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Article: Stanley Cup vs. Olympic gold.(hockey: NHL playoffs; Czech Republic's upset '98 Olympics victory)(Sportscene)(Column)(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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After the Czech Republic won the gold medal in hockey by defeating the hated Russians at the 1998 Winter Olympics, thousands upon thousands of delirious revelers jammed Old Town Square in Prague. This even outnumbered the multitude who celebrated at the same locale when Czechoslovakia finally threw off the yoke of communism nearly a decade ago, and almost matched the unbelievable throng who wept and cheered at that site when World War II finally ended. College basketball may have its March Madness and the National Football League may have its Super Bowl -- personally, both rate a yawn and a snore-but ice hockey has something much more precious: the heart and soul of the ...
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