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Sports and Politics
Introduction to the August 13, 2016 issue of Other Voices
Diemer, Ulli http://www.diemer.ca/Docs/RadicalDigressions7.htm#Aug132016
Publisher: Connexions
Date Written: 13/08/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Sports in general, and the Olympics in particular, have never been free of politics. Allegations of bribery and cheating had already been part of the Olympics for centuries before that noteworthy day in 67 AD when the judges proclaimed the Emperor Nero winner of the Olympic chariot race even though he had been thrown from his chariot and failed to complete the race.
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