There’s a new documentary about the most famous sporting event in my lifetime, the USA hockey team winning gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The doc, Miracle: The Boys of ‘80, is streaming now with a Netflix subscription, and I was hesitant to watch it. Not because I don’t love the story of the college kids who took on the mighty Soviets and won, but because I’ve heard the story too many times to count. I’ve seen the great sports movie starring Kurt Russell about the team multiple times (which is available with a Disney+ subscription), and I’ve watched and read countless accounts of the upset win.
Still, I couldn’t resist hitting play eventually, and I’m glad I did. It may be my favorite telling of the story yet.
