The Miracle on Ice Was Never Supposed to Happen Twice

Everyone knows the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the Soviets — but almost nobody talks about what happened in the locker room 72 hours before that game, when the same Soviet squad dismantled those same Americans 10-3 in an exhibition match and left them looking like children. This week, we dig into the psychological alchemy of Herb Brooks, a man so ruthless his own players hated him — and how that hatred became the most unlikely fuel in sports history.