On February twenty second, 1980, in the town of Lake Placid, New York, coach Herb Brooks lead a rag tag US hockey team to a surprise olympic upset victory against the favored USSR in which they went on to win the prized gold medal. Although the Vatican, bending to Communist pressure, refused to recognize it, this event became known as the “Miracle On Ice.”

Fast forward Twenty eight years later, in Miami, a heated rivalry in a weekly kickball match turns grizzly as the Midto wn Marauders are close suffering defeat from the Coral Gables Coroners. With only half-an-inning remaining, coach Brooks appears from the ether to deliver the Marauders a final speech of advice. This is what he said… (mp3)

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