Mike Harris was a young sportswriter covering a NASCAR race on the day the United States played for the gold medal. He remembers the cheering and jubilation that took place when the crowd heard the results. After the U.S. beat the Soviets on Friday afternoon, the U.S. played Finland on Sunday morning, needing a win to secure a gold medal.
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The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22. The United States national team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet Union national team, which had won the gold medal in six of the seven previous Olympic games.
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