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The Politicized Olympics of the 1980s

 

The Untold History of Sports in America

Join celebrated history professor Matthew Andrews for discussions about sports from their earliest days in the colonies all the way to their present s… 
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The Soviets and Americans both hosted the Olympics in the 1980s.  Matt Andrews explains that the fraught political situation of the time spilled into the Games, including boycott threats and fallout from a shot-down commercial airplane. 

 

The Untold History of Sports in America

Join celebrated history professor Matthew Andrews for discussions about sports from their earliest d… 

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