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Two hockey teams, two gold medals, one presidential phone call

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While President Donald Trump invited the men’s and women’s hockey teams to his State of the Union speech following gold medal victories against Canada, only one received a presidential phone call.

The men.

In a call to the boisterous men’s locker room Sunday, Trump praised the athletes for their dramatic 2-1 overtime victory over Canada....Read more

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Mac Engel: USA's second 'Miracle on Ice' offers one sad difference from the original

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A niche sport that is mostly beloved by the hard core rather than the casual fan unified a nation at 9 a.m. on Sunday, something that America’s most popular game — football — can never achieve.

Hockey, a sport that most Americans don’t completely understand and only a few have actually played, bonded a nation because for all of our ...Read more

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Troy Renck: This was no miracle -- only prideful Americans who 'are best in the world'

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The face of American hockey has a bloody lip, missing teeth and disheveled hair.

Jack Hughes represents the best of us. Grit, toughness, pride, the willingness to sacrifice for others, no matter how messy or irrational.

Forty-six years to the day of "The Miracle on Ice," the Americans transformed hockey into a three-hour anthem in Italy.

No ...Read more

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'So excited to be back:' USA men's hockey welcomed home after winning gold

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MIAMI — They walked into the international arrivals area of Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon in various Team USA gear — some in gray or blue hoodies or jackets, others in red T-shirts.

The one piece of their outfits in common: The gold medal draped out their necks.

Just more than 24 hours after winning those gold medals at ...Read more

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US Olympics hockey hero Jack Hughes' immediate future includes dental implants

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Milan-Cortina Olympics hero Jack Hughes is likely looking at a dental implant to replace teeth knocked from his mouth in the third period of the men's hockey final between the United States and Canada on Sunday.

Once the euphoria of scoring the winning goal in overtime subsides and celebrations cease, Hughes will undergo a surgical procedure ...Read more

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Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved leg from being amputated after Olympic crash

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Lindsey Vonn’s horrific leg injury was even more serious than originally realized.

The American skier said surgery saved her left leg from being amputated after she crashed during her downhill race on Feb. 8 at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

The complicated injury left Vonn with compartment syndrome in her leg, she said Monday in a four-minute...Read more