Sports Illustrated called it the best sports moment of the 20th Century. The hockey game known as the "miracle on ice" happened during the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. It's when the U.S.

In 1980, the world was fraught with political division, economic shifts and global conflict. The Cold War loomed large, American hostages were being held in Iran, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – There have been books, a movie and documentaries on the subject. And now there will be a Monument to a Miracle, the continuation of the stunning Olympic title captured by the 1980 ...

Congress will honor the "Miracle on Ice" Team USA hockey squad that upset the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics on their way to an improbable gold medal. The House of Representatives passed the ...

Millions of Americans who watched Team USA lose an overtime thriller to rival Canada in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off hockey championship this week got a taste of what it was like in 1980 — but ...

LAKE PLACID — U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer introduced bipartisan legislation in the Senate to award Congressional Gold Medals to the “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday. The ...

A fundraising campaign has kicked off in Lake Placid, New York, to create what organizers have dubbed a "Monument to a Miracle." "It was a moment in American history, and we just feel that it would be ...

The U.S. hockey team pounces on goalie Jim Craig after a 4-3 upset victory against the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, as a flag waves from the partisan crowd in Lake Placid. Forty-five years ago this ...