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Article: Team USA needs a wake-up call.(Sports)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 15, 1998
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NAGANO, Japan - Team USA vs. Canada. Tonight (Tomorrow in Nagano). Big Hat arena. The Winter Olympics.
Is this men's hockey's version of Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier or Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns? Or will it be Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks?
Based on its play so far in the round-robin tournament of the Winter Games, Team USA may be playing the Spinks role of first-round knockout victim.
If that proves to be the case, the U.S. can feel fortunate that it will be little more than a sparring session because this is the final game of the round-robin tournament that merely starts the Olympic hockey competition. All eight teams ...