August 8, 2012
From the newswire this morning comes a bit of nostalgia for those who remember and perhaps a tiny bit of history for those who don’t remember Team USSR of the old Olympic Games … BiE’s telling ya, it’s USA vs. Russia in the finals…
Cold War rivalry could heat up in hoops finals (via AFP)
The United States NBA Dream Team and Russia’s top basketball talent could be headed for an Olympic gold medal showdown of ex-Cold War rivals 40 years in the making, or possibly even two of them. Not since a controversial 1972 final in which the Soviet Union defeated the US men on the third attempt…
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