On Feb. 22, 1980, the ragtag Americans defeated Russia on their way to the gold medal in Lake Placid Olympics.

Julia Taubitz clinched the women's World Cup luge singles overall championship on Saturday, marking the 27th consecutive year ...

1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes first player to score 25,000 points in the NBA. 1980 — Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal and shatters the world record by six seconds in 10,000-meter speed skating ...

Take a trip to Sun Valley, and you'd be forgiven for thinking you're stumbled upon a slice of Seattle ski culture. The ties ...

On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win ...

Today in History for Feb. 22: ...

Do you believe in miracles? Nicole Estaphan is exploring the tiny village that for 45 years has been linked to Olympic glory.

I had the best job anyone could ask for during the 1980 Olympics. I reported only to Rev. J. Bernard Fell, president of the ...

Phil Pelletier of North Andover went to Lake Placid in February 1980 with his four brothers — Jere, Bill, Lee and Ray — to check out the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

This Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3, an ...

This is the weekend of Saturday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23, the 53rd and 54th day of 2025. There are 311 days left in the year as of Sunday.