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Olympic
Moments on WNBZ
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Lake
Placid's Silver Anniversary Celebration of the 1980
Winter Games runs from February 11-27. To mark the occasion, WNBZ News Director Chris Knight has been
talking to those who were a part of the games - organizers,
broadcasters, reporters, local officials, athletes and
spectators. Each of these
reports have been airing on WNBZ four times a day
during the 25th anniversary celebration. Check back
each day for the latest "Olympic Moment." *Bonus
audio from "A Night of Miracles, Memories and
Magic" added on 2/24 |
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February
10
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Steve Yianoukos, now
associate athletic director at Clarkson
University, had a unique perspective on
the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" hockey
game between the U.S. and Russia. He
was working at the Olympic Center as a
zamboni driver. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. Or listen to
part of his interview
with Chris Knight. |
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February
11
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State Assemblyman
Chris Ortloff was barely 30 years old when
he came back to Lake Placid to work for
the Olympic Organizing Committee in the
70's. He eventually became Chief of
Awards and Ceremonies. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. |
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February
12
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Howard Riley of
Saranac Lake put his reporting skills to
work leading up to the Olympics. He
was responsible for filing reports to the
International Olympic Committee on the
status of upgrading Lake Placid's
venues. Click here
for more. |
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February
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"The Lake Placid
Boys" worked to put together Lake
Placid's Olympic bids in the 60's and
70's. But they weren't all
boys. Shirley Seney recalls her work
on the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing
Committee leading up to 1980. Click here
for more. Or listen to an excerpt
from Chris Knight's interview
with Shirley.
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| February
14 |
| Jim
Rogers, a long time owner of WNBZ, served
as Chairman of the Protocol Division for
the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing
Committee. Part of his job, as
you'll hear, was making sure Vice President
Walter Mondale was taken care of when he
came to Lake Placid during the
games. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. Or listen to
part of his interview
with Chris Knight. |
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| February
15 |
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"Do
you believe in Miracles?" were the words
ABC's Al Michaels used to describe the
U.S. Hockey Teams 4-3 win over the
Soviets. But if you were listening
to WNBZ's broadcast of the game in 1980, you would
have heard Sandy Caligiore calling the
action. As you'll hear in this Olympic
Moment he used the same word to
describe the victory. We also have bonus
audio of Sandy's call of the last two
minutes of the game (audio cuts out and
comes back with 10 seconds to go).
And you can hear part of the interview
with Sandy.
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| February
16 |
| The 1980
Winter Olympics in Lake Placid were the
first games where computers were put to
use. Fax machines were also new
technology at the time. Jack LaDuke,
Audio-Visual Director for the organizing
committee, recalls the challenges of
supplying the world press with what they'd
need to report on the games. Click here
for more. |
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| February
17 |
| Joe Tyler
of Saranac Lake fought one painful injury
after another to make the Lake Placid
Olympics as a member of the U.S. bobsled
team. With a little help from a NFL
Hall of Fame quarterback he made it.
Click here
for his story. Or listen to part of
Joe's interview
with Chris Knight. |
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| February
18 |
| It would
be four years later in the Sarajevo Winter
Olympics when Phil Mahre became the first
U.S. athlete to win an Olympic gold medal
in men's skiing. He took silver in
Lake Placid, an amazing accomplishment
considering he wasn't even sure if he
would be able to compete. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. |
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| February
19 |
| Eric
Heiden's five individual gold medals at
the Lake Placid Winter Olympics was an
unprecedented accomplishment that may
never be repeated. Heiden, now a
surgeon in California, recalls watching
the U.S. Hockey team to break the pressure
in between his events. Click here
for more. |
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| February
20 |
| Tai
Babilonia and Randy Gardner were the gold
medal favorites in pairs figure skating
going into 1980. But they had to bow
out of games because of an injury to
Gardner. They turned pro shortly
thereafter and have continued to skate
together for more than 30 years.
Listen here
for an Olympic Moment with Randy Gardner. |
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| February
21 |
| Wayne
Coffey, a New York Daily News sportswriter
for over 20 years, has written a new book
about the Miracle on Ice. "The
Boys of Winter" is the product of
hundreds of hours of interviews with
players and coaching staff from both the
U.S. and Russian teams. Click here
for the full interview with Wayne Coffey. |
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| February
22 |
| 25 years
ago today a team of upstart college kids
inspired the nation with a
come-from-behind 4-3 over the Soviet Union
in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
Team Captain Mike Eruzione talks about how
the game became a moment in American
history where people remember where they
were. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. Plus audio
of Mike talking with reporters in Lake
Placid on the night of the 25th
anniversary. |
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| February
23 |
| Jim
Craig, goalie of the 1980 U.S. Hockey
Team, was in Lake Placid last week to
light the torch for the 25th Anniversary
Celebration. He comments on being
back in Lake Placid to commemorate the
"Miracle" without Coach Herb
Brooks, who died in a car accident two
years ago. Listen here
for Jim Craig's Olympic moment. |
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| February
24 |
| The Crane
School of Music at the State University of
New York at Potsdam was heavily involved
in the music program for the 1980 Olympics
in Lake Placid. Students performed
music during the opening, closing and
awards ceremonies and several Crane School
staff composed music specifically for the
games. Dick Stephan recalls
conducting the opening ceremonies 25 years
ago. Click here
for his Olympic Moment. |
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