1980 olympic games
East, West and The Olympic Rift: Remembering The 1980 Olympic Games
With the Soviet-Afghan War in its brutal infancy, the US led 65 countries in boycotting the Moscow Games. The Olympic rift was opened – an event which has resonance to this day.
For Sale: Jim Craig's Olympic Memories
Josh Evans seeks to pull off a feat as improbable as the Miracle on Ice: selling Jim Craig's hockey memorabilia from the 1980 Olympics for $5.7 million. No one has ever sold a collection of sports memorabilia that large for that much.
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