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Former women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe argued that the U.S. men’s hockey team ruined its gold medal moment by including the Trump administration. Following the team’s overtime win over Canada in the gold medal game, FBI Director Kash Patel was invited into the locker room for the post-game celebration. Patel then got President Donald Trump on the phone to congratulate the players. During that call, Trump invited the men’s team to the State of the Union address. After they enthusiastically accepted, Trump added that he’d “have to” also invite the women’s team, joking that he’d face the threat of impeachment...

In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet squad, previously regarded as the finest in the world, fell to the youthful American team 4-3 before a frenzied crowd of 10,000 spectators. Two days later, the Americans defeated Finland 4-2 to clinch the hockey gold. The Soviet team had captured the previous four Olympic hockey golds, going back to 1964, and had not lost an Olympic hockey...

25 years ago today, U.S. hockey team stunned Soviets. By Phil Coffey | NHL.com Today, it's hard to imagine Slava Fetisov as the enemy. Thanks to the holes punched in the "Iron Curtain," the sight of Russian and players from other Eastern Bloc countries is commonplace among the rinks of the NHL. In 1980, Slava Fetisov was regarded as one of the top defensemen in the world. But back in 1980, Fetisov was part of the "Big Red Machine" -- and we're not talking about the Cincinnati Reds. This Big Red Machine was among the most imposing hockey teams ever...