Sports Fact of the Day 2/9/2007

2/9/1980:
The Soviet Union's national hockey team outclasses Team USA, 10-3, at Madison Square Garden in a tune-up for the Olympic Games to be held in Lake Placid, New York. The polished Russians jump to a 4-0 lead and outshoot the youthful Americans 35-20 tonight, but two weeks from now the intrepid collegians will stun the sports world by defeating this same team, 4-3, in the semifinal round of the Olympics and go on to win the gold medal.

Birthdays:
Dit Clapper b. 1907
Phil Ford b. 1956
Mookie Wilson b. 1956
Vladimir Guerrero b. 1976
Jameer Nelson b. 1982