monday night. not much happening tonight with 3 baseball games playing. the pistons lead the lakers 3 games to 1 with game 5 tomorrow night. some car race in pocono yesterday. first half was only 3 cautions. second half had 7 cautions took fuel mileage out, via blown engines and accidents. jimmie johnson won. matt kenseth and kevin harvick, at the end, decided to play "bumper tag." kenseth bumped harvick to pass him. harvick, not happy and with 3 to go and under caution with jeff burton's blown engine, decides he didn't like that and spins kenseth. kenseth, ant the end, decides he doesn't like that, spins harvick. needles to say both drivers will be fined for "conduct detrimental to stock car racing. i like pocono because of the uniqueness. the only 3 sided track in nascar. cool, eh? more to come.
Ice hockey at the 1980 winter Olympics
This tournament went from February 12-24, 1980. 12 teams played. The Olympic Fieldhouse and Olympic Arena hosted the games. Canada hockey team returns and finishes 6th. Tournament best remembered for the "miracle on ice" as the United States beat the Soviet Union before beating Finland to win gold. They had also beat Czechoslovakia and tied Sweden. Their roster fielded exclusively amateur players. The United States, as mentioned, won gold, Soviet Union the silver and Sweden the bronze. Next is the 1984 tournament in Sarajevo Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦).
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