20 Facts About the “Miracle on Ice”

(via Mental Floss)  On February 22, 1980, a hockey team comprised of American college players defeated a dominant Soviet Union teamin the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Jim McKay, the venerable host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports and its respected Olympic telecast anchor, was tasked to put into words what the viewers had just seen; the 59-year-old settled on, “That may be the greatest upset in sports history.” Nearly 38 years later, that comparison holds up.