COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the man who made ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children's ...
It was a diminished and puzzled Olympic team that left Australian shores in 1980 under a cloak of darkness, some heading off to secret training camps receiving death threats and branded as traitors as ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament on Wednesday for their ...