Miracle on Ice. Watched a good bit of the 25th anniversary tribute on Classic last night. Wanted to make one point. When they list all the reasons the country was in the crapper and the game became a focal point, you always get; hostages in Iran, recession, Soviets in Afghanistan, and Olympic boycott. They never mention the '72 Olympic basketball. That game was the first time we faced them in anything of significance since Munich. In '76/Montreal the Russians lost in the semis to the Czechs or Yugoslavia who promptly got drubbed by Walter Davis et al, thus saving the Russians from a deserved ass kicking. With all the other things (Iran, etc), the country was down and wanted something to feel good about. It's what got Ronald Reagan elected. For this game,I wanted to see us stick it to the Russians in a sport. Payback's hell, and we didn't need terrible refs to do it. I'm sure nothing diminishes the hurt for those '72 guys. I wish somebody would ask some of them, though, if maybe they all got a little more jazzed about the Miracle game than you or I did.  ¶ 2:08 PM

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