Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

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Summary: A defining moment in US sports history
Review: Watching this documentary brings back great memories of seeing this team of overachieving college kids defeat arguably the greatest hockey team ever assembled and going on to win the Olympic gold medal. I still get goosebumps watching Jimmy Craig wrapped in the American flag searching the stands for his dad, Mike Eruzione jumping on the gold medal stand and urging his teammates to join him and, of course, Al Michaels' legendary call of the game and, in particular, his trademark "Do you Believe in Miracles?" as the clock ticked down. Together with the movie "Miracle", this DVD inspired me to purchase the entire set of 1980 US Olympic hockey games on tape to help bring back the total experience of watching this great moment in sports.

In my lifetime, the victory over the Soviets rivals Secretariat's stunning victory in the Belmont to win the Triple Crown, Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon and, now, the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series as events which, quite literally, brought tears to my eyes. And, to the guy who told everyone to grow up, maybe a little childlike innocence and pure love of sports is what everyone in the world could use a little more of. Get a life!

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Summary: How about the game?
Review: With the space available on a DVD, why not put have the US-USSR game instead of just a documentary?