Cold War
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1988, file photo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee of East St. Louis, Ill., makes her javelin throw during heptathlon competition at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
AP WAS THERE: 1988 Seoul Olympics

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1988, file photo, South Korea's Park Si-hun, left, delivers a left jab to America's Roy Jones, and goes on to win the gold medal in the gold medal bout of the light middleweight division at the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ron Kutz, File)
Evictions, drugs, boxing rows: reliving '88 Games in Seoul

By Kim Tong-Hyung Aug. 11, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 19, 1980, file photo, an unidentified youth displays the flag of the United States during opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, The United State did not attend the Olympics in Moscow but rather led a boycott in protest of Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/File)
Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980

By James Ellingworth Aug. 09, 2020 12:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 26, 1952, file photo, Bob Mathias, defending Olympic decathlon champion, heaves the discus during the decathlon competition at the Summer Olympic games in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/File)
1952 Helsinki: The Cold War comes to the Olympics

By Will Graves Aug. 02, 2020 12:18 PM EDT