The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow stand as one of the most desolate moments in Olympic history. While the event aimed to celebrate athletic prowess and international ...

The IOC promptly disqualified and banned him for life following a hearing, with the medal rendered obsolete. "The awards ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for ...

Friday night, while America raged that it could not see the classic matchup on television between the U.S. and Soviet Olympic teams in the XIII Winter Games, the young Team USA beat the four-time ...

The Olympics were first held in Lake Placid in 1932 and again in 1980. Those old enough will remember the underdog U.S. hockey team besting the powerful Soviet team and eventually winning the ...

When, in 1980 at the Lake Placid Olympic Games, for one night Team USA was “the greatest hockey team in the world,” in the words of Herb Brooks, the Soviet Union was on the other side.