And I CAN'T forget this...

February 22, 1980, at 5 PM EST, one of the greatest events in sporting history began in front of 8,600 screaming fans and changed the face of the sport forever.

Do you remember what it was?

It was the first leg of the medal round of the Olympic Men's Ice Hockey play, in which the United States Olympic hockey team beat the Soviet Union team in a stunning 4-3 upset. The vaunted "Miracle on Ice" was today, 33 years ago.

Even today, looking at the stats of the game, they amaze me to no end.

Shots on goal: USA 16, USSR 39... more than 2 to 1, and Craig (the goalie) with 36 saves throughout the match. Tretiak, the highest rated goalie on earth, prior to that match, had only 6 saves... and his replacement, Myshkin, had another 6.

Scoring: Leading up to the medal rounds, the USA had a scoring record of 25-10 and a match record of 4-0-1. The Soviets had a scoring record of 51-11, and a match record of 5-0-0. Soviet team Captain Mikhailov had out-scored the entire USA team in Olympic play by himself, with 26 points in five games. Mikhailov didn't score even one goal against the Americans that afternoon... not even one.

The win in the final medal match against Finland meant that the USA team Captain, Mike Eruzione, got to stand on the podium under the American flag as the National Anthem was played... but he called his fellow skaters up onto the podium with him, and ever since that day, podiums have been built large enough to accommodate the entire team, rather than a single player.

This is, without a doubt in my mind, the greatest sporting event in the last century, and very possibly in the entire modern era. I cannot think of another match up where the odds were so stacked against the underdogs... and the underdogs winning so completely.

31 years later, and it still chokes me up to remember it.