1972: Sports

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

Many questions were raised during this year of frenetic sports activity. Couldor shouldthe Olympic Games survive the massacre of Israeli athletes or the blatant commercialism, the fierce nationalism, and the outright politics that characterized what was supposed to be a friendly competition among... ...