Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Olympic Games, Comics Code Authority, Gladiator
21 Apr 2016
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Sports should be something that are pure-anyone with skill should be able to play- sports should be played for sportsmanship-sports shouldn"t really be political but from the start sports are very much political in themselves or cause political controversy. Born in 1942 to working class parents in louisville kentucky. Grew up with racism and segregation and left an impact on who he was as a person. He wasn"t good at school so he saw sports as a chance for a better life. He always liked being in the spot light and knew he had the ability to draw in crowds. I am the best and nobody will be better than i am -this worked as an intimidation factor. 1960-won the gold medal at the rome olympics. He benefited greatly form the guidance of his trainer. Sunny liston-world heavy weight champion-many experts believed that ali was to young to fight liston-nearly 1000 000 viewers watched on tv-less than 12 minutes.
