Victoria Jackson, Arizona State University sports historian and Great Game Lab co-director, joins the program to teach Danny and Derek a bit about the modern Olympic Games. They discuss the 1896 revival and the character of the early modern Games, how the event’s popularity exploded in the 1960s, banning countries from the games, the effect of the Olymp…
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Bonus - The Modern Olympics w/ Victoria Jackson
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Bonus - The Modern Olympics w/ Victoria Jackson
Jul 28, 2024
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