New Books In Sports
Jules Boykoff, “Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics” (Verso, 2016)
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Since the birth of the modern Olympics movement in the late nineteenth century, its leaders have attempted to maintain a strict separation of athletics and politics. Former International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage once stated, “We actively combat the introduction of politics into the Olympic movement.” But this attempt to...Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices