’s singles record deemed impossible by an American slider. This season has been no different for the 31-year-old. She’s a serious medal contender for the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics, while ...

Sean Hollander slides into Olympics with more experience

Winter Olympic Sports

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge’s Sean Hollander is expecting the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics to be a completely different experience than the first time he competed in 2022. Back then, the Lake Placid native and his doubles luge partner Zack DiGregorio were the youngest American lugers at ...

SLP boys hockey falls in title game

Local Sports

LAKE PLACID — With a chance to add another tournament title to its trophy case, the Saranac Lake Placid boys hockey team came up short on Saturday, Jan. 24, falling 3-1 to the Plattsburgh Hornets in the championship game of the annual Lake Placid Winter Carnival tournament at the Olympic ...

SLP girls skaters lose to East Green Wave

Local Sports

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Placid girls hockey team suffered a 4-3 loss to East Green Wave on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center. Four different players from East Green Wave scored on Jan. 23, with Mickey Moreno, Lily Brickman, Caroline Gould and Ali Greco each ...

USA Luge competes in final World Cup before Olympics

Local Sports

OBERHOF, Germany— The final World Cup luge race before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 was held this past weekend in Oberhof, Germany. USA Luge’s Summer Britcher and Jonny Gustafson were the top finishers in the Jan. 23 women’s and men’s singles races, ...

Reliving the Miracle

Olympic Legacy

LAKE PLACID — The United States men’s hockey team pulled off a “Miracle,” on Jan. 15 at the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, defeating the mighty Soviet Union 4-3. Or so it looked ... in fact, nobody was even on the ice. Three of the 17 living 1980 Olympians — Mike ...