Paul Avery

King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution brings a fresh perspective to the life of one of the National Basketball Association’s most iconic and prominent players of all time. Bill Russell is known for his tenacious and innovative style of basketball play, but rarely does his background get much attention. Aram Goudsouzian takes a detailed look into the life of 6’10” Bill Russell, making note of not only his authority on the court, but also his background, culture, and attitude

The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by Black September, a Palestinian terrorist organisation. By the end of the agonising ordeal, 11 Israeli athletes and coaches had been killed, and one German police officer. Consequently, the “Operation Wrath of God” was carried out in order to assassinate the individuals involved in the massacre, in which five of the eight members of

Berlin Olympics. Jeremiah Mahoney and Ernest Lee Jahncke had many people persuaded that the United States should not participate in the 1936 Olympics. Then came Avery Brundage who was the man responsible for believing that “The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.”(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Avery Brundage was a straightforward man and was the president of The American Olympic Committee(AOC). He staunchly stated that the politics should not affect the spectacular

The world shook with terror September 5, 1972, when a group of eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli Olympic team members and took nine hostage, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Prior to the hostage crisis, the games had run smoothly and were into their second week of competition. The games were used to present a new identity of democracy and optimism for Germany. This was the first-time Germany had been allowed to host the games since the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which

In 1932, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 1936 Olympic games would be hosted in Berlin, Germany. The IOC picked Germany in hopes that they could help restore the country’s world standing, which had been shattered in World War I. There was little resistance until Hitler took power and immediately after, people from all over the world were questioning whether Nazi Germany should host the games. Several countries had movements towards the boycott of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Different people put on a different mask depending on what “part” they are playing . Whether that be with peers, friends, teachers or parents you change because of the surroundings. Masks make you feel untouchable while you wear them, but when you take the mask off you feel monstrous about the acts committed while wearing your disguise. The power masks hold cannot be explained, they can turn the innocent into the barbaric. Masks have been worn throughout history. A good example is the German Nazi

Ethan Stamm Mr. Fradkin U.S. History II/P.6 3 April 2016 The History of the 1936 Olympics It’s 1931, and Germany is in a massive post World War I depression. The unemployment rate is at 70% and millions of Germans are jobless. People have lost hope and faith in their country, and Germany in itself is starting to lose respect worldwide. A glimmer of hope came when Berlin was chosen as the host city for the 1936 summer Olympics. This was two years prior to the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor

Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mama Logan is known for being protective and caring throughout the book, and she safeguards her loved ones in many instances. At the beginning of the book, Mildred Taylor wrote in depth about the Logan family’s first day of school. The school day began with Miss Crocker, Cassie’s teacher, introducing the fourth and first graders to the new school year. She mentioned some advanced varieties to the year, as the first graders would begin school, and the children would

to be no segregation by the color of your skin, it will always be there. You can’t change the way how everyone feels or thinks, so again people are going to be treated the wrong way. The connection that I making and am referencing back to is when Avery Brundage tried to take Jesse up to the Head guy running the games. All he saw was the color of Jesse’s skin and refused to congratulate him. There is so much racism in this world that I personally do not think it will ever die down. That’s the sad

Evolution of the Modern Sporting Mega Event The modern sporting mega-event (Olympics, World Cup, Commonwealth Games etc.) was motivated by a commitment to educational reform, especially physical education, by the European capitalist and aristocratic elites in order to establish domestic equilibrium among the social classes, and to be prepared physically for future wars. The International Olympic Committee and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) were formed in 1894 and 1904