Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. Hockey Team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, N.Y., during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, en route to ...
The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow stand as one of the most desolate moments in Olympic history. While the event aimed to celebrate athletic prowess and international ...
Russia remains a rogue player on the international sporting stage. There’s no reason to start playing games with its athletes ...
The Russian Olympic Committee had been created ... the already distant Games organized in Moscow in 1980, a time when the former Soviet Union was leading the medal table. The Kenyan received ...
who scored the game-winning goal for the U.S. against the heavily favored Soviet Union during the ice hockey medal round at the 1980 Winter Olympics, a triumph known as the “Miracle on Ice.” ...
Jim Craig, who was the winning goaltender for the U.S. hockey team in the 1980 gold medal "Miracle ... The Cold War was in full bloom. The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan -- an action that ...
where the miraculous 1980 hockey game between the U.S. and the Soviet Union took place. Housed within the Lake Placid Olympic Center near Mirror Lake, the museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p ...
First Soviet Olympic luge champion Vera Zozulya won her gold in the women's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York MOSCOW, January 28. /ITAR-TASS/. The Sochi Olympics ...
Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the U.S. Hockey Team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, N.Y., during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, en route to winning the ...