WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: December 30, 2024 | Last updated: December 30, 2024 January 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced that the United States would boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Herb felt that, on the big sheet of ice, you can’t play the North American ... And if they did, (U.S. president Jimmy Carter) was threatening to boycott their Summer Games, which we did.