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ESPN 30 for 30 Of Miracles and Men (HD)

ESPN 30 for 30 Of Miracles and Men (HD) Film Summary The story of one of the greatest upsets in sports history has been told. Or has it? On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey competition. Americans couldn't help but believe in miracles that night, and when the members of Team USA won the gold medal two days later, they became a team for the ages. But there was another, unchronicled side to the "Miracle On Ice." The so-called bad guys from America's ideological adversary were in reality good men and outstanding players, forged into the Big Red Machine by the genius and passion of Anatoli Tarasov. There was a reason they seemed unbeatable, especially after routing the Americans in an exhibition the week before the Winter Games began. And there was a certain shame in them having to live the rest of their lives with the results of Feb. 22, 1980. In the 30 for 30 film "Of Miracles and Men," director Jonathan Hock ("The Best That Never Was" and "Survive and Advance") explores the scope of the "Miracle on Ice" through the Soviet lens. His intense focus on the game itself gives it renewed suspense and a fresh perspective. But the journey of the stunned Soviet team didn't begin -- or end -- in Lake Placid. Director's Take Of all the "30 for 30" films I've directed, "Of Miracles and Men" is the most ambitious. I was raised in the 1970s on the notion that Soviet hockey players were robots, part of a machine that played a heartless style of hockey. But given the beauty and creativity of their game, that never made sense to me. So I wanted to discover the truth about the men on the other side of the "Miracle on Ice" game. It took us two years to dig up all the archival footage and find all the players, filming across seven time zones in Russia from Moscow to Siberia to Vladivostok. What we discovered was that, both before and after Lake Placid, something miraculous happened on their side as well. This is their story, about their "Miracle." sportscenter top 10 sportscenter not top 10 sportscenter commercials sportscenter top 10 this week sportsCenter NOT Top 10 Plays of the Week ESPN 30 For 30 Brothers in Exile FULL EPISODE (HD) - Livan and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez ESPN 30 For 30 The U Documentary Deleted Scenes Part 2 FULL EPISODE ESPN 30 For 30 The U Part 2 FULL EPISODE (HD) : A sequel to The U profiles the Miami Hurricanes football program and its rise from scandal (and calls for the school to drop the sport) to a national championship, only to see new controversy after booster Nevin Shapiro is revealed to have given improper benefits to the program. ESPN 30 For 30 Rand University FULL EPISODE (HD) : An exploration of former NFL receiver Randy Moss and his humble (and humbling) origins in Rand, West Virginia. ESPN 30 For 30 Brothers in Exile FULL EPISODE (HD) : The story of Liván and Orlando Hernández, half-brothers who fled Cuba separately and became successful major-league pitchers. ESPN 30 For 30 Brian and The Boz FULL EPISODE (HD) : The rise, fall, and post-football life of Brian Bosworth. ESPN 30 For 30 When The Garden Was Eden FULL EPISODE (HD) : A look back at the New York Knicks' championship teams of the 1970s. ESPN 30 For 30 The Day The Series Stopped FULL EPISODE (HD) : A 25-year retrospective of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck just before the scheduled start of Game 3 of the 1989 World Series. ESPN 30 For 30 Playing for the Mob FULL EPISODE (HD) : How Mafia associate Henry Hill orchestrated a point-shaving scheme involving Boston College basketball. Narrated by Ray Liotta, who portrayed Hill in Goodfellas. ESPN 30 For 30 Slaying the Badger FULL EPISODE (HD) : Examining the competitive nature that Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault exhibited in the 1986 Tour de France; a film based on the book with the same name, written by Richard Moore. ESPN 30 For 30 Bad Boys FULL EPISODE (HD) : A look back at the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ESPN 30 For 30 Requiem for the Big East FULL EPISODE (HD) : A recollection of the original Big East Conference, from its simple beginnings and regional rivalries to its national prominence as one of the most successful college basketball leagues, and how it ended up fighting for its survival in the 2010s during conference realignment. ESPN 30 For 30 BThe Price of Gold FULL EPISODE (HD) : The friendship of Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld is explored, as well as their time together playing college basketball at Tennessee, a partnership known as the "Ernie and Bernie Show".

• published: 24 Feb 2015
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