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only a few days left, the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games have brought some exhilarating highs and heartbreaking lows to those of us who have invested in the stories and the triumphs of the Olympians these past few weeks. With so many Michigan natives in the mix
this winter, it’s been especially exciting to stay in touch with the ice-laden and snow-covered contests. It does not have to end here, however. To continue enjoying the magic of these international competitions or to take a deeper dive into the histories,
tragedies, boycotts, and celebrations of past Olympic Games, then you need look no further than the eBook Collections in the
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan eLibrary</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In April of 1980, the U.S. and 66 other countries elected to reject the invitation to participate in the Summer Olympics in Moscow due to the Soviet-Afghan War.</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=275250&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">by Jerry and Tom Caraccioli reflects on the challenges made by the athletes to keep their dreams to compete alive. Read
more about President Carter’s decision and the resulting lawsuits that followed in this piece of Olympic history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e000xna"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eBook Academic Collection</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The pressures of global commercialism and the rise of mass media in the late 1960s and early 1970s are just a couple of reasons that the ideal of “sports for sport’s sake” no
longer fit the narrative of the present. </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=1100900&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
Rise & Fall of Olympic Amateurism</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> by Matthew P Llewellyn and John Gleaves walks the reader through difficult decisions
and forever changes to the Olympic Games.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From Harlem to bronze medalist in the 1968 Mexico Olympics, John Carlos makes a lasting mark on history when he and fellow Olympian Tommie Smith raise their fists high above
their heads during the medal ceremony. </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=527331&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">by David Zinn and John Carlos, tells this first-person account of what led up to this moment and how their lives and so many
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">Along with these three, there are hundreds more eBooks to explore including
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=2518571&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40
Inspiring Icons: Amazing Athletes</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">
</span></span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=1491446&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_A"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women
in the Olympics</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e700xna&AN=1081820&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_A"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Olympic
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