LAKE PLACID — Despite being a Boston Bruins fan, Lake Placid native C.J. Ericson has always admired three-time Stanley Cup Champion and former Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. Even though one of Toews’s Stanley Cup victories was against the Bruins in 2013. “Although he is a ...

LAKE PLACID — Christopher Fogt will take over the head coaching position for U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s bobsled team, the organization announced on June 17. Fogt, a Major in the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program, is a three-time Olympian and an Olympic Silver ...

LAKE PLACID — The 40th annual High Peaks Cyclery Mini Triathlon race series kicked off on Monday, June 24 at the at the Mirror Lake Beach. Sam Boese, of Saranac Lake, and Elizabeth Izzo, of Lake Placid, were the top finishers in the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively. Both ...

LAKE PLACID — The 2024 Lake Placid Horse Shows are once again hosting two weeks of world-class equestrian competition starting on Tuesday, June 25. The action runs simultaneously in four show rings — the Richard M. Feldman Grand Prix Field, the E.R. Mische Jumper Ring, the Main Hunter ...

More than 300 runners hailing from three countries and 13 states took part in the seventh annual Wilmington Whiteface Whiskey Run on Saturday, June 15. The event held two races, a 5 and 10-kilometer race. Awards were given to the runners with the best overall times and age-group times in ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid-New York state bid to host the sliding competitions for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano-Cortina, Italy is still in the running, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Director of Communications Darcy Norfolk. Lake Placid’s bid ...