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Box Score 1/20: 37 years ago today, Carter said no to Moscow
US Olympic Trials: Athletics West Tony Sandoval (3) in action, running with Benji Durden (13) and Kyle Heffner (19). Sandoval won with a trials record time of 2:10:19. Durden finished second, Heffner third. Sandoval and Durden missed the Moscow Olympics when US President Jimmy Carter ordered a boycott of the games.  Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

Box Score 1/20: 37 years ago today, Carter said no to Moscow

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Happy birthday to Rich Gannon, Jalen Rose, David Eckstein and Nick Foles. On this date in 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced the United States would be boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics unless the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. The New York Times Headline at the time, "The President Said Nyet."

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