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The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibiti
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When billions poured into the neglected east London borough hosting the 2012 Olympics, a turf war broke out between crim
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To most observers, the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, were an unmitigated success. That year, the unlikel
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More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Se
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President Vladimir Putin’s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics
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The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States,
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The Olympic Games have had two lives--the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to
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What was behind the black power salute, boycotts, and political battles that characterized the 1968 Summer Olympics? D
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