Sports conspiracy theories that are so wild they just might be true

[post_page_title]U.S. Miracle on ice[/post_page_title]
In the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics, Americans still had yet to really hit their stride as hockey players, and the Russians were the favorites to beat them in a semi-final game. Astonishingly, Team USA managed to pull off a miraculous victory, and some people wondered if the Russians threw the game on purpose. The premise behind this idea was that the Russians sought to mend a fractured relationship with the Americans, who had been boycotting Russia at the time.