This Day in History: The Unknown Story of the Greatest Sports Moment of the 20th Century—The 1980 Miracle On Ice
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, it’s known as the greatest sports moment of the 20th Century. But no matter how familiar you are with the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team’s Lake Placid “Miracle on Ice,” you will soon see that this event seems even more unlikely now than it felt decades ago.
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