[Alberta's Child]

Interestingly, the U.S. has never won a bronze medal in hockey since they ditched the old round-robin format in favor of a bracketed medal round.

In international hockey circles, it’s pretty much understood that modern U.S. hockey players are sore losers on the international stage — so if they lose in the semifinals, they basically just go through the motions and mail it in for the bronze medal game.

[dfwgator]

The 1972 US Men’s Basketball Team, still haven’t gotten their Silver Medals to protest the call in the Gold Medal Game against the Soviets.

[discostu]

We come in with a very gold or bust mentality. Which isn’t really deserved, especially when Russia is there too, we’re rarely definitely the best team, but generally top 5.