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Tommie Smith Selling His Gold Medal Isn't Such a Mystery

News of Tommie Smith's decision to auction off his 1968 Olympic gold medal raced around the world Wednesday at roughly the speed he once displayed in the 200 meters. Many reactions to it included words like "sad'' and "shame.'' Don't jump to that conclusion ... for now. Smith has put that medal -- the one hanging around...

Tommie Smith, Olympian in '68 Black Power Salute, to Sell Gold Medal

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Tommie Smith is selling the gold medal he won at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where his Black Power salute on the podium shocked the sports world. The former San Jose State runner has put his gold medal for the 200 meters and spikes up for auction at New York-based M.I.T. Memorabilia. The bid...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Thinks an Olympic Boycott Is a Bad Idea

Forty years ago, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was invited to play for the United States basketball team in the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was a decision he struggled with as racial strife and the Vietnam War made participation a sticky issue for him. He ultimately chose not to play, because of a summer job not politics he...

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05/26/12 Fight goes on, without athletes Source: WA Today - Australia The rebel runner John Carlos doesn't expect to see anything like his Black Power salute at the London Olympic Games, writes Gary Younge.
05/24/12 'Who's going to pick up the baton and fight?', says... Source: Camden News Journal - London - UK NEARLY a thousand people filed into Friends House, Euston, on Monday night to hear legendary athlete John Carlos speak about the day he turned an Olympic podium into a political stage.
05/24/12 RACE TO THE LINE Source: SOCIALIST UNITY With John Carlos , one of the Mexico '68 podium protesters, on a speaking tour of Britain , author of a forthcoming book on the Olympics Mark Perryman describes the continuing clash of race and the Games.
05/22/12 Mark Steel: They can't license the Olympic spirit Source: The Independent - London - UK Because the Olympics is a celebration of humanity, there's mass derision for anyone who wants to introduce politics or protest.
05/22/12 Olympic bronze medallist and black power hero John... Source: Advertiser Online - Great Yarmouth - Norfolk - UK Olympic 200m bronze medallist and black power hero John Carlos is in Norwich tonight.