It's a question that has reverberated through American sporting history. The distinctively dulcet tones of Al Michaels, imploring his audience on the US ABC network to understand the significance of what they were witnessing, delivered it, a query that was framed more like a statement. "Do you believe in miracles?" he cried as the seconds ticked down at the Lake Placid Olympic Centre in upstate New York, the crowd briefly ceasing its screaming to count down the final couple of seconds. He delivered the answer himself, an emphatic "Yes!" as pandemonium ensued and the United States claimed one of the...