Herb Brooks

ELEKTRA (8 p.m., WLNY/10/55) (Action, 2005) - In this movie based on a comic-book character, Jennifer Garner plays an assassin who is hired to kill a man and his daughter, but protects them instead. AMERICA'S TOUGHEST JOBS (8 p.m., NBC/4) - The final...

On Aug. 11, 1860, the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev. In 1909 what is believed to be the first radio SOS sent by an American ship was transmitted from the liner Arapahoe after its engines were disabled off...

Tony Daly has had an Olympic moment or two. More like 200. That's why it was fitting and special that he was able to comfortably watch Friday night's Olympic opening ceremony from his home in Los Angeles. The 74-year-old doctor and sports medicine...

The body of water that most people take to be Lake Placid is, in fact, not. In this Adirondack town, Main Street actually fronts Mirror Lake, used for dog-sledding in winter, crew practice in summer. Known primarily as a wilderness playground and site...

This scrappy group of young, mostly college, players and future pros knocked off the powerhouse Soviet hockey team that had been atop the sport since 1964. The victory came at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., in a feat that became known as the...

1. 'LatiNation' 5 p.m., WPWR-Ch. 50 Profiles of illustrator Beatriz Helena Ramos; the Uprock dance; photographer Marco Patino; Latin Street Dancing Company; and the Pinker Tones. Jose Mangin and Erika Rodriguez Martin host. 2. 'American Latino TV' 5:...

2-1/2 stars (out of 4) "Miracle" envisions the 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team as the Seabiscuit of its day. The Soviets were the thoroughbreds - the best trained, most highly skilled skaters in a program that had won four straight gold medals. The...

Patricia Clarkson is sitting on a balcony overlooking the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel, reminiscing about — and recuperating from — the Oscar nominees' luncheon. For the occasion, she's wearing a black Alberta Ferretti wraparound dress...

A change of travel plans for members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that pulled off the "Miracle on Ice" might indicate who will light the Olympic cauldron at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Originally the United States Olympic Committee's...