406: The 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics - With Tommy Phillips

<div> <div> <p><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> This week, we revisit one of the most politically charged (and frequently forgotten) Olympic Games - the <strong>1980 Summer Olympics</strong> in Moscow - with sports historian/author <strong>Tommy Phillips</strong> ("<span id="gmail-productTitle" class="gmail-a-size-large gmail-celwidget"><a href= "https://amzn.to/44Zop0r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The 1980 Moscow Olympics: A Day-by-Day History</em></a>").</span></span></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> While a much-debated US-led boycott - sparked by the Soviet Union's brazen invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979 - kept dozens of countries away and fundamentally reshaped the competition, Phillips takes us on the inside to discuss what actually happened once the torch was lit and the athletes took to competition.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: tah...