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Sports Illustrated's March 3, 1980 edition, featuring the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team, was voted the most iconic cover in the magazine’s 60-year history by our readers. On Saturday, the players ...
After five rounds, the winner by a landslide: "Miracle on Ice," from March 3, 1980, depicting one of the greatest moments in American sports history. It remains one of the rare SI covers without ...
Perhaps the most iconic cover in Sports Illustrated's history — voted as such in a 2014 ... readouts and captions after the 1980 U.S. men’s ice hockey team accomplished the Miracle on Ice. ...
This Sports Illustrated cover told it all – there was no need for words. Hard to believe, but it was 30 years ago today that the United States hockey team upset the heavily favored Russians ...
Kluetmeier told Sports Illustrated in a 2008 interview that the “Miracle on Ice” photo was the most memorable Olympic snap he’s ever taken. “That’s the only cover we ever ran without ...
I was eyewitness to the "Miracle on Ice" 4-3 victory of the underdog U.S. hockey team over the mighty Soviet Union 35 years ago this month at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. But the story of ...
Ken Morrow was on the ice as the seconds ticked away, fending off the Soviets for a 4-3 victory in the first game of the medal round. The U.S. would claim gold with a 4-2 win against Finland two ...
A Reporter Remembers the Miracle on Ice 40 Years Later The Times wasn’t going to send anyone to cover hockey at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. But one sportswriter had a feeling.
The two contracts Arledge negotiated after the Miracle on Ice increased rights fees for the Winter Olympics by nearly 1,900 percent. Since taking over as the Olympics network, NBC has continued to ...
SOCHI – Thirty-four years have drifted by, and I’ll bet every month since I have thought at least once about the Miracle on Ice. Memories of childhood fade in and out – blurry snippets of playground ...