“Do you believe in miracles?” Sports announcer Al Michaels uttered that sentence on national television in February 1980 during an Olympic hockey game between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the game, which was later dubbed the “Miracle on Ice,” the Americans were heavy underdogs. But that day, a team of predominantly college-aged players beat the heavily favored, more experienced Russian team 4-3, which led to Michaels’ exuberant question. After posing it, he…

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