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The Most Star-Studded Shootout In Olympic Hockey History, 20 Years LaterEven if you’ve never watched a hockey game from beginning to end, you’ve heard of the Miracle on Ice. In 1980, at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the underdog Americans beat the heavily-favored Soviet team 4-3 during the men’s hockey semifinal. It happened despite the Americans being o...

Czech Republic's Shootout Win Sends The U.S. Men HomeA shootout win by the Czech Republic broke a 2-2 tie in the men’s hockey quarterfinals and knocked Team USA out of the Olympics. Goaltender Pavel Francouz was the hero, stopping all five U.S. attempts, while Petr Koukal got the lone shootout goal against American goalie Ryan Zapolski....

Czech Snowboarder Borrows Mikaela Shiffrin's Skis, Somehow Wins Super-G GoldWeather postponements led American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin to skip today’s Super-G competition, leaving the event reigning champion Anna Veith’s to win. And Veith had an easy lead after Lindsey Vonn, among others, faltered. Then arrived Czech Ester Ledecka, a world champion snowboarder who borrowe...

Sorry, But Russia Is Awesome: An Olympic Men's Hockey Preview

The Olympics are when the greatest athletes from all over the world gather to compete in their respective sports. Except for men’s hockey this year....

Arena Worker Assailed By Czech Pucks

On one hand, you have to admire the Czech Republic World Junior team for their fierce commitment to getting in their practice reps. On the other, I’m terrified of their blatant disregard for human life, as seen when a Buffalo arena worker was still in the net as the team took the ice, and the young ...

Manchester United Scout Journeys To Iceland To See Game Being Played In Qatar<em></em>

Iceland and the Czech Republic met yesterday for a friendly match, which the Czechs won 2-1 over Thor’s Mighty World Cup-Bound Soccer Raiders. The current international break is replete with friendlies scattered around the world, and as such, major clubs have sent their scouts to go check them out. ...

Roof Of Czech Gym Collapses During Floorball Match

The roof of a newly-built Czech gymnasium collapsed this weekend, during the middle of a youth floorball match in Česká Třebová. A camera in the gym caught video of players and fans sprinting to the exits as the roof caved in, likely from the weight of 16 inches of snow....

Officials Resign After Czech Bowl Ends On Championship-Deciding Blown Call

NFL training camps start kicking off today, but football did not take the summer off. Czech Bowl XXIII, the championship of the Czech League of American Football, was held on Saturday, with the Prague Black Panthers winning their 15th title in a hard-fought 10-9 victory over crosstown rival Prague L...