Olympics History Book: The Complete Story of the Games | Sports Illustrated | Perfect for Sports Fans & History Enthusiasts

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A journey to the ancient days when the Games include a surprisingly bloody collection of events and honor is marked by broken limbs and missing noses. A poorly organized affair when first revived in 1896 the Olympic Games have since become the grandest spectacle of international sport the world has ever seen. Through breathtaking photographs and the vivid prose of senior writer William Oscar Johnson, Sports Illustrated chronicles the Games in all their beauty and diversity, from the first collection of athletes in Athens in 1896 to the latest winter festival in Lillehammer. Revealing profiles present the stars who made the Olympics their personal stage and historical essays trace the developments outside the arena that have shaped, for better and for worse, the course of the Olympic movement.