Neither Jesse’s achievements in Berlin nor any words spoken ... among them – refused to join the boycott. The politics Carter hoped to keep out of the Olympics are now endemic to the Games.
United States Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage initially supported the boycott, but changed his ... the invitation to participate in the Berlin Olympics. American Team Turmoil Jeremiah ...
U.S. President Joe Biden has opened the possibility of a diplomatic boycott for the Beijing Winter Olympics, potentially killing the final hope the Moon administration had to see productive results.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics may still be nine months away, but there is already controversy brewing as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for a “diplomatic boycott” ...
Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey ...
Mills, at one time an Olympic-caliber wrestler, was stung by Carter’s decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics. “At the time, I would’ve given anything in the world to be locked in a wrestling ...
The United States will conduct a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, a move almost certain to fray a badly damaged US-China ...