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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