Post by Die Fledermaus on Feb 22, 2008 14:04:24 GMT -4
Feb 21 - Malcom X assassinated (apparently by Elijah Muhammad) in NYC at the Audubon Ballroom.
Feb. 22 - George Washington's Birthday.
It is also. . .
1980 : U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice
In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog
U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time
defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet squad, previously regarded as the finest in the world, fell to the youthful American team 4-3 before a frenzied crowd of 10,000 spectators. Two days later, the Americans defeated Finland 4-2 to clinch the hockey gold.
The Soviet team had captured the previous four Olympic hockey golds, going back to 1964, and had not lost an Olympic hockey game since 1968. Three days before the Lake Placid Games began, the Soviets routed the U.S. team 10-3 in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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What I best remember about that game against the Soviets was how infuriated I was. ABC refused (or could not, contractually) to broadcast the game live. Some of us tried to watch the tape of the game (the network's taped broadcast) without learning who won, but Jim McKay, the ABC anchor guy, appeared with a big grin and people cheerting behind him.
To this day I am angry at ABC Sports for spoiling a great moment for me and many others.
I did tape the movie version a week or two ago, and that will have to suffice.
Feb. 22 - George Washington's Birthday.
It is also. . .
1980 : U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice
In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog
U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time
defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet squad, previously regarded as the finest in the world, fell to the youthful American team 4-3 before a frenzied crowd of 10,000 spectators. Two days later, the Americans defeated Finland 4-2 to clinch the hockey gold.
The Soviet team had captured the previous four Olympic hockey golds, going back to 1964, and had not lost an Olympic hockey game since 1968. Three days before the Lake Placid Games began, the Soviets routed the U.S. team 10-3 in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- - - - -
What I best remember about that game against the Soviets was how infuriated I was. ABC refused (or could not, contractually) to broadcast the game live. Some of us tried to watch the tape of the game (the network's taped broadcast) without learning who won, but Jim McKay, the ABC anchor guy, appeared with a big grin and people cheerting behind him.
To this day I am angry at ABC Sports for spoiling a great moment for me and many others.
I did tape the movie version a week or two ago, and that will have to suffice.
