Thirty-two years ago today, a bunch of 20-somethings (and a couple of teenagers) shocked the world. The U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the Soviet Union 4-3 in the greatest sports upset ever. I won’t try to qualify that. It really isn’t up for argument. Nothing can beat the Miracle on Ice. When this anniversary rolls […]
The irony of my interest in tonight’s NHL playoff Game 7 between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers is that the Rangers got me interested in the sport, but I want to see nothing more than their painful demise tonight. As I wrote a year ago, a cable channel showing the Rangers in 1979 […]
Everyone remembers the “Miracle on Ice,” the night the U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the heavily-favored USSR in the 1980 Winter Games. The 29th anniversary of that game passed on Sunday, but today is an anniversary just as or even more important. On Feb. 24, 1980, the U.S. rallied from a 2-1 deficit after two […]
My neighborhood growing up got cable earlier than a lot of places. I was lucky enough to see the first day of MTV and watch ESPN when it only ran for part of the day. I also had the good fortune of having a channel called MSG. The network now exists as a regional sports […]