WILMINGTON — The top U16 alpine ski racers from across the state spent the weekend at Whiteface for NYSSRA’s U16 State Championship series. Boys and girls competed in Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom races from Feb. 28 to March 2. Athletes qualified for this series based on their results ...

LAKE PLACID — In football, this would be a five-touchdown lead. In basketball, the subs would be in. In boxing, someone might consider throwing a towel. Matt Weston of Britain has a lead of 0.89 seconds at the halfway point of the world skeleton championships, after he cruised through his ...

LAKE PLACID — The latest addition to the list of amenities available to athletes at the bobsled and skeleton world championships is a room inside a lodge just down the hill from the finish line. There are some stuffed animals, tons of toys, Mickey Mouse coloring books and big boxes of ...

LAKE PLACID — The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championship have officially kicked off and will begin racing today. Athletes from a total of 38 nations — the highest number of nations represented in IBSF World Championship history — will compete this weekend, ...

SIGULDA, Latvia — USA Luge’s junior men’s doubles team of Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa won the final two Junior World Cup events held outside of Riga. In the team event, the U.S. team, which featured Aidan Mueller, Talia Tonn and Mueller/Haugsjaa, won the bronze. The Junior ...

LAKE PLACID — The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they’re going home. They don’t know what awaits when they get there. Heraskevych and Lavreniuk are the only athletes from ...