The Miracle on Ice
From 1980 · a Good News classic
The Soviet national team had won four straight Olympic golds and crushed the NHL's best. At Lake Placid, Herb Brooks' roster of college amateurs beat them 4-3 on Mike Eruzione's third-period goal, with Al Michaels' call — 'Do you believe in miracles? YES!' — becoming the most famous line in American sports. Two days later they finished the job for gold.
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