The 2016 Summer Olympics are about to begin in Rio de Janeiro, with opening ceremonies scheduled for Friday August 5th at 7:00pm. There are a number of New York Olympians participating this year.
The U.S. Olympics Committee is announcing the honorees for "Best of U.S.," a new awards program that recognizes outstanding performances from the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 2014 Paralympics came to a mesmerizing close.
The closing ceremonies in Sochi took place last weekend and featured a mind-blowing performance by Russian rower Alexei Chuvashev, who lost his legs and several fingers.
Chuvashev's entrance occurs around the 1:10 mark...
Snow and frigid temperatures didn't stop hundreds of Central New Yorkers from lining the streets to welcome home Olympic champion Erin Hamlin. I think every firetruck in the county escorted Hamlin on her parade route. We were privileged enough to be in the parade to experience a hometown heroes welcome.
Olympic Medalist Erin Hamlin celebrated her homecoming to Central New York by passing through many communities in a long motorcade. We've collected videos from along the parade route.
Olympic medal winner Erin Hamlin returns home Thursday and you can be part of her welcome. Fans are being encourages to crowd the streets of her route home from Verona to Remsen. Erin is scheduled to land in Syracuse at 4:40pm Thursday. You'll need to be at the beginning of the parade route in Verona (Main Street, from Rt. 31 to Rt. 365) right around 5:30.
The 2014 Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday with the host nation on top of the medal standings. Here's a recap of the final weekend of the Sochi Games:
Those who tuned into NBC's live coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi tonight were greeted with a little something extra from the network: during a commercial break, NBC teased the return of 'Heroes,' the television series created by Tim Kring, which ended in 2010. The new standalone series is appropriately titled 'Heroes Reborn,' as teased when the word "Reborn" flashed under th