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Lake Placid News Remsen native Erin Hamlin was named as the best female Olympian on Wednesday as part of the Best of U.S. awards program that recognizes outstanding performances from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as determined by fan vote. “I’m pretty much in awe,” said Hamlin, a luge athlete who trains and lives part-time…

Queens Chronicle Patients at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children got a chance to meet a real Olympic star last week. Nastia Liukin, who won five gymnastic medals for the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, including a gold in the all-around, stopped by the Bayside facility on Friday. She came to inspire…

Indy Star Nick Goepper didn’t miss many opportunities for exposure in the aftermath of winning an Olympic bronze medal Feb. 13 in slopestyle skiing. His travels took him to New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and a hometown parade in Lawrenceburg. He appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman, picked a 21-year-old Ohio woman in…

The Equine Chronicle Last week, we shared the exciting news that18-year-old dressage rider, Ayden Uhlir, had become the first equestrian athlete to be sponsored by sportswear superpower Nike. The news came as a surprise to many given Uhlir’s youth and  discipline of choice. With huge names like Tiger Woods, LeBron James, and Serena Williams sporting the commercial-savvy swoosh,…

Velo News Call him a student of the sport. Call him an opportunist. Call him a bike racer. Taylor Phinney just wants to race the original Milano-Sanremo parcours. And why wouldn’t he? The BMC Racing rider rattled the peloton’s collective cage at the monument in 2013, when he struck off on his own after the…