Olympic Games Collectibles & Memorabilia - Rare Souvenirs, Medals, and Merchandise for Sports Fans and Enthusiasts | Perfect for Display, Gifts, and Home Decor

The modern Olympic Games date back to the end of the 19th century and has developed a reputation for heroism, drama, and international friendship. Within these pages, the reader will learn hundreds of fascinating facts about the Olympic Games on a wide range of topics, from individual competitors and famous teams to sports politics and scandals and controversies off the track. Not only a book to be read from cover to cover, this is a perfect collection to be dipped into and enjoyed in short sprints—a reader can check out the quotes, peruse the nicknames, revisit the Black Power protests, unravel the drug scandals, and then go over the biographies. Researched with unflagging energy by an unrivaled master of sporting trivia, The Olympic Games Miscellany will bring hours of reading pleasure to every sports fan.