Bill Guerin is betting everything on this USA hockey characteristic as pressure mounts

Source: New York Post

MILAN — We usually let it go unsaid, but part of the reason the story of 1980 and Lake Placid is so unique in the echelon of American sport is because Team USA and “underdog” so rarely go in the same sentence.   That’s part of the deal of being the world’s superpower. American exceptionalism demands Team USA lead the medal table at pretty much every iteration of the Olympics.