Three Seconds in Munich - The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final

Informationen zum Autor David A. F. Sweet is the author of Lamar Hunt: The Gentle Giant Who Revolutionized Professional Sports. He launched columns for WSJ.com and NBCSports.com and has written articles for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. He lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children. He can be followed on Twitter @davidafsweet. Klappentext An investigation into the controversial 1972 Olympic gold-medal basketball game between the United States and the USSR.   Zusammenfassung Through interviews with many of the American players and others, this book relates the horror of terrorism, the pain of losing the most controversial championship game in sports history to a hated rival, and the consequences of the players' decision to shun their Olympic medals to this day. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations     Acknowledgments     Introduction     Cast of Characters         Chapter 1. The Guns of September     Chapter 2. A Noble History     Chapter 3. “The Games Must Go On”     Chapter 4. Team Building     Chapter 5. Going for Gold     Chapter 6. Hornswoggled     Chapter 7. “And This Time It Is Over”     Chapter 8. Was the Fix In?      Chapter 9. Taking a Stand     Chapter 10. Picking Up the Pieces     Chapter 11. Joyous Reunion     Chapter 12. Searching for a Silver Lining     Notes     Bibliography     Index

Product details

• Authors: David A F Sweet, David A. F. Sweet
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780803299962
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-9996-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Basketball, Geschichte des Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Sports & Recreation, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics