CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — They chanted “U-S-A” and a few openly wept at Lake Placid’s Olympic Center, the same building where the “Miracle on Ice” happened exactly 46 years earlier. In Ohio, some waved flags inside a packed bar. And in Florida, a man played baseball wearing a USA Hockey jersey. The man was George Springer. He plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. Canadians might not have appreciated his wardrobe. USA 2, Canada 1. The U.S. men are Olympic hockey gold medallists for the first time since 1980, after topping their rivals to the north in overtime on Sunday in Milan. The country — even though the game started at 8 a.m. in the East, 5 a.m. Pacific —...
