Here's a look back at the history of the Winter Olympics, including when the first games were held and where they've been hosted.

Get ready for this winter's Milano Cortina by reliving one of the greatest sports stories ever. The Miracle on Ice is subject of new Netflix film.

Members of the gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team get recognized around the towns they now call home.

Team USA's last Olympic gold in men's hockey remains one of the most legendary underdog triumphs in sports. The 2026 Winter Games could deliver another epic chapter.

Miracle: The Boys of ‘80” aptly balances archival footage and contemporary reactions, offering an exciting sports documentary while also pulling on the heartstrings with its nostalgic tone.

Everyone who witnessed it remembers where they were. The victory of the gold-medal-winning US men’s hockey team over the Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY, was the greatest American sporting event of the 20th century,

U.S. Olympic hockey player Mike Ramsey checks the Soviet Union's Valeri Kharlamov, No. 17, during an upset victory for the U.S. at the Winter Olympic Games on February 22, 1980, in Lake Placid. The United States won 4-3 in a game that came to be known as "The Miracle on Ice."

Almost 50 years ago, Team USA made history when they defeated the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York.

Throughout the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. men’s hockey team received telegrams from fans from across the country — telegrams they would then paste to the wall on the way onto the rink. As Team USA prepared to play the ...

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